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Reasons for Using Native Plants in the Landscape
Nursery Sources of Native Plants
| Acer barbatum | southern sugar maple |
| Acer leucoderm | chalkbark maple |
| Acer negundo | box elder |
| Acer rubrum | red maple |
| Carya alba | mockernut hickory |
| Carya carolinae-septentrionalis | southern shagbark hickory |
| Carya cordiformis | bitternut hickory |
| Carya glabra | pignut hickory |
| Carya ovalis | sweet pignut hickory |
| Carya ovata | shagbark hickory |
| Carya pallida | pale hickory |
| Celtis laevigata | sugar hackberry |
| Diospyros virginiana | persimmon |
| Fagus grandifolia | American beech |
| Fraxinus americana | white ash |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | green ash |
| Gleditsia triacanthos | honey locust |
| Juglans nigra | black walnut |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | sweetgum |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | tulip tree |
| Nyssa sylvatica | black gum |
| Pinus echinata | shortleaf pine |
| Pinus strobus | eastern white pine |
| Pinus taeda | loblolly pine |
| Platanus occidentalis | American sycamore |
| Prunus serotina | black cherry |
| Quercus alba | white oak |
| Quercus coccinea | scarlet oak |
| Quercus falcata | southern red oak |
| Quercus lyrata | overcup oak |
| Quercus michauxii | swamp chestnut oak |
| Quercus nigra | water oak |
| Quercus palustris | pin oak |
| Quercus phellos | willow oak |
| Quercus prinus | chestnut oak |
| Quercus rubra | northern red oak |
| Quercus shumardii | Shumard’s oak, swamp red oak |
| Quercus stellata | post oak |
| Quercus velutina | black oak |
| Ulmus alata | winged elm |
| Ulmus americana | American elm |
| Ulmus rubra | slippery elm |
| Aesculus sylvatica | painted buckeye |
| Aesculus pavia | red buckeye |
| Albizia julibrissin | mimosa |
| Amelanchier arborea | common serviceberry |
| Amelanchier canadensis | Canadian serviceberry |
| Aralia spinosa | Hercules club, devil’s walkingstick |
| Asimina parviflora | dwarf paw-paw |
| Asimina triloba | paw-paw |
| Betula nigra | river birch |
| Carpinus caroliniana | ironwood, American hornbeam |
| Cercis canadensis | eastern redbud |
| Cornus florida | flowering dogwood |
| Crataegus crus-galli | cockspur hawthorn |
| Crataegus flabellata | fanleaf hawthorn |
| Crataegus marshallii | parsley hawthorn |
| Crataegus uniflora | dwarf hawthorn |
| Hamamelis virginiana | American witch-hazel |
| Ilex decidua | possumhaw |
| Ilex opaca | American holly |
| Ilex verticillata | common winterberry |
| Juniperus virginiana | eastern redcedar |
| Magnolia tripetala | umbrella tree |
| * Melia azedarach | *China-berry |
| Morus rubra | red mulberry |
| Ostrya virginiana | hop hornbeam |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | sourwood |
| Pinus virginiana | Virginia pine |
| Prunus americana | American plum |
| Prunus angustifolia | chickasaw plum |
| *Prunus persica | *peach |
| *Pyrus communis | *pear |
| Quercus marilandica | blackjack oak |
| Robinia pseudoacacia | black locust |
| Sassafras albidum | sassafras |
| Styrax grandifolius | bigleaf snowbell |
| Viburnum nudum | possumhaw |
| Viburnum prunifolium | blackhaw |
| Viburnum rufidulum | rusty blackhaw, blue haw |
| Alnus serrulata | tag alder, hazel alder |
| Corylus americana | American hazelnut |
| Corylus cornuta | beaked hazelnut |
| Cyrilla racemiflora | swamp titi |
| *Elaeagnus umbellata | *autumn olive |
| *Ligustrum sinense | *Chinese privet |
| Lyonia ligustrina | maleberry |
| Photinia pyrifolia | red chokeberry |
| Rhus copallinum | winged sumac |
| Rhus glabra | smooth sumac |
| Vaccinium arboreum | farkleberry, sparkleberry |
| Vaccinium fuscatum | black highbush blueberry |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | common buttonbush |
| Cornus amomum | silky dogwood, red twig dogwood |
| *Cytisus scoparius | * Scotch broom |
| Ilex glabra | inkberry |
| Itea virginica | Virginia sweetspire |
| Leucothoe racemosa | swamp doghobble, fetterbush |
| Lindera benzoin | northern spice bush |
| Lyonia mariana | piedmont staggerbush |
| Vaccinium elliottii | Elliott’s blueberry |
| Vaccinium stamineum | squaw huckleberry, deerberry |
| Viburnum rafinesquianum | downy arrowwood |
| Euonymus Americana | strawberry bush |
| Fothergilla major | mountain witchalder |
| Hypericum drummondii | St. Johnswort, nits and lice |
| Hypericum gentianoides | pineweed, orangegrass |
| Hypericum hypericoides | St. Andrew’s Cross |
| Hypericum lloydii | sandhill St. Johnswort |
| Hypericum mutilum | dwarf St. Johnswort |
| Hypericum nudiflorum | early St. Johnswort |
| *Hypericum perforatum | *common St. Johnswort |
| Hypericum prolificum | shrubby St. Johnswort |
| Hypericum punctatum | spotted St. Johnswort |
| Rhododendron periclymenoides | pinxter azalea |
| Rhus aromatica | fragrant sumac |
| Rubus argutus | sawtooth blackberry |
| Rubus cuneifolius | sand blackberry |
| Rubus flagellaris | northern dewberry |
| Rubus occidentalis | blackcap raspberry |
| Vaccinium tenellum | small black blueberry |
| Vaccinium crassifolium | creeping blueberry |
| Vaccinium pallidum | Blue Ridge blueberry |
| Achillea millefolium | yarrow |
| Ambrosia artemisiifolia | annual ragweed |
| Amsonia tabernaemontana | eastern blue star |
| Angelica venenosa | hairy angelica |
| Apocynum cannabinum | Indian hemp |
| Aquilegia canadensis | red columbine |
| Arisaema dracontium | green dragon |
| Arisaema triphyllum | Jack-in-the-pulpit |
| Asclepias incarnata | swamp milkweed |
| Asclepias tuberosa | butterfly weed |
| *Asparagus officinalis | *asparagus |
| Aster tataricus | tatarian aster |
| Bidens spp. | beggarticks |
| Cardamine angustata | slender toothwort |
| *Cardamine hirsuta | *hairy bittercress |
| Carex spp. | carex |
| *Cerastium brachypetalum | *mouse-ear chickweed |
| Chelone glabra | white turtlehead |
| Chrysogonum virginianum | green and gold |
| Claytonia virginica | Virginia spring beauty |
| Clitoria mariana | Atlantic pigeonwings, butterfly pea |
| *Commelina communis | *Asiatic dayflower |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | lanceleaf tickseed |
| Coreopsis major | greater tickseed |
| Coreopsis tripteris | tall tickseed |
| Coreopsis verticillata | whorled tickseed |
| Cyperus spp. | sedge |
| *Datura stramonium | *jimsonweed |
| *Daucus carota | *Queen Anne's lace |
| Eleocharis spp. | spike rush |
| Erythronium americanum | trout lily, dog-tooth violet |
| Eupatorium fistulosum | Queen-of-the-meadow, Joe-Pye- Weed |
| Equisetum hyemale | scouring rush horsetail |
| Fragaria virginiana | wild strawberry |
| Galium obtusum | bluntleaf bedstraw |
| Galium pilosum | hairy bedstraw |
| Galium tinctorium | stiff marsh bedstraw |
| Gamochaeta purpurea | spoonleaf purple everlasting |
| Gentiana villosa | striped gentian |
| Gentiana saponaria | harvest bells |
| Geranium carolinianum | Carolina geranium |
| *Geranium disectum | *cutleaf geranium |
| Geranium maculatum | wild geranium |
| Helenium autumnale | common sneezeweed |
| Helianthus angustifolius | swamp sunflower |
| Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem artichoke |
| Hepatica nobilis | liverleaf |
| Heuchera americana | American alumroot |
| Hexastylis arifolia | littlebrownjug heart leaf |
| Hexastylis minor | little heartleaf |
| Hexastylis virginica | Virginia heartleaf |
| Hibiscus moscheutos | crimsoneyed rosemallow |
| *Ipomoea purpurea | *tall morning-glory |
| Ipomoea pandurata | man root |
| Iris cristata | dwarf crested iris |
| Juncus spp. | rush |
| Lactuca canadensis | Canada lettuce |
| Lactuca floridana | woodland lettuce |
| *Lamium amplexicaule | *henbit |
| *Leucanthemum vulgare | *ox-eye daisy |
| Liatris pilosa | shaggy blazing star |
| Linum striatum | ridged yellow flax |
| Lobelia cardinalis | cardinal flower |
| *Mentha piperita | *peppermint |
| Maianthemum racemosum | false Solomon's seal, feathery false lily of the vally |
| Mitchella repens | partridge berry |
| Monarda fistulosa | wild bergamot |
| Monarda punctata | horsemint, spotted beebalm |
| Oenothera biennis | common evening primrose |
| Oenothera fruticosa | narrowleaf evening primrose |
| Oenothera laciniata | cutleaf evening primrose |
| Orontium aquaticum | golden club |
| Oxalis stricta | common yellow woodsorrel |
| Oxalis violacea | violet woodsorrel |
| Parthenium integrifolium | wild quinine |
| Peltandra virginica | green arrow arum |
| Penstemon laevigatus | eastern smooth beardtongue |
| *Perilla frutescens | *beefsteakplant, perilla |
| Phacelia dubia | smallflower phacelia |
| Phlox nivalis | trailing phlox |
| Phlox glaberrima | smooth phlox |
| Physostegia virginiana | obedient plant |
| Plantago aristata | largebracted plantain |
| Plantago heterophylla | slender plantain |
| *Plantago lanceolata | *narrowleaf plantain |
| Plantago rugelii | blackseed plantain |
| Plangato virginica | Virginia plantain |
| Polygonatum biflorum | smooth Solomon's seal |
| Prunella vulgaris | common selfheal |
| Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium | rabbit tobacco |
| Pycnanthemum flexuosum | Appalachian mountainmint |
| Pycnanthemum incanum | hoary mountainmint |
| Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | narrowleaf mountainmint |
| Ranunculus abortivus | littleleaf buttercup |
| Ranunculus acris | tall buttercup |
| *Ranunculus arvensis | *corn buttercup |
| *Ranunculus bulbosus | *St. Anthony’s turnip |
| Ranunculus hispidus | bristly buttercup |
| *Ranunculus parviflorus | *smallflower buttercup |
| Ranunculus pusillus | low spearwort |
| Ranunculus recurvatus | blisterwort |
| *Ranunculus sardous | *hairy buttercup |
| Rhexia mariana | Maryland meadowbeauty |
| Rudbeckia fulgida | black-eyed susan |
| Rudbeckia laciniata | cutleaf coneflower |
| Ruellia caroliniensis | Carolina wild petunia |
| Salvia lyrata | lyre-leaf sage |
| Sanguinaria canadensis | bloodroot |
| Scirpus spp. | bulrush |
| Scutellaria elliptica | hairy skullcap |
| Scutellaria integrifolia | helmetflower |
| Scutellaria lateriflora | blue skullcap |
| Scutellaria ovata | heartleaf skullcap |
| Sedum ternatum | woodland stonecrop |
| Silene antirrhina | sleepy catchfly |
| Silene stellata | starry campion, widowsfrill |
| Silene virginica | fire pink |
| Sisyrinchium mucronatum | needletip blue-eyed grass |
| Solanum carolinense | Carolina horsenettle |
| Solidago arguta | Atlantic goldenrod |
| Solidago bicolor | white goldenrod |
| Solidago caesia | wreath goldenrod |
| Solidago gigantean | giant goldenrod |
| Solidago nemoralis | gray goldenrod |
| Solidago pinetorum | Small’s goldenrod |
| Solidago puberula | downy goldenrod |
| Solidago rugosa | wrinkleleaf goldenrod |
| Solidago speciosa | showy goldenrod |
| *Stellaria media | *common chickweed |
| Stellaria pubera | star chickweed |
| Symphyotrichum laeve | smooth blue aster |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum | white panicle aster |
| Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England aster |
| Symphyotrichum oblongifolium | aromatic aster |
| Thalictrum thalictroides | windflower |
| *Verbascum blattaria | *moth mullein |
| *Verbascum thapsus | *common mullein |
| Verbena simplex | narrowleaf vervain |
| Verbena urticifolia | white vervain |
| Viola affinis | sand violet |
| Viola hastate | halberdleaf yellow violet |
| Viola hirsutula | southern woodland violet |
| Viola palmata | early blue violet |
| Viola x primulifolia | primrose violet |
| Viola sagittata | arrowleaf violet |
| Viola spp. | violet |
| Zephyranthes atamasca | atamasco lily |
| Huperzia lucidula | shining clubmoss |
| Lycopodium digitatum | fan clubmoss |
| Lycopodium obscurum | groundpine, rare clubmoss |
| Asplenium platyneuron | ebony spleenwort |
| Athyrium filix-femina | asplenium lady fern |
| Botrychium biternatum | southern grape fern |
| Botrychium dissectum | common grape fern |
| Botrychium virginianum | rattlesnake fern |
| Cheilanthes lanosa | hairy lipfern |
| Cheilanthes tomentosa | wooly lipfern |
| Cystopteris protrusa | spreading bladder fern |
| Dryopteris marginalis | marginal woodfern |
| Lygodium palmatum | American climbing fern |
| Onoclea sensibilis | sensitive fern |
| Ophioglossum vulgatum | southern adder's tongue |
| Osmunda cinnamomea | cinamon fern |
| Pleopeltis polypodioides | resurrection fern |
| Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas fern |
| Pteridium aquilinum | western brackenfern |
| Woodwardia areolata | netted chain fern |
| Bignonia capreolata | cross vine |
| Campsis radicans | trumpet vine, cow-itch vine |
| Clematis viorna | leather flower |
| Gelsemium sempervirens | Carolina jasmine |
| *Lonicera japonica | *Japanese honeysuckle |
| Lonicera sempervirens | coral honeysuckle |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper |
| Passiflora incarnata | purple passionflower |
| Pasiflora lutea | yellow passionflower |
| Smilax bona-nox | saw greenbrier |
| Smilax rotundifolia | roundleaf greenbrier, catbrier |
| Smilax tamnoides | bristly greenbrier |
| Smilax walteri | coral greenbrier |
| Toxicodendron radicans | poison ivy |
| Vitis aestivalis | summer grape |
| Vitis baileyana | possum grape |
| Vitis rotundifolia | muscadine grape |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | little bluestem |
| Andropogon gerardii | big bluestem |
| Andropogon ternarius | splitbeard bluestem |
| Andropogon virginicus | broom-sedge |
| Arunduinaria gigantea | giant cane |
| *Avena sativa | *oats |
| *Bromus commutatus | *meadow brome |
| Bromus pubescens | Hairy woodland brome |
| *Bromus secalinus | *rye brome |
| Chasmanthium latifolium | river oats, woodoats |
| Chasmanthium laxum | slender woodoats |
| *Cynodon dactylon | *bermudagrass |
| *Dactylis glomerata | *orchard grass |
| Digitaria filiformis | slender crabgrass |
| *Digitaria ischaemum | *smooth crabgrass |
| Digitaria sanguinalis | hairy crabgrass |
| *Eleusine indica | *goosegrass |
| Eragrostis elliottii | field lovegrass |
| Eragrostis hirsuta | bigtop lovegrass |
| Eragrostis pilosa | Indian lovegrass |
| Eragrostis refracta | coastal lovegrass |
| Eragrostis spectabilis | purple lovegrass |
| Hordeum pusillum | little barley |
| *Lolium perenne | *perennial ryegrass |
| *Microstegium vimineum | *Japanese stiltgrass |
| *Miscanthus sinensis | *Chinese silvergrass |
| Muhlenbergia capillaries | hairawn muhly |
| Muhlenbergia schreberi | nimblewill |
| Panicum anceps | beaked panicgrass |
| Panicum capillare | witchgrass |
| Panicum dichotomiflorum | fall panicgrass |
| Panicum philadelphicum | Philadelphia panicgrass |
| Panicum regidulum | redtop panicgrass |
| Panicum verrucosum | warty panicgrass |
| Panicum virgatum | switchgrass |
| *Pennisetum glaucum | *pearl millet |
| *Phleum pratense | *timothy |
| *Poa annua | *annual bluegrass |
| Poa autumnalis | autumn bluegrass |
| Poa chapmaniana | Chapman’s bluegrass |
| Poa cuspidata | early bluegrass |
| *Poa pratensis | *Kentucky bluegrass |
| Saccharum baldwinii | narrow plumegrass |
| Saccharum brevibarbe | sortbeard plume grass |
| *Secale cereale | *cereal rye |
| Setaria parviflora | marsh bristlegrass |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indian grass |
| Tridens flavus | purpletop tridens |
| Tripsacum dactyloides | eastern gamma grass |
| Nuphar lutea | spatter dock |
| Nymphaea odorata | water lily |
| Pontaderia cordata | pickerelweed |
| Sagittaria australis | longbeak arrowhead |
| Saururus cernuus | lizard's tail |
Nursery Sources of Native Plants | |
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| Cure Nursery, 880 Buteo Ridge Road, Pittsboro, NC 27312-9332, 919-542-6186. retail and wholesale | |
| Mellow Marsh Farm, 1312 Woody Store Road, Siler City, NC 27344, 919-742-1200 retail and wholesale | |
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| Appalachian Trees, PO Box 92, Glendale Springs, NC 28629, 336-982-2377. wholesale | |
| Arrowhead Wholesale Nursery, 6150 Watia Rd., Bryson City, NC 28713, 828-488-6840. retail and wholesale | |
| Burgaw Creek Nursery, PO Box 1337, Burgaw, NC 28425, 910-259-4788. wholesale | |
| Carolina Greenery, 375 Carthage Road, West End, NC 27376, 910-947-3150. retail and wholesale | |
| Cedar Springs Nursery, Rt. 1, Box 304, Zirconia, NC 28790, 828-692-5575. wholesale | |
| Coastal Plain Conservation Nursery, 3067 Conners Drive, Edenton, NC 27932, 252-482-5707. retail and wholesale | |
| Fern Valley Farms, 1624 Fern Valley Road, Yadkinville, NC 27055, 336-463-2412. retail and wholesale | |
| Hanging Dog Valley Nursery, 2600 Boiling Springs Rd., Murphy, NC 28906, 828-837-7921. retail and wholesale | |
| Hawksridge Farms, Inc., PO Box 3349, Hickory, NC 28603, 828-294-2081, 800-874-4216. wholesale, | |
| Hoffman Nursery, 5520 Bahama Road, Rougemont, NC 27572, 919-479-6620; 800-203-8590; FAX 919-471-3100. wholesale | |
| Humphries Nursery, 4712 Whitfield Rd., Durham, NC 27707, 919-489-5502. retail and wholesale | |
| Lamtree Farm, 2323 Copeland Road, Warrensville, NC 28693, 336-385-6144, retail and wholesale | |
| Laurel Springs Nursery, 401 Regal St., Hendersonville, NC 28739, 828-692-4012. retail and wholesale | |
| McNeely Landscaping, PO Box 266, Lake Toxaway, NC 28747, 828-884-3933. retail and wholesale | |
| Meadowbrook Nursery, 2055 Polly Spout Road, Marion, NC 28752, 828-738-8300 retail | |
| Niche Gardens, 1111 Dawson Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27516, 919-967-0078. retail | |
| Plant Delights Nursery, 9241 Sauls Rd., Raleigh, NC 27603, 919-772-4794. retail | |
| Sandy Mush Herb Nursery, 316 Surrett Cove Rd., Leicester, NC 28748, 828-683-2014. retail and wholesale | |
| Tarheel Native Trees, 4339 Peele Rd., Clayton, NC 27520, 919-553-5927. wholesale | |
| Wildflower Nursery, 4920 NE Hwy 25-70, Marshall, NC 28753, 828-656-2723. retail and wholesale | |
| Wilson Greenery, PO Box 2554, Shelby, NC 28151, 704-484-2709. wholesale | |
This page created by Al Cooke, Agricultural Extension Agent
Chatham County Center
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
October 18, 2005
Most Recent Update, October 20, 2005