Highland Lakes

1.     Highland Lakes Native Plants for Woodland and Woodland Edge Herbaceous Plants

Botanical Name…………………… Common Name

Actaea alba................. Dolls eyes

Allium cernuum.............. Nodding onion

Allium tricoccum............ Wild leek (Ramp)

Aquilegia Canadensis........ Columbine

Arisaema triphyllum......... Jack-in-the-pulpit

Asarum Canadensis........... Wild ginger

Aster divaricatus........... White wood aster

Aster cordifolius........... Heart-leaved aster

Dicentra cucullaria......... Dutchman's-breeches

Erythronium americanum...... Yellow trout lily

Geranium maculatum.......... Wild geranium

Maianthemum canadense....... Canada mayflower

Mertensia virginica......... Virginia bluebells

Mitchella repens............ Partridgeberry

Parthenocissus quinquefolia. Virginia creeper

Podophyllum peltatum........ Mayapple

Polygonatum biflorum........ Solomon's seal

Sanguinaria Canadensis...... Bloodroot

Smilacina racemosaFalse .... Solomon's seal

Solidago caesia..............Blue-stem goldenrod

Trillium spp................ Trillium

Viola sp.................... Violets

*Spring ephemeral - foliage dies back in the summer

                             Fern and Fern allies

Botanical Name…………………… Common Name

Asplenium platyneuron........Ebony spleenwort

Athyrium filix-femina....... Lady fern

Dennstaedtia punctilobula....Hay-scented fern

Dryopteris marginalis........Marginal wood fern

Onoclea sensibilis.......... Sensitive fern

Osmunda cinnamomea...........Cinnamon fern

Osmunda claytonia........... Interrupted fern

Osmunda regalis............. Royal fern

Polystichum acrostichoides.. Christmas fern

Pteridium aquilinum......... Bracken fern

Thelypteris noveboracensis.. New York fern

2.     Highland Lakes Native Plants for Meadows (Beds and Borders)

                                Herbaceous Plants

Botanical Name……………………. Common Name

Asclepias syriaca.............Common milkweed

Eupatorium purpureum......... Joe Pye weed

Monarda fistulosum........... Wild bergamot

Oenothera biennis............ Common evening primrose

Rosa Carolina................ Pasture rose

Rudbeckia hirta.............. Black-eyed susan

Solidago Canadensis.......... Tall goldenrod

Solidago flexicaulis......... Zig-zag goldenrod

Verbena hastate.............. Blue vervain

Vernonia noveboracensis...... New York ironweed

                        Highland Lakes Native Trees

Botanical Name……………………. Common Name

Acer rubrum................. Red maple

Acer saccharum.............. Sugar maple

Carya ovata................. Shagbark hickory

Fagus grandifolia........... American beech

Juniperis virginiana........ Easter red cedar

Liriodendron tulipifera..... Tuliptree

Pinus strobes............... White pine

Platanus occidentalis....... American sycamore

Quercus alba................ White oak

Quercus prinus.............. Chestnut oak

Quercus rubra............... Red oak

Tsuga Canadensis............ Eastern hemlock

3.     Highland Lakes Native Plants for Wet Soil Conditions*

                             Herbaceous Plants

Botanical Name………………….. Common Name

Anemonella thalictroides.... Rue anemone

Asclepias incarnate......... Swamp milkweed

Aster novae-angliae......... New England aster

Caltha palustris............ Marsh marigold

Chelone glabra.............. Turtlehead

Irisversicolor.............. Blue flag

Lilium canadense............ Canada lily

Lobelia siphilitica......... Great blue lobelia

Lobelia cardinalis.......... Cardinal flower

Matteuccia struthiopteris... Ostrich fern

Mertensia virginica......... Virginia bluebells

Onoclea sensibilis.......... Sensitive fern

Osmunda regalis............. Royal fern

Rosa palustris.............. Swamp rose

Symplocarpus foetidus....... Skunk cabbage

Typha latifolia............. Cattail

                           Trees and Shrubs

Botanical Name…………………… Common Name

Acer rubrum................. Red maple

Aronia arbutifolia.......... Red chokeberry

Betula nigra................ River birch

Betula populifolia.......... Gray birch

Cephalanthus occidentalis... Buttonbush

Clethra alnifolia........... Sweet pepperbush

Cornus sericea.............. Red-osier dogwood

Cornus racemosa............. Swamp dogwood

Ilex verticillata........... Winterberry

Lindera benzoin ............ Spicebush

Sambucus Canadensis......... American elder

*Many of these will also do well in normal garden conditions

Native Plants Web Resources

Native Plant Society of New Jersey

www.npsnj.org

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

www.wildflower.org

Bowmans Hill(PA) Wildflower Preserve

www.bhwp.org

New England Wild Flower Society

www.newfs.org

Wild Ones (Native Landscapers organization)

www.for-wild.org