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Native plants in Burlington

231 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

106 of them need no watering beyond Burlington’s own rainfall

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Red Maple

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Photo: caymanmatt · CC BY 4.0
Eastern Arborvitae Northern White Cedar

Eastern Arborvitae Northern White Cedar

Thuja occidentalis

Photo: Michael Naumoff · CC0 1.0
Pink Flowering Dogwood

Pink Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida 'Rubra'

No watering needed
Sugar Maple

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

Photo: kedmunds11 · CC0 1.0
Red Oak

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Photo: Peter · CC BY 4.0
Eastern Redcedar

Eastern Redcedar

Juniperus virginiana 'Idyllwild'

No watering needed
Freeman Maple

Freeman Maple

Acer freemanii 'Bailston'

No watering needed
Black Tupelo

Black Tupelo

Nyssa sylvatica

Photo: Navin Sasikumar · CC BY 4.0
Common Chokecherry

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

No watering neededPhoto: Indio Brown · CC BY 4.0
Prairie Gold Quaking Aspen

Prairie Gold Quaking Aspen

Populus tremuloides 'Prairie Gold'

No watering needed
Pagoda Dogwood

Pagoda Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia

Photo: Robert Stegmann · CC BY 4.0
Common Witch Hazel

Common Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Photo: Ian Wolfe · CC0 1.0
Paper Birch

Paper Birch

Betula papyrifera

Photo: Braden J. Judson · CC0 1.0
Timm Success Serviceberry

Timm Success Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea 'Timm Success'

No watering needed
Allegheny Serviceberry

Allegheny Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

Photo: Michael J. Papay · CC BY 4.0
White Spruce

White Spruce

Picea glauca

Photo: robinlanark · CC0 1.0
Eastern White Pine

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

Photo: TEAMVALOR786 Succulents and cacti, The future of nature is in your hands · CC BY 4.0
Golden Swedish Juniper

Golden Swedish Juniper

Juniperus communis 'Suecica Aurea'

No watering needed
Bur Oak

Bur Oak

Quercus macrocarpa

No watering neededPhoto: Reuven Martin · CC0 1.0
Swamp White Oak

Swamp White Oak

Quercus bicolor

Photo: Steven Joyner · CC BY 4.0
White Oak

White Oak

Quercus alba

Photo: sblumen · CC BY 4.0
Sensation Boxelder

Sensation Boxelder

Acer negundo 'Sensation'

Curley Canadian Hemlock

Curley Canadian Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis 'Curley'

Common Hackberry

Common Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

No watering neededPhoto: Dávid Horváth · CC BY 4.0
American Hornbeam

American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

Photo: Bonnie Isaac · CC0 1.0
American Linden

American Linden

Tilia americana

Photo: Tom Scavo · CC BY 4.0
Balsam Fir

Balsam Fir

Abies balsamea

Photo: Lynn Harper · CC0 1.0
Spicebush

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0
Nannyberry

Nannyberry

Viburnum lentago

Photo: Loïc Mathieu · CC BY 4.0
Chinkapin Oak

Chinkapin Oak

Quercus muehlenbergii

No watering neededPhoto: Jay Pruett · CC BY 4.0
American Hophornbeam

American Hophornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

No watering neededPhoto: Nick Kleinschmidt · CC BY 4.0
American Beech

American Beech

Fagus grandifolia

Photo: John Brown · CC0 1.0

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Ninebark

Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius

Photo: jyoung2399 · CC BY 4.0
Skyrocket Juniper

Skyrocket Juniper

Juniperus horizontalis 'Skyrocket'

No watering needed
Brilliant Black Chokeberry

Brilliant Black Chokeberry

Aronia melanocarpa 'Brilliantissima'

Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Sugar Shack'

Winterberry

Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

Photo: Adam Kranz · CC0 1.0
American Elderberry

American Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

No watering neededPhoto: Melanie Gaddy · CC0 1.0
Common Chokecherry

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

No watering neededPhoto: Indio Brown · CC BY 4.0
Lemony Lace Elderberry

Lemony Lace Elderberry

Sambucus racemosa 'Lemony Lace'

No watering needed
Pagoda Dogwood

Pagoda Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia

Photo: Robert Stegmann · CC BY 4.0
Bearberry

Bearberry

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

No watering neededPhoto: Daryl Nolan · CC0 1.0
Cutleaf Coneflower

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Photo: Ian Wolfe · CC0 1.0
Common Witch Hazel

Common Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Photo: Ian Wolfe · CC0 1.0
Timm Success Serviceberry

Timm Success Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea 'Timm Success'

No watering needed
Smooth Witherod

Smooth Witherod

Viburnum nudum

Photo: Scott Ward · CC BY 4.0
Allegheny Serviceberry

Allegheny Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

Photo: Michael J. Papay · CC BY 4.0
Red Twig Dogwood

Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Red Twig'

No watering needed
Golden Swedish Juniper

Golden Swedish Juniper

Juniperus communis 'Suecica Aurea'

No watering needed
Fragrant Sumac

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

No watering neededPhoto: Susan Berry · CC0 1.0
Highbush Blueberry

Highbush Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

Photo: Daniel Atha · CC0 1.0
Snowberry

Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

No watering neededPhoto: Owen McElroy · CC0 1.0
Gray Dogwood

Gray Dogwood

Cornus racemosa

No watering neededPhoto: nathanstrem · CC BY 4.0
Spicebush

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0
American Cranberrybush

American Cranberrybush

Viburnum trilobum

No watering neededPhoto: Carol Ann McCormick · CC BY 4.0
Lowbush Blueberry

Lowbush Blueberry

Vaccinium angustifolium

Photo: Carrie Seltzer · CC BY 4.0
Nannyberry

Nannyberry

Viburnum lentago

Photo: Loïc Mathieu · CC BY 4.0
New Jersey Tea

New Jersey Tea

Ceanothus americanus

No watering neededPhoto: Dan Wilder · CC0 1.0
Wintergreen

Wintergreen

Gaultheria procumbens

No watering neededPhoto: Brandon Corder · CC BY 4.0
American Hazelnut

American Hazelnut

Corylus americana

No watering neededPhoto: Mark Richman · CC BY 4.0
Spotted Beebalm Monarda punctata

Spotted Beebalm Monarda punctata

Monarda punctata

No watering neededPhoto: Reid Hardin · CC BY 4.0
Smooth Sumac

Smooth Sumac

Rhus glabra

No watering neededPhoto: Tony KM · CC BY 4.0
Kodiak Orange Diervilla

Kodiak Orange Diervilla

Diervilla lonicera 'Kodiak Orange'

Silky Dogwood

Silky Dogwood

Cornus amomum

Photo: Elizabeth Axley · CC BY 4.0

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Little Bluestem

Little Bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

No watering neededPhoto: Matt Berger · CC BY 4.0
'Rain Dance' Big Bluestem

'Rain Dance' Big Bluestem

Andropogon gerardii 'Rain Dance'

No watering needed
Prairie Dropseed

Prairie Dropseed

Sporobolus heterolepis

No watering neededPhoto: Dawn VanDeman · CC0 1.0
Golden Sunset Yellow Indiangrass

Golden Sunset Yellow Indiangrass

Sorghastrum nutans 'Golden Sunset Yellow'

No watering needed
Pennsylvania Sedge

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

No watering neededPhoto: Frog The Kermit · CC BY 4.0
Purple Love Grass

Purple Love Grass

Eragrostis spectabilis

No watering neededPhoto: Reuven Martin · CC0 1.0
Switchgrass

Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum

No watering neededPhoto: Erin Snyder · CC BY 4.0
Tufted Hairgrass

Tufted Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa

No watering neededPhoto: Татьяна Горбушина · CC0 1.0
Gray Sedge

Gray Sedge

Carex grayi

No watering neededPhoto: A. G. · CC0 1.0
Appalachian Sedge

Appalachian Sedge

Carex appalachica

Photo: Bonnie Isaac · CC0 1.0
Seersucker Sedge

Seersucker Sedge

Carex plantaginea

Photo: Tom Scavo · CC BY 4.0
Creeping Sedge

Creeping Sedge

Carex laxiculmis 'Hobb'

No watering needed
Canada Wild Rye

Canada Wild Rye

Elymus canadensis

No watering neededPhoto: tzeducation · CC BY 4.0
Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Juncus effusus 'Blue Arrows'

Bottlebrush Grass

Bottlebrush Grass

Elymus hystrix

No watering neededPhoto: Skyler Principe · CC BY 4.0
Path Rush

Path Rush

Juncus tenuis

Photo: Stephen James McWilliam · CC0 1.0
Tussock Sedge

Tussock Sedge

Carex stricta

Photo: Frog The Kermit · CC BY 4.0
Virginia Wild Rye

Virginia Wild Rye

Elymus virginicus

No watering neededPhoto: Jason Leduc · CC0 1.0
Blue Joint Grass

Blue Joint Grass

Calamagrostis canadensis

Photo: mullerecology · CC BY 4.0
Fringed Sedge

Fringed Sedge

Carex crinita

Photo: Trix Niernberger · CC0 1.0
Ivory Sedge

Ivory Sedge

Carex eburnea

Photo: Dan MacNeal · CC BY 4.0
Rosy Sedge

Rosy Sedge

Carex rosea

Photo: Jeremy Atherton · CC BY 4.0
Whitetinge Sedge

Whitetinge Sedge

Carex albicans

Photo: hr_dragonfly · CC BY 4.0
Broadleaf Sedge

Broadleaf Sedge

Carex platyphylla

Photo: Tom Scavo · CC BY 4.0
Fox Sedge

Fox Sedge

Carex vulpinoidea

Photo: Brandon Corder · CC BY 4.0
Variegated Reed Canary Grass

Variegated Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea 'Luteo Picta'

Creek Sedge

Creek Sedge

Carex amphibola

No watering neededPhoto: Bonnie Semmling · CC BY 4.0
Eastern Woodland Sedge

Eastern Woodland Sedge

Carex blanda

Photo: Matt Felperin · CC BY 4.0
Woolgrass

Woolgrass

Scirpus cyperinus

Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0
Comosa Sedge

Comosa Sedge

Carex comosa

Photo: infiniteuniverse · CC0 1.0
Bottlebrush Sedge

Bottlebrush Sedge

Carex lurida

Photo: Steven Lamonde · CC BY 4.0
Shortbeak Sedge

Shortbeak Sedge

Carex brevior

No watering neededPhoto: Summit Metro Parks · CC BY 4.0

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Cinderella Milkweed

Cinderella Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'

Bee Balm Oswego Tea

Bee Balm Oswego Tea

Monarda didyma

Photo: LJ Moore-McClelland · CC BY 4.0
Obedient Plant Miss Manners

Obedient Plant Miss Manners

Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'

Black-eyed Susan

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

No watering neededPhoto: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0
New England Aster Harringtons Pink

New England Aster Harringtons Pink

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Harringtons Pink'

Wild Bergamot

Wild Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

No watering neededPhoto: Tom Pollard · CC BY 4.0
Culver's root

Culver's root

Veronicastrum virginicum

No watering neededPhoto: Cazody · CC0 1.0
Eastern Red Columbine

Eastern Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Photo: Craig Hensley · CC BY 4.0
Common Sneezeweed

Common Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Photo: Thomas Koffel · CC BY 4.0
Great Blue Lobelia

Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

Photo: Andrew Conboy · CC BY 4.0
Foamflower

Foamflower

Tiarella cordifolia

Photo: Paul Bade · CC BY 4.0
Improved Rugen Strawberry

Improved Rugen Strawberry

Fragaria vesca 'Improved Rugen'

No watering needed
Blue Flag Iris

Blue Flag Iris

Iris versicolor

Photo: Hungry-Sarracenia Photo · CC BY 4.0
Cutleaf Coneflower

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Photo: Ian Wolfe · CC0 1.0
Wild Geranium

Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

No watering neededPhoto: sophia_herrmeyer · CC BY 4.0
Common Milkweed

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

No watering neededPhoto: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe · CC BY 4.0
Sweet Joe-Pye Weed

Sweet Joe-Pye Weed

Eutrochium purpureum

No watering neededPhoto: Jason Swanson · CC0 1.0
Golden Alexanders

Golden Alexanders

Zizia aurea

No watering neededPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0
Fiesta White Wood Aster

Fiesta White Wood Aster

Eurybia divaricata 'Fiesta'

Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod

Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod

Solidago rugosa

Photo: Becky Dill · CC0 1.0
Smooth Blue Aster

Smooth Blue Aster

Symphyotrichum laeve

No watering neededPhoto: Solomiya · CC BY 4.0
Golden Ragwort

Golden Ragwort

Packera aurea 'Golden Ragwort'

Thin-leaved Mountain Mint

Thin-leaved Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Photo: Ayla · CC BY 4.0
Blue Wood Aster

Blue Wood Aster

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Photo: Tom Norton · CC BY 4.0
Great White Trillium

Great White Trillium

Trillium grandiflorum

No watering neededPhoto: Ian Whyte · CC0 1.0
False Solomon's Seal

False Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum racemosum

No watering neededPhoto: Mason Heberling · CC BY 4.0
Virginia mountain mint

Virginia mountain mint

Pycnanthemum virginianum

No watering neededPhoto: infiniteuniverse · CC0 1.0
Hairy Beardtongue

Hairy Beardtongue

Penstemon hirsutus

No watering neededPhoto: Elizabeth Axley · CC BY 4.0
Red Dwarf Joe-Pye Weed

Red Dwarf Joe-Pye Weed

Eutrochium maculatum 'Red Dwarf'

Wild Lupine

Wild Lupine

Lupinus perennis

No watering neededPhoto: Bonnie Isaac · CC0 1.0
False Sunflower

False Sunflower

Heliopsis helianthoides

No watering neededPhoto: W Rao · CC BY 4.0
Common Yarrow

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

No watering neededPhoto: rappman · CC BY 4.0

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Clematis Candida

Clematis Candida

Clematis virginiana 'Candida'

Virginia Creeper

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

No watering neededPhoto: Tyler Cannon · CC BY 4.0
American Bittersweet

American Bittersweet

Celastrus scandens 'Mix'

No watering needed

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Ostrich Fern

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Photo: tkr421 · CC BY 4.0
Northern Maidenhair Fern

Northern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

Photo: Jason Hill · CC BY 4.0
Christmas Fern

Christmas Fern

Polystichum acrostichoides

No watering neededPhoto: John Brew · CC BY 4.0
Marginal Wood Fern

Marginal Wood Fern

Dryopteris marginalis

Photo: Lynn Harper · CC0 1.0
Lady Fern

Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina

Photo: Jon Mortin · CC BY 4.0
Cinnamon Fern

Cinnamon Fern

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Photo: Erik · CC BY 4.0
Sensitive Fern

Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensibilis

Photo: laurawies · CC BY 4.0
Maidenhair Spleenwort

Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

No watering neededPhoto: Piermario Maculan · CC0 1.0
Hay-scented Fern

Hay-scented Fern

Dennstaedtia punctilobula

Photo: Natalie Waddell-Rutter · CC BY 4.0
Interrupted Fern

Interrupted Fern

Osmunda claytoniana

Photo: Richard Littauer · CC BY 4.0
Spinulose Wood Fern

Spinulose Wood Fern

Dryopteris carthusiana

Photo: Марина Давлетшина · CC BY 4.0
Brunswick Giant Ebony Spleenwort

Brunswick Giant Ebony Spleenwort

Asplenium platyneuron 'Brunswick Giant'

No watering needed
Goldie's Wood Fern

Goldie's Wood Fern

Dryopteris goldieana

Photo: Summit Metro Parks · CC BY 4.0
Broad Beech Fern

Broad Beech Fern

Phegopteris hexagonoptera

Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0
Clinton's Wood Fern

Clinton's Wood Fern

Dryopteris x clintoniana

Photo: Jenn (McPhee) Dyson · CC BY 4.0
Oak Fern

Oak Fern

Gymnocarpium dryopteris

No watering neededPhoto: Andrew Lewis · CC BY 4.0
Bulblet Fern

Bulblet Fern

Cystopteris bulbifera

Photo: Jaime McGuigan · CC BY 4.0
New York Fern

New York Fern

Parathelypteris noveboracensis

Photo: Carol Ann McCormick · CC BY 4.0
Meadow Spikemoss

Meadow Spikemoss

Selaginella apoda

Photo: orionid · CC0 1.0
Mountain Wood Fern

Mountain Wood Fern

Dryopteris campyloptera

Photo: Nick Kleinschmidt · CC BY 4.0
Cinnamon Fern

Cinnamon Fern

Osmunda cinnamomea

Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0

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