Ailanthus

Ailanthus altissima

The tree of heaven is a rapidly growing deciduous tree with pale gray bark. It is invasive and grows in deciduous forests. It can be distinguished from native species by its fuzzy, reddish-brown twigs and clusters of light green seed pods. It is shade tollerant.

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American basswood

Tilia americana

It is tollerant to dry sites, occasional drought, alkaline soil, and clay soil; however, it prefers damp/moist, well-drained soils.

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American Chestnut

Castanea dentata

Not shade tollerant, grows in moist, well-drained loams. This tree is almost extinct in the wild due to the chestnut blight.

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American Cranberry

Vaccinium macrocarpon

Less than 1 ft tall. The branches of this evergreen, shrub have pinkish-white flowers with 4 backward-pointing petals. Part shade, moist, acidic soils, are required for growth.

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American Holly

Ilex opaca

Can withstand full sun to part shade, dry or wet soil, and acidic soil. Moist, well-drained, acidic soils are best for this tree. Acid-based, Sandy, Sandy Loam, and Medium Loam are best suited for growth.

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Apple

Malus Sp.

Frost resistant and partial shade tollerant. Requires moist soil. Soil can be loam, sand, or clay and can be neutral, acid, or alkaline.

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Atlantic White cedar

Chamaecyparis thyoides

Moist sandy, well-drained soil, no salt, not shade tolerant.

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Atlantic White Pine

Pinus strobus

5 pine needles to a frond. It is invasive, not tolerant of salt spray, partially shade tolerant, and drought resistant. It requires dry to moist sandy soil to grow.

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Bald Cypress

Taxodium distichum

Partially shade tollerant, it can grow in nearly any aidic soil. This tree is deciduous.

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Bayberry

Myrica pensylvanica

Partially shade tollerant and salt spray tollerant. Additionally, it prefers acidic, dry, sandy, soils.

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Bog Asphodel

Narthecium americanum

They grow on the margins of streams, are shade tollerant, and are tollerant to acidic soils.

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Black Huckleberry

Gaylussacia baccata

Shade tollerant. It requires sandy or rocky, dry, moist, or wet soil.

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Black Cherry Tree

Prunus serotina

Shade tollerant. Thrives in dry/moist, well-drained soils. They prefer neutral to acidic soil.

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Black locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

Partial shade tollerance, requires well-drained soils. This tree prefers moist well-drained soil and can live in any pH soil, is drought tolerant and salt olerant.

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Black Oak

Quercus velutina

Partial shade tolerant and drought tolerant. Requires acidic, dry, sandy to moist soils.

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Black Spruce

Picea mariana

Shade intolerant, tolerant to drought and flood. This tree prefers acidic, moist, well-drained, wet soil.

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Black tupelo

Nyssa sylvatica

Partial shade, salt, and drought tolerance. This plant is intolerant to alkaline soils and prefers acidic, moist, well-drained soils.

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Balck Walnut

Juglans nigra

Shade intolerant. Requires a drained deep soil between slightly acidic and alkaline.

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Blackjack oak

Quercus marilandica

Partially shade tolerant. Requires dry, gravelly, sandy, sandy loam, medium loam, clay loam, or clay, soils

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Bracken Fern

Pteridium aquilinum

Shade intolerant, pioneer species that can grow basically anywhere.

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Broom Crowberry

Corema conradii

Pioneer species that grows in course, gravelly, sandy, or rocky well-drained soils. They are shade intolerant.

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Chestnut Oak

Quercus prinus

Shade intolerant. Drought tolerant and grows in clay, loam, sand, and acidic well-drained soils.

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Chokeberry

Aronia Sp.

Partial shade tolerance. This plant prefers acidic wet soil, is drought and salt tolerant.

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Cinnamon Fern

Osmunda cinnamomea

Shade tolerant, prefers moist, wet, muddy, sandy, sandy loam, clay loam, clay, calcareous, acidic soil.

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Colorado Blue Spruce

Picea pungens

Shade intolerant. This tree prefers acidic, loamy, moist, sandy, well-drained, and clay soils.

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Common Juniper

Juniperus communis

Shade intolerant. This tree prefers acidic or alkaline soil and is drought and salt tolerant.

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Eastern Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

Shade tolerant. This tree prefers moist well-drained, alkaline soil. It is intolerant to salt and acidic conditions.

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Eastern Red Cedar

Juniperus virginiana

Shade intolerant. This tree prefers alkaline, dry or moist, well-drained soil, it is tolerant to acidic soils, salt, and drought. It is intolerant to poor drainage.

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Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida

Partial shade tolerant. Prefers dry or moist, rich, well-drained, acidic, sandy, sandy loam, or medium loam soil.

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Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba

Very resistant tree that grows nearly anywhere. It is shade tolerant.

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Greenbriar

Smilax rotundifolia

This plant is shade tolerant and prefers moist soil.

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Grey Birch

Betula populifolia

Shade intolerant. This tree prefers moist, well-drained soil. It is tolerant to acidic soils, drought, and poor drainage. It is intolerant to alkaline soils.

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Honey Locust

Gleditsia triacanthos

Shade intolerant. This tree prefers moist, well-drained soils, but can grow in nearly any condition if it is given light.

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Highbush Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

Partially shade tolerant. Requires moist, acidic, well-drained soil.

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Inkberry Holly

Ilex glabra

Partial shade tolerance. Prefers, moist-wet, sandy-peaty acidic soil. It is flood tolerant.

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Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum

Partial shade tolerance. Prefer moist, rich, acidic, well-drained soils.

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Leatherleaf

Chamaedaphne calyculata

Shade intolerant. Prefers wet, acidic, wet peats, mucks, and sands.

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Lowbush Blueberry

Vaccinium angustifolium

Partial shade tolerance. This plant prefers average, medium, well-drained, acidic soils.

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Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia

Partial shade tolerance. Prefers moist, cool, rocky, or sandy soils. It is intolerant to CaCO3.

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Northern Catalpa

Catalpa speciosa

Shade intolerant. This tree prefers alkaline moist well-drained soils. It is tolerant to acidic soils, salt, drought, and poor drainage.

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Northern Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Partial shade tolerance. This tree prefers acidic moist, well-drained soil. It is tolerant to alkaline soils, salt, drought, and poor drainage.

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Northern White Cedar

Thuja occidentalis

Partial shade tolerance. This tree prefers moist, peaty, acidic, calcium-rich soil.

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Norway Maple

Acer platanoides

Partial shade tolerance. Invasive tree that prefers moist, well-drained soil and is tolerant to everything.

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Norway Spruce

Picea abies

Partial shade tolerance. This tree prefers acidic or alkaline, wet soil, and is tolerant to salt. It is intolerant to drought and poor drainage.

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Pitcher Plant

Sarracenia sp.

Shade tolerant. These plants prefer sandy, richm acidic, well-drained, soils.

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Pixie Moss

Pyxidanthera barbulata

Pioneer shade intolerant species. This plant can grow nearly anywhere if it has light. It prefers sandy, well-drained, acidic soils.

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Paulownia

Paulownia tomentosa

Shade intolerant. Prefers sandy, peaty, loams with good drainage. It tolerates poor and dry soils but is intolerant to heavy clay soils.

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Pine Barrens Heather

Hudsonia ericoides

Shade tolerant. These plants prefer acidic soil.

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Persimmon

Diospyros virginiana

Partially shade tolerant. These trees prefer moist, rich soil. However, this tree is tolerant to many types of soil. It is intolerant to CaCO3.

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Pin Oak

Quercus palustris

Shade intolerant. The pin oak grows in acidic, loamy, moist, rich, sandy, well-drained, wet and clay soils. It can tolerate wet conditions, including moderate flooding.

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Pitch Pine

Pinus rigida

Shade intolerant, pioneer species that can grow basically anywhere. It prefers sandy, acidic, well-drained, soil.

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Poison Ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

Shade tolerant, can grow basically anywhere. Leaves of 3 leave them be...

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Post Oak

Quercus stellata

Partially shade tolerant. This tree prefers dry, sandy, acidic soil.

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Round leaved Sundew

Drosera rotundifolia

Roundleaf Sundew is most often found in acidic bogs, but can also be seen growing in swamps or on rotting logs, mossy crevices, and floating sphagnum mats or hummocks. This species is also found on pond, lake, and stream margins. Roundleaf Sundew prefers full sun, but can survive in limited shade.

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Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Partial shade tolerance. This tree prefers moist, acidic soils in swamps and wetlands.

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Rhododendron

Rhododendron Sp.

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Sand Myrtle

Leiophyllum buxifolium

Partial Shade tolerance. Prefers moist, sandy, peaty acidic soil. Is intolerant to drought.

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Sassafras

Sassafras albidum

Partial Shade tolerance. Has 3 different leaves. Prefers moist, well-drained, acidic, loamy soils. Tolerates dry, sandy soils.

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Scrub Oak

Quercus ilicifolia

Shade intolerant. Prefers dry, acidic, gravelly or sandy soils.

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Sheep Laurel

Kalmia angustifolia

Partial shade tolerance. Requires a cool, moist, acidic, organic soil for best performance

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Shining Sumac

Rhus copallina

Partial shade tolerance. Prefers acidic, dry or moist, well-drained soils.

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Shortleaf Pine

Pinus echinata

Partial shade tolerance. Prefers dry, sandy, sandy loam, medium loam, acidic soils.

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Silver Linden

Tilia tomentosa

Partial shade tolerance. Prefers moist well drained soil. Is tolerant to a range of conditions, acidic, alkaline, and salt. Is intolerant to drought and poor drainage.

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Silver maple

Acer saccharinum

Partial shade tolerance. Prefers moist/wet, well-drained, acidic soils. This tree is tolerant of alkaline conditions and intolerant of saline, drought and poor drainage conditions.

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Southern Red Oak

Quercus falcata

Partial shade tolerance. Prefers dry, sandy, loamy, or clay acidic soils. This tree is tolerant to cold and can grow in impaired soils.

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Spatulate Sundew

Drosera intermedia

They grow best in peat bogs and are carnivorous.

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Sugar Maple

Acer Saccharum

Shade tolerant. They prefer dry or moist well-drained soils.

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Swamp Azalea

Rhododendron viscosum

Partial shade tolerance. Prefers moist, acidic, humusy, well-drained soils.

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Sweet Pepper

Clethra alnifolia

Shade tolerant. Prefers moist/wet, sandy, clay soils.

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Sweetbay

Magnolia virginiana

Partial shade tolerance. Prefers moist soils. Grows in Sandy, Sandy Loam, Medium Loam, Clay Loam, or Clay.

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Swamp Pink

Helonias bullata

Is only found in wetlands along streams and seepage areas in freshwater swamps.

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Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua

Partial shade tolerance. Grows best in acidic, deep, moist, alluvial loams, Sandy, Sandy Loam, Medium Loam, Clay Loam.

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Sycamore

Platanus occidentalis

Shade tolerant, moist, sandy loams or silty clays. It is cold tolerant.

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thread Leaved Sundew

Drosera filiformis

These plants can grow in any acidic soil.

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Teaberry

Gaultheria procumbens

Shade tolerant and grow in any acidic soil.

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Tulip Tree

Liriodendron tulipifera

Partial shade tolerance. Prefers moist, well-drained, acidic soil, but tolerates acidic soil. It does not tolerate drought, salt, or poor drainage.

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Virgina Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Habitats include deciduous woodlands, woodland borders, thickets, gravelly seeps, limestone glades, rocky bluffs, fence rows, abandoned or little-used railroads, and walls of buildings. They are also invasive.

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White Mulberry

Morus alba

Habitats include disturbed open woodlands, savannas and thickets, woodland borders, fence rows, powerline clearances in wooded areas, river banks, vacant lots, and unmowed waste areas.

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White Oak

Quercus alba

It is found in well-drained areas of bottomland woodlands, sandy woodlands, bluffs, wooded slopes, savannas and sandy savannas, edges of limestone glades, and high riverbanks above the flood zone. Additionally they are fire resistant when mature.

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Yew

Taxus canadensis

Thrives in swampy woods, ravines, riverbanks and on lake shores.

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