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Adams Needle or Bear Grass
Yucca filamentosa
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
dry
Light Conditions
Sun
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Allegheny Chinquapin
Castanea pumila
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
dry
Light Conditions
Sun
Leaf Retention
deciduous
American Basswood or Linden
Tilia americana
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
dry-moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
American Beech
Fagus grandiflora
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Part Shade, Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
American Dogwood
Cornus florida
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
part shade-shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
American Holly
Ilex opaca
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
American Hornbeam, Ironwood
Carpinus caroliniana
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Part Shade, Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
American Plum
Prunus americana
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
Light Conditions
Shade, Sun
Leaf Retention
American Wisteria
Wisteria frutescens
Plant Type
Vines
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
Annual Wildrice
Zizania aquatica
Plant Type
Grasses
Water Preference
moist, moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Arrowwood Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Atamasco Lily
Zephyranthes atamasco
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Part Shade, Shade
Leaf Retention
Babys Breath Aster
Symphyotrichum (Aster) subulatus
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Part Shade, Shade
Leaf Retention
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Beach Blanket Flower
Gaillardia pulchella
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
dry
Light Conditions
Sun
Leaf Retention
Beach Dropseed
Sporobolus virginicus
Plant Type
Grasses
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun
Leaf Retention
Beauty Berry
Callicarpa americana
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Beebalm, Red Bergamot
Monarda didyma
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
Bitternut Hickory
Carya cordiformis
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Black Gum or Black Tupelo
Nyssa sylvatica
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Black-eyed Susan, Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun
Leaf Retention
Blackhaw Viburnum
Viburnum prunifolium
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Blazing Star, Gayfeather
Liatris spicata
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
Bracken Fern
Pteridium aquilinum
Plant Type
Ferns
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Broomsedge
Andropogon virginicus
Plant Type
Grasses
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Bushy Bluestem; Bushy Broomsedge
Andropogon glomeratus
Plant Type
Grasses
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Button Bush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Part Shade, Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Cabbage Palmetto
Sabal palmetto
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Canadian Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun, Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Carolina Allspice
Calycanthus floridus
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Carolina Cherry Laurel
Prunus caroliniana
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Carolina Fimbry
Fimbristylis caroliniana
Plant Type
Grasses
Water Preference
Light Conditions
Leaf Retention
Carolina Jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens
Plant Type
Vines
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Carolina mosquitofern, Fairy Moss
Azolla caronliniana
Plant Type
Ferns
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Part Shade, Shade
Leaf Retention
Carolina Phlox, Summer Phlox
Phlox carolina
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun
Leaf Retention
Carolina Rose, Wild Rose
Rosa carolina
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Christmas Fern, Fiddle-head Fern
Polystichum acrosticoides
Plant Type
Ferns
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Part Shade, Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Cinnamon Fern
Osmunda cinnamomea
Plant Type
Ferns
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Part Shade, Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Coast Laurel Oak
Quercus hemisphaerica
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Coastal Leucothoe
Leucothoe axillaris
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Coastal Witch-Alder
Fothergilla gardenii
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Common Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Common Rush, Soft Rush
Juncus effusus
Plant Type
Grasses
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun
Leaf Retention
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Coral Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
Plant Type
Vines
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Crossvine
Bignonia capreolata
Plant Type
Vines
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Cutleaf Coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
Dahoon or Cassena Holly
Ilex cassine
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Deerberry
Vaccinium stamineum
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Devils Walking Stick
Aralia spinosa
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Downy Phlox, Prairy Phlox
Phlox pilosa
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
Downy Serviceberry or Shadblow
Amelanchier arborea
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Dwarf Azalea, Coast Azalea
Rhododendron atlanticum
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Part Shade, Shade
Leaf Retention
Dwarf Palmetto
Sabal minor
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Dwarf Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem'
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Dwarf Sweet Pepperbush, Summersweet
Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles'
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Dwarf Yaupon Holly
Ilex vomitoria 'Schilling's'
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Eastern Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Eastern Smooth Penstemon or Beardtongue
Penstemon laevigatus
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Elephants Foot
Elephantopus tomentosus
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
Light Conditions
Leaf Retention
Fire Pink
Silene virginica
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
Florida Leucothoe, Tall Fetterbush
Agarista populifolia
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Fringe tree
Chionanthus virginicus
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Golden Canna, Banana of the Everglades
Canna flaccida
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun
Leaf Retention
Golden Tickseed
Coreopsis tinctoria
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
Grass-leaf Blazing Star
Liatris graminifolia (pilosa)
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
dry-moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Greater Tickseed
Coreopsis major
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
Groundnut, Wild Potato
Apios americana
Plant Type
Vines
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
Hackberry
Celtis laevigata
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Hazel Alder or Smooth Alder
Alnus serrulata
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun, Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Heartleaf Ginger, Piggies Ginger
Hexastylis (Asarum) arifolia
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Part Shade, Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Hercules Club
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
dry-moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Hop-hornbeam or Ironwood
Ostrya virginiana
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
dry-moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Horse Sugar
Symplocos tinctoria
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Shade
Leaf Retention
semi-evergreen
Indian Grass
Sorgastrum nutans
Plant Type
Grasses
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Indian Pink
Spigelia marilandica
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Part Shade, Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Indigo Bush
Amorpha fruticosa
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Inkberry
Ilex glabra
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Inland Sea Oats, River Oats
Chasmanthum latifolium
Plant Type
Grasses
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Part Shade, Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Ironweed
Vernonia novaboracensis
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Part Shade, Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Joe Pye Weed
Eupatorium (Eutrochium) fistulosum
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Plant Type
Ferns
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Part Shade, Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Late Purple Aster
Symphyotrichum (Aster) patens
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
deciduous
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Plant Type
Grasses
Water Preference
dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Loblolly Bay
Gordonia lasianthus
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Longleaf Pine
Pinus palustris
Plant Type
Trees
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Marsh Clematis, Blue Jasmine
Clematis crispa
Plant Type
Vines
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
Marsh Elder
Iva frutescens
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun
Leaf Retention
Marsh Fimbry
Fimbristylis castanea
Plant Type
Grasses
Water Preference
Light Conditions
Leaf Retention
Marsh Hay, Saltmeadow Cordgrass
Spartina patens
Plant Type
Grasses
Water Preference
moist-wet
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
Maryland Golden Aster
Chrysopsis mariana
Plant Type
Perennials
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
Needle Palm
Rhapidophyllum hystrix
Plant Type
Shrubs
Water Preference
moist
Light Conditions
Part Shade, Shade
Leaf Retention
evergreen
Netleaf Leatherflower
Clematis reticulata
Plant Type
Vines
Water Preference
moist-dry
Light Conditions
Sun, Part Shade
Leaf Retention
