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Lonicera sempervirens
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Trumpet honeysuckle, Coral honeysuckle
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Vines
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Border, Butterfly garden, Pollinator garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Specimen
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Allelopathic plants, Salt, Soil compaction
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Maianthemum canadense
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Canada mayflower, False lily-of-the-valley
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Herbs
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Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Shade garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds
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Heat
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Matelea carolinensis
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Carolina milkvine
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Vines
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Slope or Bank, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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Micranthes virginiensis
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Early saxifrage
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Herbs
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Rock garden, Shade garden, Slope or Bank, Specimen
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Dry soils, drought, Soil compaction
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Monarda didyma
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Scarlet beebalm, Oswego tea
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Slope or Bank, Specimen, Woodlands and woods edge
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Allelopathic plants, Wet conditions
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Muhlenbergia schreberi
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Nimblewill
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Erosion control, Lawn, Mass planting, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Oenothera fruticosa
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Narrow-leaf sundrops, Southern sundrops
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Herbs
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Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds
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Dry soils, drought, Heat, Poor soil
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Opuntia humifusa
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Eastern prickly-pear, Eastern prickly-pear cactus
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Container garden, Drought tolerant garden, Edible garden, Meadows, Reptiles, Rock garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds
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Dry soils, drought, Heat, Salt
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Penstemon canescens
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Eastern gray beard-tongue, Gray beard-tongue
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Slope or Bank, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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Penstemon digitalis
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Foxglove beardtongue
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Border, Butterfly garden, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds
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Dry soils, drought
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Penstemon hirsutus
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Hairy beard-tongue
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Slope or Bank, Walkways
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Phlox subulata
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Moss phlox, Moss-pink
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Drought tolerant garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Slope or Bank, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge
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Air pollution, Dry soils, drought, Fire, Poor soil, Salt
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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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Polystichum acrostichoides
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Christmas fern
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Fern & Fern Allies
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Container garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Shade garden, Slope or Bank, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Fire
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Pycnanthemum virginianum
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Virginia mountain-mint
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Slope or Bank, Streams, ponds, wetlands
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Poor soil
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Quercus velutina
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Black oak
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Large Trees
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Drought tolerant garden, Lawn, Meadows, Shade Tree, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Streetside planting
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Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought
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Rhus aromatica
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Fragrant sumac
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Meadows, Nighttime Garden, Pollinator garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds
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Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought
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Rhus copallinum
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Winged sumac, Flameleaf sumac, Shining sumac
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Butterfly garden, Erosion control, Hedges, privacy screening, Nighttime Garden, Pollinator garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds
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Dry soils, drought, Fire, Poor soil
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Rhus glabra
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Smooth sumac
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Butterfly garden, Erosion control, Hedges, privacy screening, Nighttime Garden, Pollinator garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds
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Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Fire, Heat
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Rudbeckia hirta
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Gloriosa daisy, Black eyed susan, Black-eyed susan
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Cutting garden, Erosion control, Low growing, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Seeds and nuts, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Streetside planting
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Dry soils, drought, Salt, Some foot traffic
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Sassafras albidum
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Sassafras, Cinnamon wood
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Medium Trees, Shrubs & Small Trees
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Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Flowering tree, Garden for the blind, Hedges, privacy screening, Lawn, Mass planting, Meadows, Nighttime Garden, Pollinator garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Specimen, Understory tree, Woodlands and woods edge
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Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Heat
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Sedum ternatum
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Wild stonecrop, Woodland stonecrop
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil
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Symphyotrichum cordifolium
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Blue wood aster, Heart-leaved aster
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Herbs
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Butterfly garden, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Symplocarpus foetidus
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Skunk cabbage
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Herbs
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Container garden, Meadows, Rain garden, Rock garden, Shade garden, Slope or Bank, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest
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Wet conditions
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Vernonia glauca
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Upland ironweed, Broad-leaf ironweed
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Mass planting, Meadows, Patio, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Rock garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Specimen, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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