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Native Plants at Rutgers Nursery

       
 

Category

Common Plant Name

Botanical Plant Name

 

Grass

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

 

Grass

Prairie Dropseed

Sporobolus heterolepis

 

Perennial

Actaea Bugbane

Actaea racemosa (Cimicifuga)

 

Perennial

Maidenhair  Fern

Adiantum pedatum

 

Perennial

Anise Agastache

Agastache foeniculum

 

Perennial

Bluestar Amsonia

Amsonia hubrichtii

 

Perennial

Plantain-Leaf Pussytoes

Antennaria plantaginifolia

 

Perennial

Dutchman's Pipe Vine

Aristolochia macrophylla

 

Perennial

Goat's Beard

Aruncus dioicus

 

Perennial

Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

 

Perennial

White Milkweed

Asclepias perennis

 

Perennial

Butterfly Weed

Asclepias tuberosa

 

Perennial

Lady Fern

Athyrium felix-femina

 

Perennial

False Indigo

Baptisia australis

 

Perennial

White Largeleaf Baptisia

Baptisia leucantha

 

Perennial

False Chamomile

Boltonia asteroides

 

Perennial

Winecups

Callirhoe involucrata

 

Perennial

White Turtlehead

Chelone glabra

 

Perennial

Pink Turtlehead

Chelone lyonii

 

Perennial

Tall Coreopsis

Coreopsis tripteris

 

Perennial

Eastern Wood Fern

Dryopteris marginalis

 

Perennial

Pale Echinacea

Echinacea pallida

 

Perennial

Purple Coneflower Echinacea

Echinacea purpurea

 

Perennial

Blue Rattlesnake Master

Eryngium yuccifolium

 

Perennial

Hyssopleaf Boneset

Eupatorium hyssopifolium

 

Perennial

Large Leaf Aster

Eurybia macrophylla

 

Perennial

Eastern Showy Aster

Eurybia spectabilis

 

Perennial

Spotted Geranium

Geranium maculatum

 

Perennial

Bowman's Root

Gillenia trifoliata

 

Perennial

Hardy Hibiscus

Hibiscus moscheutos

 

Perennial

Crested Iris

Iris cristata

 

Perennial

Blue Flag Iris

Iris versicolor

 

Perennial

Appalachian Blazing Star

Liatris microcephala

 

Perennial

Blazing Star

Liatris spicata

 

Perennial

Cardinal Flower Lobelia

Lobelia cardinalis

 

Perennial

Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

 

Perennial

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

 

Perennial

Virginia Bluebells

Mertensia virginica

 

Perennial

Spotted Bee Balm

Monarda punctata

 

Perennial

Narrow-leaf Sundrops

Oenothera fruticosa

 

Perennial

Pachysandra Native

Pachysandra procumbens

 

Perennial

Beard Tongue

Penstemon digitalis

 

Perennial

Obedient Plant

Physostegia virginiana

 

Perennial

Christmas Fern

Polystichum acrostichoides

 

Perennial

Clustered Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum muticum

 

Perennial

Cutleaf Rudbeckia

Rudbeckia laciniata

 

Perennial

Sweet Goldenrod

Solidago odora

 

Perennial

New England Aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

 

Perennial

New York Aster

Symphyotrichum novi-belgii

 

Perennial

Tiarella Foamflower

Tiarella cordifolia

 

Perennial

Ohio Spiderwort

Tradescantia ohiensis

 

Perennial

Merry Bells Bellwort

Uvularia grandiflora

 

Perennial

Verbena Blue Vervain

Verbena hastata

 

Perennial

New York Ironweed

Vernonia noveboracensis

 

Perennial

Culver's Root

Veronicastrum virginicum

 

Perennial

Golden Alexander

Zizia aurea

 

Shrub

Bottlebrush Buckeye

Aesculus parviflora

 

Shrub

Red Aronia

Aronia arbutifolia

 

Shrub

Black Aronia

Aronia melanocarpa

 

Shrub

Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus

 

Shrub

Comptonia Sweet Fern

Comptonia peregrina

 

Shrub

Silky Dogwood

Cornus amomum

 

Shrub

Gray Dogwood

Cornus racemosa

 

Shrub

Eastern Red Cedar

Juniperus virginiana

 

Shrub

Coast Leucothoe

Leucothoe axillaris

 

Shrub

Northern Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

 

Shrub

Northern Bayberry

Morella pensylvanica

 

Shrub

Arrowwood Viburnum

Viburnum dentatum

 

Shrub

Nannyberry Viburnum

Viburnum lentago

 

Tree

Ohio Buckeye

Aesculus glabra

 

Tree

Paw Paw

Asimina triloba

 

Tree

Shagbark Hickory

Carya ovata

 

Tree

Northern Catalpa

Catalpa speciosa

 

Tree

Common Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

 

Tree

Eastern Redbud

Cercis canadensis

 

Tree

American Beech

Fagus grandifolia

 

Tree

Kentucky Coffee Tree

Gymnocladus dioicus

 

Tree

Black Walnut

Juglans nigra

 

Tree

Tulip Tree

Liriodendron tulipifera

 

Tree

Sweetbay  Magnolia

Magnolia virginiana

 

Tree

Black Gum

Nyssa sylvatica

 

Tree

Hophornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

 

Tree

Sycamore

Platanus occidentalis

 

Tree

White Oak

Quercus alba

 

Tree

Swamp White Oak

Quercus bicolor

 

Tree

Scarlet Oak

Quercus coccinea

 

Tree

Northern Pin Oak

Quercus ellipsoidalis

 

Tree

Bur Oak

Quercus macrocarpa

 

Tree

Chinkapin Oak

Quercus muehlenbergii

 

Tree

Pin Oak

Quercus palustris

 

Tree

Northern Red Oak

Quercus rubra

 

Tree

Rosebay Rhododendron

Rhododendron maximum

 

Tree

Bald Cypress

Taxodium distichum

Planting for Specific Conditions

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  • Small or Dwarf Plants for the Border
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