A P P E NDI X G - PL ANT PAL E T T E
SHADE & CANOPY TREES
COMMON NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
ORNAMENTAL TREES & SHRUBS
COMMON NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
GRAMM
COMMON NAME
Box elder
Acer negundo
Smooth Alder
Alnus serrulata
Big Bluestem
Red Maple Silver Maple Sugar Maple
Acer rubrum Acer saccharinum
Allegheny Serviceberry False Indigo Bush
Amelanchier laevis Amorpha fruticosa
Acer saccharum
Ohio Buckeye Serviceberry
Aesculus flava Amelanchier canadensis
Devil's Walkingstick Red Chokeberry
Aralia spinosa Aronia arbutifolia
River Bulrush Woodland Brome Blue‐Joint Grass
River Birch Paper Birch
Betula nigra
Pawpaw Buttonbush Silky dogwood
Asimina triloba Cephalanthus occidentalis Cornus amomum
Carpinus caroliniana Carya ovalis
Roughleaf dogwood Graystem dogwood Red‐oiser dogwood
Cornus drummondii Cornus foemina racemosa Cornus sericea
Riverbank Tussock Sedge Meadow Sedge Burr Sedge
American Chestnut Hackberry Eastern Redubud
Castenea dentata Celtis occidentalis Cercis canadensis
Witchhazel Smooth hydrangea Common winterberry
Hamamelis virginiana Hydrangea arborescens Ilex verticalla
Hairy Wood Sedge Lake Sedge Lurid Sedge
Persimmon Black Walnut
Diospyros virginiana Juglans nigra
Winterberry holly Virginia sweetspire
Ilex verticillata Itea virginica
Wooly Sedge Shorts Sedge
American Larch American Sweetgum
Larix larcina Liquidambar styraciflua
Common spicebush Sweetbay magnolia
Lindera benzoin Magnolia virginiana
Tussock Sedge Northern Sea Oats
Tuliptree Jack Pine Eastern White Pine
Liriodendron tulipifera Pinus banksiana Pinus strobus Platanus occidentalis
Praire Crabapple Black chokeberry Ninebark
Malus ioensis Photinia melanocarpa Physocarpus opulifolius
Tufted Hair Grass Beak Grass Canada Wild Rye
American Plum Hoptree Swamp azalea
Prunus americana Ptelea trifoliata Rhododendron viscosum
Bottlebrush Grass Riverbank Wild Rye
Fragrant sumac Swamp rose
Rhus aromatica Rosa palustris Salix discolor Sambucus canadensis Vaccinium corymbosom Viburnum dentatum Viburnum trilobum
Gray Birch American Hornbeam Red Hickory
American Sycamore Eastern Cottonwood
Betula papyrifera Betula populifolia
Populus deltoides
Quacking Aspen Wild Cherry
Populus tremuloides Prunus serotina
White Oak Swamp White Oak
Quercus alba Quercus bicolor
Pin Oak Bald Cypress
Quercus palustris Taxodium distichum
Pussy Willow Elderberry Highbush blueberry
American Linden Eastern Hemlock
Tilia americana Tsuga canadensis
Southern arrowwood Highbush cranberry
Project Plant Palette
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Sand Reed Yellow Fox Sedge Prairie Oval Sedge Finged Sedge
Virginia Wild Rye Soft Rush Switch Grass Little Bluestem Woolgrass Reddish Bulrush Indian Grass Prairie Dropseed
