Topic: Native Plants

Viburnum nudum

Common Name: Possumhaw Viburnum, Smooth Witherod

Family: Viburnaceae

Height: 5 ft. - 12 ft.

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

Soil: Acid (<6.0)

Cornus sericea

Common Name: American Dogwood, Creek Dogwood

Family: Cornaceae

Height: 5 ft. - 9 ft.

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

Soil: Alkaline (>8.0)

Magnolia macrophylla

Common Name: Bigleaf Magnolia, Often Mispelled As "Big Leaf Magnolia"

Family: Magnoliaceae

Height: 30 ft. - 40 ft.

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

Physostegia virginiana

Common Name: False Dragon Head, Obedient Plant

Family: Lamiaceae

Height: 3 ft. - 4 ft.

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

Soil: Alkaline (>8.0)

Gillenia trifoliata

Common Name: American Ipecac, Bowman'S Root

Family: Rosaceae

Height: 2 ft. - 4 ft.

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

Soil: Acid (<6.0)

Nyssa sylvatica

Common Name: Blackgum, Black Gum

Family: Nyssaceae

Height: 30 ft. - 100 ft.

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

Soil: Acid (<6.0)

Euonymus americanus

Common Name: Hearts A'Busting, Strawberry Bush

Family: Celastraceae

Height: 4 ft. - 6 ft.

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)

Populus heterophylla

Common Name: Downy Poplar, Swamp Cottonwood

Family: Salicaceae

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

Juniperus Virginiana

Common Name: Eastern Redcedar, Eastern Red Cedar

Family: Cupressaceae

Height: 30 ft. - 40 ft.

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

Soil: Acid (<6.0)

Stewartia malacodendron

Common Name: Round-Fruited Stewartia, Silky Camellia

Family: Theaceae

Height: 10 ft. - 18 ft.

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)

Soil: Acid (<6.0)

Fraxinus Americana

Common Name: American Ash, White Ash

Family: Oleaceae

Height: 60 ft. - 120 ft.

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)

Soil: Acid (<6.0)

Rhus copallinum

Common Name: Dwarf Sumac, Flameleaf Sumac

Family: Anacardiaceae

Height: 7 ft. - 15 ft.

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

Soil: Acid (<6.0)

Quercus laevis

Common Name: Oaks, Turkey Oak

Family: Fagaceae

Height: 30 ft. - 40 ft.

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

Cornus amomum

Common Name: Kinnikinnik, Pale Dogwood

Family: Cornaceae

Height: 6 ft. - 12 ft.

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)

Soil: Acid (<6.0)

Persea borbonia

Common Name: Redbay, Red Bay

Family: Lauraceae

Height: 30 ft. - 60 ft.

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

Soil: Acid (<6.0)

Baptisia australis

Common Name: Blue False Indigo, Blue Wild Indigo

Family: Fabaceae

Height: 3 ft. - 5 ft.

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)

Soil: Acid (<6.0)

Carya laciniosa

Common Name: Big Shellbark Hickory, Broom Hickory

Family: Juglandaceae

Height: 40 ft. - 100 ft.

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

Soil: Acid (<6.0)

Chamaecyparis thyoides

Common Name: Atlantic White Cedar, Atlantic White-Cedar

Family: Cupressaceae

Height: 60 ft. - 80 ft.

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

Soil: Acid (<6.0)

Rubus odoratus

Common Name: Blackberry, Dewberry

Family: Rosaceae

Height: 3 ft. - 6 ft.

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

Shortia galacifolia

Common Name: Oconee Bells, Shortia

Family: Diapensiaceae

Type: Native Plants

Sun: Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)

Soil: Acid (<6.0)