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Agrostis hyemalis
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Winter bentgrass, Ticklegrass
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Butterfly garden, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Slope or Bank
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Poor soil
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Alnus serrulata
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Hazel alder, Smooth alder
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Erosion control, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands
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Fire, Heat, Soil compaction, Some foot traffic, Wet conditions
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Amelanchier arborea
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Downy serviceberry, Shadbush
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Barrier, Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Flowering tree, Garden for the blind, Lawn, Mass planting, Meadows, Patio, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Rock garden, Shade Tree, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Understory tree, Walkways, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Wet conditions
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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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Arisaema dracontium
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Green dragon
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Herbs
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Rain garden, Shade garden, Slope or Bank, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Arnoglossum atriplicifolium
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Pale indian-plantain
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Heat
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Baptisia australis
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Blue false indigo, Blue wild indigo, False blue indigo
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Rain garden, Slope or Bank, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Fire, Poor soil
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Carex lurida
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Sallow sedge
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Butterfly garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Meadows, Rain garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands
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Wet conditions
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Castanea pumila
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Allegheny chinkapin, Allegheny chinquapin
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Medium Trees, Shrubs & Small Trees
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Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Lawn, Slope or Bank, Songbirds
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Dry soils, drought, Heat
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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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Cunila origanoides
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Common dittany, Wild oregano, Stonemint
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Herbs
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Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Edible garden, Rock garden, Slope or Bank, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dennstaedtia punctilobula
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Hay-scented fern
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Fern & Fern Allies
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Fragrant garden, Mass planting, Rock garden, Slope or Bank, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Salt
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Equisetum praealtum
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Tall scouring rush
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Barrier, Border, Container garden, Meadows, Patio, Rain garden, Slope or Bank, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Wet conditions
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Erythronium americanum ssp. americanum
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Yellow trout lily, American trout lily
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Herbs
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Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Shade garden, Slope or Bank, Woodlands and woods edge
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Eubotrys racemosus
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Fetterbush, Swamp dog-hobble
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Rain garden, Slope or Bank, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Eupatorium altissimum
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Tall thoroughwort, Tall boneset
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Herbs
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Border, Drought tolerant garden, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Slope or Bank, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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Eupatorium hyssopifolium
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Hyssop-leaf thoroughwort
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Herbs
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Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds
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Dry soils, drought, Salt, Urban environments
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Euphorbia corollata
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Flowering spurge
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Herbs
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Border, Drought tolerant garden, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds
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Dry soils, drought
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Gaylussacia baccata
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Black huckleberry
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Drought tolerant garden, Edible garden, Rock garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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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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Heuchera americana
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Alumroot, American alumroot, Coral bells, Rock geranium
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Herbs
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Border, Container garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Rock garden, Shade garden, Slope or Bank, Walkways
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Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought
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Hydrangea arborescens
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Wild hydrangea, Smooth hydrangea
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Erosion control, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Shade garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Specimen, Woodlands and woods edge
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Allelopathic plants, Fire, Salt
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Lespedeza capitata
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Round-headed lespedeza, Round-headed bush-clover
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Herbs
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Butterfly garden, Erosion control, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds
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Dry soils, drought
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Lobelia spicata
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Pale-spike lobelia, Pale spiked lobelia
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Herbs
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Meadows, Pollinator garden, Slope or Bank, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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