Native Plant Database
Keystone Plants for Eastern Pennsylvania
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White Oak
Quercus alba
Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
Black Cherry
Prunus serotina
Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis
Arrowwood Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum
Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Winterberry Holly
Ilex verticillata
Native Azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides
Goldenrod
Solidago spp.
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Tulip Poplar
Liriodendron tulipifera
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
American Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
Silky Dogwood
Cornus amomum
Ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Joe-Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
River Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Side-oats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Red Chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
Paw Paw
Asimina triloba
Blue Joint Grass
Calamagrostis canadensis
Purple Giant Hyssop
Agastache scrophulariifolia
Yellow Giant Hyssop
Agastache nepetoides
Eastern Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Woodland Sunflower
Helianthus divaricatus
Thin-leaved Sunflower
Helianthus decapetalus
Swamp Sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius
Lanceleaf Tickseed
Coreopsis lanceolata
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