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Amelanchier laevis
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Smooth serviceberry, Allegheny serviceberry
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Edible garden, Flowering tree, Hedges, privacy screening, Lawn, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Shade garden, Shade Tree, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Streetside planting, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Salt, Urban environments
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Amorpha fruticosa
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False indigo-bush, Tall indigo-bush
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Barrier, Border, Butterfly garden, Hedges, privacy screening, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Slope or Bank, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil, Wet conditions
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Andropogon gerardii
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Big bluestem, Turkeyfoot
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Erosion control, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Walkways, Winter interest
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Air pollution, Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Salt, Wet conditions
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Aronia arbutifolia
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Red chokeberry
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Erosion control, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest
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Fire, Wet conditions
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Aronia melanocarpa
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Black chokeberry
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Erosion control, Fall colors, Flowering tree, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streetside planting
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Salt, Soil compaction, Wet conditions
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Betula nigra
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River birch, Red birch
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Large Trees
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Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Erosion control, Fall colors, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Rain garden, Shade Tree, Songbirds, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Air pollution, Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Fire, Heat, Salt, Soil compaction, Wet conditions
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Cercis canadensis var. canadensis
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Eastern redbud
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Medium Trees
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Border, Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Edible garden, Fall colors, Flowering tree, Hedges, privacy screening, Lawn, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Shade Tree, Specimen, Streetside planting, Understory tree, Woodlands and woods edge
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Acidic soils, Alkaline soils, Allelopathic plants, Soil compaction
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Clethra alnifolia
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Sweet pepperbush, Coastal white-alder
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Butterfly garden, Erosion control, Garden for the blind, Hedges, privacy screening, Patio, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Fire, Salt, Wet conditions
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Cornus racemosa
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Gray dogwood
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Butterfly garden, Fall colors, Flowering tree, Hedges, privacy screening, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Shade garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil, Urban environments, Wet conditions
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Corylus americana
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American hazelnut, American filbert
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Edible garden, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Corylus cornuta var. cornuta
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Beaked hazelnut
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Edible garden, Hedges, privacy screening
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Crataegus phaenopyrum
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Washington hawthorn
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Hedges, privacy screening, Lawn, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Streetside planting, Winter interest
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Air pollution, Dry soils, drought, Fire, Heat, Urban environments
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Euonymus americanus
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Strawberry-bush, American strawberry-bush, Heart's-a-bustin'
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Hedges, privacy screening, Rain garden, Shade garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Woodlands and woods edge
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Fire, Wet conditions
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Gillenia trifoliata
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Bowman's-root, Bowman’s root, Mountain indian-physic
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Herbs
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Border, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Slope or Bank, Specimen
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Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana
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Witch hazel, Witchhazel
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Erosion control, Flowering tree, Fragrant garden, Hedges, privacy screening, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Poor soil
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Hibiscus moscheutos
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Swamp rose mallow, Swamp rose-mallow, Crimson-eyed rose-mallow, Eastern rose-mallow
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Herbs, Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Hedges, privacy screening, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands
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Heat, Salt, Wet conditions
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Ilex opaca var. opaca
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American holly
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Large Trees, Medium Trees
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Barrier, Butterfly garden, Hedges, privacy screening, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Specimen
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Salt, Wind
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Ilex verticillata
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Winterberry
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Erosion control, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest
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Salt, Wet conditions
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Itea virginica
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Virginia sweetspire, Virginia-willow
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Butterfly garden, Erosion control, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Fire, Wet conditions
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Juniperus virginiana
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Eastern redcedar
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Medium Trees
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Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Hedges, privacy screening, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil, Salt
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Lindera benzoin
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Spicebush
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Fall colors, Flowering tree, Fragrant garden, Hedges, privacy screening, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Rooftops, Songbirds, Streetside planting, Winter interest
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Fire, Wet conditions
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Panicum virgatum
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Switchgrass
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Cutting garden, Edible garden, Erosion control, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Air pollution, Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Salt, Wet conditions
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Parthenocissus quinquefolia
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Virginia-creeper, Virginia creeper
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Vines
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Drought tolerant garden, Erosion control, Hedges, privacy screening, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Air pollution, Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Salt, Soil compaction, Wet conditions
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Passiflora incarnata
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Purple passionflower, Maypop
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Herbs, Vines
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Border, Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Patio, Pollinator garden, Songbirds
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Dry soils, drought, Heat
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Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
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Ninebark, Common ninebark, Eastern ninebark
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Barrier, Border, Butterfly garden, Erosion control, Hedges, privacy screening, Lawn, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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