PLANTS FOR SHADE (Dry or Moist)

PLANT CATALOGUE

(Click on a species for more information)

• Actaea pachypoda (Doll?s Eyes) (Moist in spring)
• Actaea rubra (Red Baneberry) (Moist in spring)
  
• Adiantum pedatum (Maidenhair Fern) (Cool and moist)
  
• Allium tricoccum (Wild Leek) (Moist in spring)
• Anemone canadensis (Canada Anemone) (Spreads in moist conditions)
  
• Anemone cylindrica (Thimble Weed) (Moist to dry)
  
• Aquilegia canadensis (Canada Columbine) (Moist to dry)
• Aralia nudicaulis (Wild Sarsaparilla)  (Moist in spring - tolerates summer dry)
  
• Aralia racemosa (Spikenard) (Moist)
• Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit) (Moist)
  
• Asarum canadense (Wild Ginger) (Moist in spring)
  
• Aster cordifolius (Heart-leaved Aster) (Moist to dry)
  
• Aster macrophyllus (Big-leaved Aster)  (Moist to dry)
  
• Aster puniceus (Swamp Aster) (Moist)
  
• Carex comosa (Bristly Sedge)  (Moist to medium)
  
• Carex grayi (Gray?s Sedge) (Moist to medium)
  
• Carex gynandra (Nodding Sedge) (Moist to medium)
  
• Carex intumescens (Greater Bladder Sedge)  (Moist to medium)
  
• Carex lupulina (Hop Sedge) (Moist to medium)
  
• Carex lurida (Sallow Sedge) (Moist to medium)
• Carex muskingumensis (Palm Sedge) (Moist to medium)
  
• Caulophyllum thalictroides (Blue Cohosh) (Moist in spring)
  
• Cimicifuga racemosa (Black Snakeroot) (Moist)
  
• Claytonia virginiana (Spring Beauty) (Moist in spring - goes dormant in summer)
  
• Clintonia borealis (Blue Bead Lily) (Moist a]in spring and cool)
  
• Cornus canadensis (Bunchberry) (Moist and cool)
  
• Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman?s Britches)  (Moist in spring - goes dormant in summer)
  
• Dryopteris goldiana (Goldie?s Wood Fern) (Moist)
• Dryopteris marginalis (Marginal Wood Fern) (Moist to dry)
  
• Gymnocarpium dryopteris (Oak-leaf Fern) (Moist and cool)
  
• Hepatica acutiloba (Hepatica) (Moist in spring)
  
• Heuchera species (Heuchera, Alumroot)  (Moist to dry)
  
• Hydrophyllum virginianum (Eastern Waterleaf) (Moist in spring)
  
• Hystrix patula [=Elymus hystrix] (Bottlebrush Grass)(Moist to dry)
  
• Ledum groenlandicum (Labrador Tea) (Wet - bog plant)
  
• Linnaea borealis (Twinflower) (Cool and moist)
  
• Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower) (Moist)
  
• Lobelia siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia) (Average moisture)
  
• Maianthemum canadensis (Mayflower) (Moist in spring - tolerates drier summer)
  
• Matteucia struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern)  (Steady moisture)
  
• Medeola virginiana (Cucumber Root) (Moist in spring)
  
• Osmunda regalis (Royal Fern)  (Moist)
  
• Phlox divaricata (Woodland Phlox) (Moist in spring)
  
• Podophyllum peltatum (Mayapple) (Moist in spring - may go dormant in dry summers)
  
• Polygonatum biflorum (Solomon?s Seal) (Moist to dry)
  
• Polypodium virginianum (Rock Polypody) (Moist to dry - in rock crevices)
  
• Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas Fern) (Average moisture)
  
• Rubus odoratus (Purple-flowering Raspberry) (Steady moisture)
  
• Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot) (Moist in spring)
  
• Smilacena racemosa (False Solomon?s Seal) (Moist in spring)
  
• Smilacena stellata (Star-flowered Solomon?s Seal) (Moist in spring)
  
• Solidago caesia (Wreath Goldenrod) (Average moisture)
  
• Solidago flexicaulis (Zigzag Goldenrod) (Average moisture)
  
• Spigella marilandica (Indian Pink) (Average moisture)
  
• Streptopus roseus (Rose Twisted Stalk) (Moist in spring)
  
• Stylophorum diphyllum (Yellow Wood Poppy) (Average moisture)
  
• Thalictrum dioicum (Early Meadow Rue) (Average moisture)
  
• Tiarella cordifolia (Foam Flower) (Moist in spring)
  
• Trientalis borealis (Star Flower) (Average moisture)
  
• Trillium erectum (Red Trillium) (Average moisture)
  
• Trillium grandiflorum (White Trillium) (Average moisture)
  
• Uvularia grandiflora (Bellwort) (Moist in spring)
  
• Uvularia perfoliata (Moist in spring)
  
• Uvularia sessilifolia (Moist in spring)
  
• Viburnum acerifolium (Maple-leaved Viburnum) (Average moisture)
  
• Viola blanda (Sweet White Violet) (Moist in spring)
• Viola canadensis (Canada Violet) (Average)
  
• Viola conspersa (Dog Violet) (Moist in spring)
  
• Viola macloskeyi ssp pallens (Northern White Violet) (Moist in spring)
  
• Viola pubescens (Yellow Violet) (Moist in spring)
• Waldsteinia fragarioides (Barren Strawberry) (Moist to dry)