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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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Baptisia tinctoria
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Yellow wild indigo, Horsefly weed
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Erosion control, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Specimen, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil
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Betula lenta
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Black birch, Sweet birch
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Large Trees
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Butterfly garden, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Fire
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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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Boehmeria cylindrica
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False nettle
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Pollinator garden, Woodlands and woods edge
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Campanulastrum americanum
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Tall bellflower
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Herbs
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Mass planting, Meadows, Rain garden, Shade garden, Woodlands and woods edge
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Campsis radicans
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Trumpet-creeper, Trumpet vine
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Vines
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Erosion control, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil, Soil compaction
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Carex bromoides ssp. bromoides
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Common brome sedge
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Lawn, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Carex flaccosperma
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Thin-fruited sedge, Meadow sedge
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Rock garden, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Carex grayi
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Gray's sedge
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Cutting garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Meadows, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Wet conditions
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Carex lupulina
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Hop sedge
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Butterfly garden, Mass planting, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Wet conditions
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Carex normalis
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Greater straw sedge
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Mass planting, Rain garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Wet conditions
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Carex pensylvanica
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Pennsylvania sedge, Oak sedge, Plantainleaf sedge, Seersucker sedge
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Erosion control, Garden for the blind, Mass planting, Rain garden, Shade garden, Songbirds, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Wet conditions
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Carex platyphylla
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Broad-leaved sedge
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Butterfly garden, Mass planting, Rock garden, Shade garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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Carpinus caroliniana
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American hornbeam, Ironwood
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Medium Trees, Shrubs & Small Trees
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Butterfly garden, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Understory tree, Woodlands and woods edge
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Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Fire, Urban environments, Wet conditions, Wind
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Carya cordiformis
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Bitternut, Bitternut hickory, Red hickory
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Large Trees
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Butterfly garden, Nighttime Garden, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Allelopathic plants
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Carya glabra
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Pignut, Pignut hickory, Sweet pignut hickory, Red hickory
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Large Trees
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Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Lawn, Meadows, Nighttime Garden, Pollinator garden, Shade Tree, Woodlands and woods edge
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Fire
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Carya ovata
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Shagbark hickory
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Large Trees
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Bats, Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Lawn, Meadows, Nighttime Garden, Pollinator garden, Shade Tree, Songbirds, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Allelopathic plants
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Cephalanthus occidentalis
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Buttonbush
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Butterfly garden, Erosion control, Fragrant garden, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Fire, Heat, 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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Chasmanthium laxum
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Slender spikegrass
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Rain garden, Shade garden, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Salt, Wet conditions
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Chelone glabra
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White turtlehead
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Shade garden, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Wet conditions
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Chrysogonum virginianum
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Green and gold
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Shade garden, Songbirds, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge
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Fire
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Chrysopsis mariana
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Maryland golden-aster, Maryland golden aster
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil, Wet conditions
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Clematis ochroleuca
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Curlyheads
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Woodlands and woods edge
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