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SUGGESTED NATIVE PLANT SPECIES
FOR PLANTING IN DELAWARE PIEDMONT AND COASTAL PLAIN HABITATS
prepared by Delaware Nature Society
This list contains plants that would be found in the natural areas of the Delaware piedmont and nearby coastal plain forests.
| Dm | Grows best in well-drained, open meadows |
| Wm | Grows best in emergent wetlands and open wet meadows |
| Fw | Grows best in forested wetlands |
| P | Grows best in piedmont forests |
| C | Restricted to the coastal plain |
If an indicator status is not given, assume the species will grow in both piedmont and coastal plain forests.
TREES
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME | |
| Acer rubrum | Red Maple | |
| Acer saccharinum | Silver Maple | |
| Betula lenta | Sweet Birch | |
| Carpinus caroliniana | Ironwood | |
| Carya cordiformis | Bitternut Hickory | |
| Carya glabra | Pignut Hickory | |
| Carya ovalis | Sweet Pignut Hickory | |
| Carya ovata | Shagbark Hickory | |
| Carya tomentosa | Mockernut Hickory | |
| Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood | |
| Diospyros virginiana | Persimmon | |
| Fagus grandifolia | American Beech | |
| Fraxinus americana | White Ash | |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash | |
| Ilex opaca | American Holly | |
| Juglans nigra | Black Walnut | |
| Dm | Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum | |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Poplar | |
| CFw | Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Magnolia |
| Nyssa sylvatica | Sourgum/Blackgum | |
| Dm | Pinus virginiana | Virginia Pine |
| Platanus occidentalis | Sycamore | |
| Prunus serotina | Wild Black Cherry | |
| Quercus alba | White Oak | |
| Quercus coccinea | Scarlet Oak | |
| Quercus falcata | Spanish Oak | |
| Quercus palustris | Pin Oak | |
| Quercus phellos | Willow Oak | |
| Quercus prinus | Chestnut Oak | |
| Quercus rubra | Red Oak | |
| Quercus velutina | Black Oak | |
| Salix nigra | Black Willow | |
| Sassafras albidum | Sassafras | |
| Ulmus rubra | Slippery Elm |
SHRUBS/VINES
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME | |
| P | Amelanchier arborea | Downy Serviceberry |
| C | Amelanchier canadensis | Shadbush |
| Aronia arbutifolia | Red Chokeberry | |
| Asimina triloba | Pawpaw | |
| Cornus amomum | Silky Dogwood | |
| Corylus americana | American Hazelnut | |
| Euonymus americanus | Strawberry Bush | |
| Gaylussacia baccata | Black Huckleberry | |
| Hamamelis virginiana | Witch Hazel | |
| Fw | Ilex glabra | Inkberry Holly |
| Ilex verticillata | Winterberry | |
| Kalmia latifolia | Mountain Laurel | |
| Lindera benzoin | Spicebush | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
| Rhododendron periclymenoides | Pinkster Azalea | |
| Rhododendron viscosum | Swamp Azalea | |
| Dm | Rhus copallina | Shining Sumac |
| Dm | Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac |
| Dm | Rhus typhina | Staghorn Sumac |
| Dm | Rubus pensylvanicus (frondosus) | Pennsylvania Blackberry |
| Wm | Sambucus canadensis | Elderberry |
| Staphylea trifolia | Bladdernut | |
| Vaccinium atrococcum | Highbush Black Blueberry | |
| Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush Blueberry | |
| Vaccinium stamineum | Deerberry | |
| Vaccinium vacillans | Low Blueberry | |
| Viburnum acerifolium | Maple-leaved Viburnum | |
| Viburnum dentatum | Southern Arrowwood | |
| Fw | Viburnum nudum | Possumhaw Viburnum |
| Viburnum prunifolium | Smooth Blackhaw |
BROAD-LEAVED HERBACEOUS PLANTS
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME | |
| P | Anemonella thalictroides | Rue Anemone |
| Aralia nudicaulis | Wild Sarsaparilla | |
| Arisaema triphyllum | Jack-in-the-Pulpit | |
| P | Asarum canadense | Wild Ginger |
| Wm | Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed |
| Dm | Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed |
| Dm | Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Weed |
| P | Aster cordifolius | Heartleaf Aster |
| P | Aster divaricatus | White wood Aster |
| Wm | Aster novae-angliae | New England Aster |
| Wm | Aster novae-belgii | New York Aster |
| Wm | Aster puniceus | Purplestem Aster |
| Claytonia virginica | Spring Beauty | |
| P | Dentaria laciniata | Cutleaf Toothwort |
| P | Dicentra cucullaria | Dutchman's Breeches |
| Erythronium americanum | Trout Lily | |
| Wm | Eupatorium fistulosum | Joe-Pye Weed |
| Eupatorium rugosum | White Snakeroot | |
| P | Geranium maculatum | Wild Geranium |
| Wm | Impatiens capensis | Orange Jewelweed |
| Fw | Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower |
| Wm | Lobelia siphilitica | Great Lobelia |
| Medeola virginiana | Indian Cucumber-root | |
| P | Mertensia virginica | Bluebells |
| P | Polygonatum biflorum | Solomon's-seal |
| Podophyllum peltatum | Mayapple | |
| Polemonium reptans | Greek Valerian | |
| Dm | Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan |
| P | Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot |
| Smilacina racemosa | False Solomon's-seal | |
| P | Solidago caesia | Blue-stem Goldenrod |
| Dm | Solidago canadensis | Canada Goldenrod |
| Dm | Solidago flexicaulis | Zigzag Goldenrod |
| Solidago rugosa | Tall Hairy Goldenrod | |
| Fw | Symplocarpus foetidus | Skunk Cabbage |
| P | Uvularia perfoliata | Perfoliate Bellwort |
| Uvularia sessilifolia | Sessile Bellwort | |
| Wm | Vernonia noveboracensis | New York Ironweed |
| P | Viola pubescens | Downy Yellow Violet |
| P | Viola sororia | Woolly Blue Violet |
FERNS
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME | |
| Athyrium Filix-femina | Lady Fern | |
| Athyrium thelypterioides | Silvery Spleenwort | |
| P | Dryopteris intermedia | Intermediate Wood Fern |
| P | Dryopteris marginalis | Marginal Wood Fern |
| Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive Fern | |
| Fw | Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern |
| Fw | Osmunda regalis | Royal Fern |
| Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas Fern | |
| Thelypteris noveboracensis | New York Fern | |
| Fw | Thelypteris palustris | Marsh Fern |
| Fw | Woodwardia areolata | Netted Chain Fern |
AVOID THE FOLLOWING!
THESE ARE HIGHLY INVASIVE NON-NATIVE PLANTS!
TREES
| Acer platanoides | Norway maple (all varieties) |
| Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore maple |
| Ailanthus altissima | Tree-of-heaven |
| Paulownia tomentosa | Princess tree |
SHRUBS/VINES
| Akebia quinata | Five-leaf |
| Ampelopsis brevipedunculata | Porcelainberry |
| Berberis thunbergii | Asian barberry |
| Berberis vulgaris | European barberry |
| Celastrus orbiculatus | Oriental bittersweet |
| Elaeagnus umbellata | Autumn olive |
| Euonymus alatus | Winged burning-bush |
| Hedera helix | English ivy |
| Ligustrum vulgare | Privet |
| Lonicera japonica | Japanese honeysuckle |
| Lonicera morrowii | Morrow's honeysuckle |
| Lonicera tatarica | Tatarian honeysuckle |
| Lonicera mackii | Amur Honeysuckle |
| Pachysandra terminalis | Pachysandra |
| Pueraria lobata | Kudzu |
| Rosa multiflora | Multiflora rose |
| Styrax japonica | Japanese snowbell |
| Viburnum plicatum | Doublefile viburnum |
| Viburnum sieboldii | Siebold viburnum |
| Vinca minor | Periwinkle |
BROAD-LEAVED HERBACEOUS
| Hemerocallis fulva | Day-lily |
| Polygonum cuspidatum | Japanese knotweed |
| Ranunculus ficaria | Lesser celandine |
| Lythrum salicaria | Purple loosestrife |