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Photo credit: | Trumpet Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens (Caprifoliaceae)Plant Type:
Moisture: Medium Moist Soil
Sunlight: Full Sun, Partial Sun,
Blooms: April - September
Flower color: Red/Orange
Height: 3.0 - 10.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Woodlands and Woodland Edges
Low Meadows, Stream Banks, Floodplains or Swampy Places
Comments: Attracts hummingbirds; our native honeysuckle
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis (Campanulaceae)Plant Type: perennial
Moisture: Wet Soil, Medium Moist Soil,
Sunlight: Full Sun, Partial Sun, Full Shade
Blooms: July - August
Flower color: Deep Scarlet
Height: 2.0 - 4.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Low Meadows, Stream Banks, Floodplains or Swampy Places
Comments: Hummingbirds love this flower; tender perennial; will self sow in a good spot
Deer Resistant: no
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit:Kathy McGregor | Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica (Campanulaceae)Plant Type: perennial
Moisture: Wet Soil, Medium Moist Soil, Dry Soil
Sunlight: Partial Sun, Full Shade
Blooms: August - September
Flower color: Blue
Height: 1.0 - 5.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Woodlands and Woodland Edges
Low Meadows, Stream Banks, Floodplains or Swampy Places
Comments: Stunning blue flower
Deer Resistant: no
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | Spikenard
Aralia racemosa ()Plant Type: perennial
Moisture: Medium Moist Soil, Dry Soil
Sunlight: Partial Sun, Full Shade
Blooms: June - July
Flower color: Ligth green
Height: 3.0 - 6.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Woodlands and Woodland Edges
Comments: Shrub-like; large heart-shaped leaves; clusters of small green/purple berries in fall
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | White Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis (Scrophulariaceae)Plant Type: perennial
Moisture: Medium Moist Soil, Dry Soil
Sunlight: Full Sun,
Blooms: June - July
Flower color: White
Height: 2.0 - 5.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Sunny Upland Meadows and Hillsides
Comments: Plant develops into a good sized clump
Deer Resistant: no
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | Wild columbine
Aquilegia canadensis (Ranunculaceae)Plant Type: perennial
Moisture: Medium Moist Soil, Dry Soil
Sunlight: Full Sun, Partial Sun,
Blooms: April - June
Flower color: yellow and red
Height: 1.0 - 2.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Woodlands and Woodland Edges
Comments: Will self sow
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana (Rosaceae)Plant Type: perennial
Moisture: Medium Moist Soil, Dry Soil
Sunlight: Full Sun,
Blooms: June
Flower color: White
Height: 6.0 - 12.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Sunny Upland Meadows and Hillsides
Comments: Small red edible berries, spreads by sending out runners
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | American Bladdernut
Staphylea trifolia ()Plant Type: shrub
Moisture: Wet Soil, Medium Moist Soil,
Sunlight: Partial Sun, Full Shade
Blooms: May
Flower color: White
Height: 4.0 - 15.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Woodlands and Woodland Edges
Low Meadows, Stream Banks, Floodplains or Swampy Places
Comments: Seed ripens in a 3 chambered pod in Aug-Sept and when ripe you can shake it and hear the seeds rattle inside
Deer Resistant: no
Rain Garden Suitable: yes
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | Black Haw
Viburnum prunifolium (Caprifoliaceae)Plant Type: shrub
Moisture: Wet Soil, Medium Moist Soil, Dry Soil
Sunlight: Partial Sun, Full Shade
Blooms: May
Flower color: White
Height: 8.0 - 15.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Woodlands and Woodland Edges
Comments: Fruit ripens from bluish pink to red to blue-black in Late July-Sept. Burgundy foliage in fall. Edible berries.
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | Highbush Cranberry
Viburnum triloba (Caprifoliaceae)Plant Type: shrub
Moisture: Wet Soil, Medium Moist Soil,
Sunlight: Full Sun, Partial Sun,
Blooms: May
Flower color: White
Height: 8.0 - 15.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Low Meadows, Stream Banks, Floodplains or Swampy Places
Comments: Clusters of lustrous bright red berries Sept-Feb. Berries make good jelly.
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: yes
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | Low Sweet Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium (Ericaceae)Plant Type: shrub
Moisture: Medium Moist Soil, Dry Soil
Sunlight: Partial Sun, Full Shade
Blooms: May
Flower color: White/Pink
Height: 1.0 - 2.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Woodlands and Woodland Edges
Sunny Upland Meadows and Hillsides
Comments: This is the famous "Maine" bluberry. Sweet blue berries July-Aug.
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | Nannyberry
Viburnum lentago (Caprifoliaceae)Plant Type: shrub
Moisture: Medium Moist Soil, Dry Soil
Sunlight: Partial Sun, Full Shade
Blooms: May
Flower color: White
Height: 6.0 - 10.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Woodlands and Woodland Edges
Comments: Sweet edible dark blue berries in. Good wildlife value. Smell of Nannyberry bark wards off deer. Purple/red fall foliage.
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius (Rosaceae)Plant Type: shrub
Moisture: Wet Soil, Medium Moist Soil,
Sunlight: Full Sun, Partial Sun, Full Shade
Blooms: May - June
Flower color: Pink
Height: 5.0 - 10.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Woodlands and Woodland Edges
Low Meadows, Stream Banks, Floodplains or Swampy Places
Comments: Papery bark
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | Red-panicled Dogwood
Cornus racemosa (Cornaceae)Plant Type: shrub
Moisture: Wet Soil, Medium Moist Soil,
Sunlight: Full Sun, Partial Sun,
Blooms:
Flower color: Creamy-white
Height: 3.0 - 8.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Low Meadows, Stream Banks, Floodplains or Swampy Places
Sunny Upland Meadows and Hillsides
Comments: Important for wildlife; white berries on red stems in fall
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: yes
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | Spicebush
Lindera benzoin (Lauraceae)Plant Type: shrub
Moisture: Medium Moist Soil, Dry Soil
Sunlight: Partial Sun, Full Shade
Blooms: April
Flower color: Yellow
Height: 8.0 - 15.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Woodlands and Woodland Edges
Comments: Fragrant bark; brillant foliage and red berries in fall; high wildlife value; larval food of the beautiful spicebush swallowtail butterfly
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | Witch-hazel
Hamamelis virginiana (Hamamelidaceae)Plant Type: shrub
Moisture: Medium Moist Soil
Sunlight: Partial Sun
Blooms: September - November
Flower color: Orangish
Height: 8.0 - 20.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Woodlands and Woodland Edges
Comments: Adaptable plant
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | American Hornbeam or Blue Beech
Carpinus caroliniana (Betulaceae)Plant Type: tree
Moisture: Medium Moist Soil
Sunlight: Partial Sun
Blooms: May
Flower color:
Height: 15.0 - 20.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Woodlands and Woodland Edges
Comments: One of our favorites because of the beautiful, smooth blueish-gray bark; typically a low-land tree
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | Pagoda Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia (Cornaceae)Plant Type: tree
Moisture: Medium Moist Soil, Dry Soil
Sunlight: Partial Sun, Full Shade
Blooms: May
Flower color: White
Height: 10.0 foot
General Natural Plant Setting:
Woodlands and Woodland Edges
Comments: Horizontal brances create pagoda shape;Blue-black berries in mid summer; width 6'-15'; a partiularly distinctive and beautiful dogwood
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | Paw Paw
Asimina triloba (Annonaceae)Plant Type: tree
Moisture: Medium Moist Soil
Sunlight: Partial Sun
Blooms: May - June
Flower color: Brownish-Purple
Height: 10.0 - 30.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Woodlands and Woodland Edges
Low Meadows, Stream Banks, Floodplains or Swampy Places
Comments: Fall foliage is yellow and the brownish fruit, shaped like a short, fat bananna is edible -- its pulp mades good pudding; can form colonies hence
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana (Ebenaceae)Plant Type: tree
Moisture: Medium Moist Soil
Sunlight: Full Sun, Partial Sun,
Blooms: May
Flower color: White-Yellow
Height: 30.0 - 50.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Low Meadows, Stream Banks, Floodplains or Swampy Places
Sunny Upland Meadows and Hillsides
Comments: Orange fruit is edible after frost in Oct-Nov. Berries make great jelly and provide food for mammals- even bears!
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | Red Panicled Dogwood
Cornus racemosa (Cornaceae)Plant Type: tree
Moisture: Wet Soil, Medium Moist Soil,
Sunlight: Partial Sun, Full Shade
Blooms: May
Flower color: Creamy White
Height: 3.0 - 8.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Woodlands and Woodland Edges
Comments: White berries on red stems in fall; very adaptable plant; width 3'-8'; important for wildlife
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis (Rosaceae)Plant Type: tree
Moisture: Medium Moist Soil, Dry Soil
Sunlight: Partial Sun, Full Shade
Blooms: April
Flower color: White/Yellow
Height: 10.0 - 25.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Woodlands and Woodland Edges
Comments: Dark red berries in fall and yellow-red foliage. This species is native in southeastern PA. We're working to grow W. PA species of serviceberry
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: no
Attracts:
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Photo credit: | Tupelo or Black Gum
Nyssa sylvatica ()Plant Type: tree
Moisture: Wet Soil, Medium Moist Soil, Dry Soil
Sunlight: Full Sun, Partial Sun, Full Shade
Blooms:
Flower color:
Height: 30.0 - 60.0 feet
General Natural Plant Setting:
Woodlands and Woodland Edges
Low Meadows, Stream Banks, Floodplains or Swampy Places
Sunny Upland Meadows and Hillsides
Comments: Brilliant fall foliage in shades of scarlet, orange, apricot, maroon and crimson. One of first trees to turn color. Birds love blue-black berries
Deer Resistant: yes
Rain Garden Suitable: no
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