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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Full Sun |
Part- Sun |
Shade |
Deer Resistant |
Attractive to…….. |
Height/Season |
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Perennials |
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Alexanders, Golden |
Zizia aurea |
* |
* |
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Black Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars |
1-3’ tall/ April - June |
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Aster, New England |
Aster novae-angliae |
* |
* |
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butterflies |
3-6’ tall/ August-October |
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Beardtounge, Foxglove |
Penstemon digitalis |
* |
* |
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* |
hummingbirds |
2-4’ tall/ May-July |
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Bee Balm |
Monarda didyma |
* |
* |
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Hummingbirds, butterflies, bees |
2-3’ tall/ summer |
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Bergamot, Wild |
Monarda fistulosa |
* |
* |
* (light shade) |
* |
butterflies
hummingbirds |
2-3’ tall/ July-Aug |
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Blue False Indigo |
Baptisia australis |
* |
* |
*
(light shade) |
* |
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2-4’tall/ May-June |
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Cardinal Flower |
Lobelia cardinalis |
* |
* |
* |
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hummingbirds |
2-5’ tall/ Aug-Sept |
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Columbine, Wild Eastern |
Aquilegia canadensis |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Hummingbirds |
1-2’tall / spring-early summer |
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Coneflower,
Purple |
Echinacea purpurea |
* |
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Butterflies
Hummingbirds |
2-3’tall / June-Oct |
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Coreopsis, tall |
Coreopsis tripteris |
* |
* |
*
(light shade) |
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Butterflies
Goldfinches |
3-9’ tall / July – Oct |
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Geranium, wild |
Geranium maculatum |
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* |
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Also called ‘Cranesbill’
1-2’-
spreads |
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Goldenrod |
Solidago sp. |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Butterflies |
Varies: 1-6’ tall/ summer - fall |
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Iris, Blueflag |
Iris verisicolor |
* |
* |
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Likes moist soils 2-3’ |
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Joe-Pye Weed |
Eupatorium sp. |
* |
* |
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Butterflies |
2-8’ tall / summer – fall |
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Milkweed, Butterfly |
Asclepias tuberosa |
* |
* |
*
(light shade) |
* |
Butterflies
Monarch and Queen butterfly caterpillars |
1-3’tall / June-Sept |
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Obedient Plant |
Physostegia virginiana |
* |
* |
*
(light shade) |
* |
|
2-3’tall/ August |
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Susan, Brown –eyed |
Rudbeckia fulgida |
* |
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Butterflies |
2’tall (compact) / Aug- Sept |
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Trumpet Creeper |
Campsis radicans |
* |
* |
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Hummingbirds |
Vigorous vine – WILL SPREAD! |
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Violet, Common Blue |
Viola papilonacea |
* |
* |
* |
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Butterflies
Fritillary butterfly caterpillars |
Ground cover – self seeds
NJ STATE FLOWER |
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Wild Stonecrop (Native Sedum) |
Sedum ternatum |
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* |
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groundcover |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Full Sun |
Part-
Sun
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Shade |
Deer Resistant |
Attractive to…….. |
Height/Season |
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Shrubs |
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Smooth Alder |
Alnus serrulata |
* |
* |
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Birds |
Dense branching- good nesting habitat 6-8’ |
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Northern
Bayberry |
Myrica pennsylvanica |
* |
* |
* |
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Migratory birds |
3-8’ |
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Blueberry – High bush |
Vaccinium
corymbosum |
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Food and nests for birds |
Good as hedge
6-15’ |
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Dogwood –
Redosier |
Cornus sericea |
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Berries (white) for birds |
Bright red stems in winter 6-9’ |
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Dogwood-
Silky |
Cornus amomum |
* |
* |
* |
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Berries (blue-white) |
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Elderberry |
Sambucus canadensis |
* |
* |
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Berries for birds |
White flowers in June
Vigorous shrub 5-12’ |
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American Hazelnut |
Corylus americana |
* |
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Needs room to grow
10-15’ |
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Holly- winterberry |
Ilex verticillata |
* |
* |
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Berries (red) for birds |
A deciduous holly
6-10’ |
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Holly-
Inkberry |
Ilex glabra |
* |
* |
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Berries (black) for birds |
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Oakleaf Hydrangea |
Hydrangea quercifolia |
* |
* |
* |
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Large white flowers in summer
4-6’ |
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Mountain Laurel |
Kalmia latifolia |
* |
* |
* |
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White-pink flowers in late spring |
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New Jersey Tea |
Ceanothus americanus |
* |
* |
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butterflies |
Compact shrub – 3-4’
White pom-pom flowers |
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Paw Paw |
Asimina triloba |
* |
* |
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Zebra swallowtail butterfly larva |
Fruits are edible and taste like ‘banana-custard’ |
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Swamp Rose |
Rosa palustra |
* |
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Rose hips for birds |
A native rose
NOT same asRosa rugosa |
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Serviceberry/
Shadbush |
Amelanchier Canadensis |
* |
* |
* |
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Berries (red) |
White flowers in spring 15-20’ |
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Summerweet |
Clethra alnifolia |
* |
* |
* |
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Fragrant white flowers; spreads via suckers 8-12’ |
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Sumac-
Fragrant |
Rhus aromatica |
* |
* |
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Viburnum-
Arrowwood |
Viburnum dentatum |
* |
* |
* |
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Berries (blue-black) for birds |
Nice fall color
6-15’ |
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Viburnum-
Blackhaw |
Viburnum prunifolium |
* |
* |
* |
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Berries for birds (yellow then blue-black) |
Small tree/large shrub
White flowers and red fall foliage 12-15’ |
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Viburnum-
Cranberrybush |
Viburnum trilobum |
* |
* |
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Berries for birds |
Not true cranberries |
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Viburnum-
Mapleleaf |
Viburnum acerifolium |
* |
* |
* |
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Berries for birds |
Good in deep shade
Will form loose colonies
Excellent fall color |
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Viburnum –
Nannyberry |
Viburnum lentago |
* |
* |
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Berries for birds |
Deep red fall color |
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Witchhazel-
Common |
Hamamelis virginiana |
* |
* |
* |
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Large shrub
Fall/winter blossoms |
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Witchhazel-
Vernal |
Hamamelis vernalis |
* |
* |
* |
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Dense shrub – good for screening
Flowers Jan - March |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Full Sun |
Part-
Sun
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Shade |
Deer Resistant |
Attractive to…….. |
Height/Season |
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Trees |
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White Ash |
Fraxinus americana |
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overstory |
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Green Ash |
Fraxus pennsylvanica |
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|
overstory |
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American Beech |
Fagus grandifolia |
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|
overstory |
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Grey Birch |
Betula populifolia |
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|
overstory |
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River Birch |
Betula nigra |
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overstory |
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Red Cedar |
Juniperus virginiana |
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understory |
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Flowering dogwood |
Cornus florida |
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understory |
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American Holly |
Ilex opaca |
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understory |
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Swamp White Oak |
Quercus bicolor |
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overstory |
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Scarlet Oak |
Quercus coccinea
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overstory |
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Pin Oak |
Quercus palustrus |
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overstory |
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Chestnut Oak |
Quercus palustrus |
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NJ STATE TREE |
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Red Oak |
Quercus rubra |
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overstory |
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Black Oak |
Quercus velutina |
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overstory |
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Black willow |
Salix nigra |
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overstory |
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Ferns & Grassses |
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Christmas Fern |
Polystichum acrostichoides |
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* |
* |
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Evergreen
Easy to grow |
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Cinnamon Fern |
Osmunda cinnamonea |
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* |
* |
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Cinnamon-colored fertile fronds appear in spring before sterile green fronds |
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Ostrich Fern |
Matteuccia struthiopteris |
|
* |
* |
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Spreads by underground rhizomes
Edible fiddleheads |
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Sensitive Fern |
Onoclea sensiblis |
|
* |
* |
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Good for wet areas
Fronds injured by early frost, therefore, ‘sensitive’ |
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Leather Wood Fern |
Dryopteris marginalis |
|
* |
* |
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Also known as Marginal Shield Fern
Does not spread |
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Goldie’s Wood Fern |
Dryopteris
goldiana |
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* |
* |
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Biggest boldest fern of the east
Likes cool moist woody area |
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Bottlebrush Grass |
Hystrix patula |
* |
* |
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Likes the shade of a woodland setting |
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Tufted Hairgrass |
Deschampsia caespitosa |
* |
* |
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Seed is food for birds |
Low growing grass that forms mounds of finely textured stems |
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Gray’s Sedge |
Carex grayi |
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* |
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Semi-evergreen
Interesting seedheads in late summer |
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