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Species List

Common Name(s) Sort descending Title Restoration Potential
American beakgrain Diarrhena americana Proven performer
American germander Teucrium canadense Proven performer
Bishop's cap Mitella diphylla Low
Black snakeroot Sanicula gregaria Avoid!
Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis Medium
Blue cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides Medium to low by seed (requires patience)
Blue phlox, sweet William Phlox divaricata High
Blue wood aster Aster cordifolius Proven performer
Bottlebrush grass Elymus hystrix Medium
Brown-eyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba Avoid!
Canada anemone/meadow anemone Anemone canadensis Proven performer (strongly rhizomatous)
Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis Low unless habitat is moist
Carrion flower Smilax herbacea Low
Cluster leaf tick trefoil Desmodium glutinosum Medium
Coralberry Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Proven performer (vegetatively)
Culver's root Veronicastrum virginicum Low
Cut-leaf toothwort Cardamine concatenata Low
Cutleaf coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata Medium
Davis' sedge Carex davisii Low
Dooryard violet Viola sororia High
Downy or silky wild rye Elymus villosus Proven performer
Dutchman's breeches Dicentra cucullaria Low
Early meadow rue Thalictrum dioicum Low
Elm-leaved goldenrod Solidago ulmifolia High
False rue anemone Isopyrum biternatum Medium
False Solomon's seal Smilacina racemosa Medium to Low
Golden alexanders Zizia aurea Low to medium
Great blue lobelia Lobelia siphilitica Low
Hairy wood mint Blephilia hirsuta Proven performer
Hedge nettle Stachys tenuifolia Medium
Hepatica Hepatica nobilis Low
Hispid buttercup Ranunculus hispidus Proven performer (by vegetative spread)
Ironweed Vernonia balwinii Low
Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema triphyllum Medium
Jacob's Ladder Polemonium reptans Low
James' sedge Carex jamesii High (with transplants)
Joe Pye weed Eutrochium purpureum Low
Jumpseed Polygonum virginianum Proven performer by seed
Ladies' tobacco and Pussy toes Antennaria plantaginifolia and A. neglecta Low
Large flowered bellwort Uvularia grandiflora Low
Lion's foot, White lettuce, Rattlesnake-root Prenanthes alba Low
Long-beaked sedge Carex sprengelii Medium
Lousewort, wood betony Pedicularis canadensis Low
Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum Low (extremely) by seed; high vegetatively
Meadow rue Thalictrum dasycarpum Low
Monkey flower Mimulus ringens Low
Nodding fescue Festuca subverticillata Proven performer
Oak sedge Carex pennsylvanica Medium
Rough-leaved sunflower Helianthus strumosus Undetermined
Rue anemone Anemonella thalictroides Low
Side-flowered aster, Calico aster Symphyotrichum lateriflorum Proven performer
Solomon's seal Polygonatum biflorum Medium
Spikenard Aralia racemosa Medium
Spotted touch-me-not/Pale touch-me-not (also known as jewel weed) Impatiens capensis/ I. pallida Low
Spreading chervil Chaerophyllum procumbens Low
Spring beauty Claytonia virginica Medium
Stellate sedge Carex rosea Undetermined
Stickseed Hackelia virginiana Avoid!
Tall bellflower Campanula americana Proven performer
Thimbleweed Anemone virginiana Low
Troublesome sedge Carex molesta High by seed
Trout lily Erythronium albidum Low
Virginia blue bells Mertensia virginica High (by transplant)
Virginia waterleaf Hydrophyllum virginianum High (by transplant)
White avens Geum canadense Avoid!
White baneberry Actaea pachypoda Undetermined or low by seed
White snakeroot Ageratina altissima Avoid!
Whorled milkweed Asclepias verticillata Medium to Low
Wild columbine Aquilegia canadensis High
Wild geranium Geranium maculatum High
Wild ginger Asarum canadense Proven performer by vegetative spread
Wild leek Allium tricoccum Medium
Wingstem Verbesina alternifolia Avoid!
Wood anemone Anemone quinquefolia Low
Woodland lettuce Lactuca floridana Avoid!
Yellow forest violet Viola pubescens High
Yellow giant hyssop Agastache nepetoides Medium
Yellow pimpernel Taenidia integerrima Low
Zig zag goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis Proven performer by vegetative spread