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	Type	Light requirement	Native to	USDA Hardiness zone
American Honeysuckle Lonicera canadensis	Species	Full sun	Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin	3-7
Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum	Species	Full sun	Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Manitoba, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming	4-10
Apple Serviceberry Amelanchier x grandiflora	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	New York, Ontario, Québec	4-7
Balmony Chelone glabra	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin	3-7
Black Cohosh Cimicifuga racemosa (Actaea racemosa)	Species	Partial sun/shade		4-10
Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Alabama, Alberta, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming	4-9
Blue false indigo Baptisia australis	Species	Full sun	Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia	3-9
Blue mistflower Conoclinium coelestinum	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Alabama, Arkansas, Cuba, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia	6-10
Broadleaf Stonecrop Sedum spathulifolium	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	British Columbia, California, Oregon, Washington	6-10
Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin	3-9
Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Belize, California, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, District of Columbia, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin	3-9
Cone Flower Rudbeckia laciniata	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming	3-7
Creeping phlox Phlox stolonifera	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade, Full shade	Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia	4-9
Crested Iris Iris cristata	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia	5-9
Dwarf bleeding heart Dicentra eximia	Species	Partial sun/shade, Full shade	Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia	3-9
Echinacea Echinacea purpurea	Species	Full sun	Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin	3-10
Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia	Species	Partial sun/shade, Full shade	Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia	3-9
Gayfeather Liatris spicata	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin	3-9
Goat's Beard Aruncus dioicus	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Amur, Arkansas, Austria, Belarus, British Columbia, California, Chita, Czechoslovakia, East Himalaya, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Italy, Kamchatka, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Nepal, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Romania, Sakhalin, South Carolina, Spain, Switzerland, Tennessee, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon	3-7
Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming	5-9
Labrador Violet Viola labradorica	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade, Full shade	Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Greenland, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin	3-8
Moss phlox Phlox subulata	Species	Full sun	Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin	4-9
New England Aster Aster novae-angliae	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming	4-9
Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius	Species	Full sun	Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin	3-7
Ohio Spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Eastern North America	4-9
Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris	Species	Partial sun/shade	Northern Hemisphere, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Primorye, Romania, Sakhalin, Sweden, Switzerland, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Ukraine, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia	3-7
Pawpaw Asimina triloba	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin	5-8
Purple Avens Geum triflorum	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade		1-5
Redbud Cercis canadensis	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin	4-9
Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa	Species
Snake Root Asarum canadense	Species	Partial sun/shade, Full shade	Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin	3-9
Spotted Cranesbill Geranium maculatum	Species	Full sun		3-10
Squirrel Corn Dicentra canadensis	Species	Partial sun/shade, Full shade	Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin	4-8
Stiff Goldenrod Solidago rigida	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Alabama, Alberta, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming	3-9
Swamp Lily Lilium superbum	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia	4-9
Thoroughwort Eupatorium perfoliatum	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Virginia Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin	4-8
White wood aster Eurybia divaricata	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade, Full shade	Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia	4-8
Wild Columbine Aquilegia canadensis	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin	4-10
Wild blue phlox Phlox divaricata	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade, Full shade	Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin	4-9
Woodland stonecrop or Wild stonecrop Sedum ternatum	Species	Full sun, Partial sun/shade, Full shade	Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia	3-9