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Acer negundo var. negundo
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Eastern boxelder
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Medium Trees
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Bats, Edible garden, Nighttime Garden, Pollinator garden, Shade Tree, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Wet conditions
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Acer pensylvanicum
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Striped maple, Goosefoot maple, Moosewood, Snakebark maple, Whistlewood
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Drought tolerant garden, Nighttime Garden, Pollinator garden, Shade garden, Songbirds, Understory tree, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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Acer rubrum
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Red maple
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Large Trees
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Bats, Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Erosion control, Fall colors, Nighttime Garden, Rain garden, Shade Tree, Songbirds, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Streetside planting, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Air pollution, Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Fire, Heat, Soil compaction, Urban environments, Wet conditions
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Acer saccharinum
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Silver maple
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Large Trees
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Bats, Drought tolerant garden, Fall colors, Nighttime Garden, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Shade Tree, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Air pollution, Dry soils, drought, Heat, Poor soil, Soil compaction, Wet conditions
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Acer saccharum
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Sugar maple
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Large Trees
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Bats, Fall colors, Nighttime Garden, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Shade Tree, Songbirds, Specimen, Woodlands and woods edge
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Actaea racemosa
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Common black cohosh, Bugbane
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Shade garden, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Adiantum pedatum
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Northern maidenhair fern
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Fern & Fern Allies
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Container garden, Mass planting, Shade garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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Ageratina altissima
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White snakeroot
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Pollinator garden, Woodlands and woods edge
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Allium cernuum
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Nodding onion
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge
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Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Poor soil
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Allium tricoccum
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Wild leek, Ramps, Rampscallions
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Herbs
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Edible garden, Garden for the blind, Mass planting, Shade garden, Woodlands and woods edge
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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 canadensis
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Canadian serviceberry
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Lawn, Mass planting, Patio, Rain garden, Shade garden, Shade Tree, Songbirds, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge
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Fire, 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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Anemone virginiana var. virginiana
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Tall anemone, Thimbleweed
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Herbs
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Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Shade garden, Woodlands and woods edge
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Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought
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Aplectrum hyemale
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Puttyroot, Adam-and-eve
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Herbs
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Rain garden, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Aquilegia canadensis
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Eastern red columbine, Wild columbine
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge
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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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Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
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Goat's-beard, Goatsbeard
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Asarum canadense
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Common wild ginger
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Herbs
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Butterfly garden, Erosion control, Frogs and toads, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Wet conditions
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Asclepias viridiflora
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Green milkweed
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Herbs
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Butterfly garden, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Woodlands and woods edge
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Asimina triloba
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Common pawpaw, Paw paw, Paw-paw, Pawpaw
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Medium Trees, Shrubs & Small Trees
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Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Flowering tree, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Shade Tree, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Understory tree, Woodlands and woods edge
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Allelopathic plants, Fire, Wet conditions
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Asplenium platyneuron
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Ebony spleenwort
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Fern & Fern Allies
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Shade garden, Woodlands and woods edge
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Athyrium asplenioides
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Southern lady fern
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Fern & Fern Allies
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Erosion control, Frogs and toads, Meadows, Rain garden, Shade garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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