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Native plants in Pittsburgh

263 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

42 of them need no watering beyond Pittsburgh’s own rainfall

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Red Maple

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Photo: caymanmatt · CC BY 4.0
Carolina Sweetheart Redbud

Carolina Sweetheart Redbud

Cercis canadensis 'Carolina Sweetheart'

No watering needed
Eastern Arborvitae Northern White Cedar

Eastern Arborvitae Northern White Cedar

Thuja occidentalis

Photo: Michael Naumoff · CC0 1.0
River Birch

River Birch

Betula nigra

Photo: wcmorton · CC0 1.0
Tulip Poplar

Tulip Poplar

Liriodendron tulipifera

Photo: Daniel Atha · CC0 1.0
Pink Flowering Dogwood

Pink Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida 'Rubra'

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
Black Tupelo

Black Tupelo

Nyssa sylvatica

Photo: Navin Sasikumar · CC BY 4.0
Serviceberry

Serviceberry

Amelanchier canadensis

Photo: geosesarma · 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
White Fringetree

White Fringetree

Chionanthus virginicus

Photo: Sydney Olsen · CC BY 4.0
Common Witch Hazel

Common Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Photo: Ian Wolfe · CC0 1.0
Timm Success Serviceberry

Timm Success Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea 'Timm Success'

Allegheny Serviceberry

Allegheny Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

Photo: Michael J. Papay · CC BY 4.0
Sourwood

Sourwood

Oxydendrum arboreum

Photo: Emily Summerbell · CC BY 4.0
Thornless Honeylocust

Thornless Honeylocust

Gleditsia triacanthos

Photo: Liviu Chiriac · CC0 1.0
Pin Oak

Pin Oak

Quercus palustris

Photo: Amelia Tauber · CC BY 4.0
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'

Pawpaw

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Photo: Farren Dell Rossman · CC BY 4.0
Common Hackberry

Common Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Photo: Dávid Horváth · CC BY 4.0
Scarlet Oak

Scarlet Oak

Quercus coccinea

Photo: Andrew Conboy · CC BY 4.0
American Hornbeam

American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

Photo: Bonnie Isaac · CC0 1.0

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Smooth Hydrangea

Smooth Hydrangea

Hydrangea arborescens

Photo: Emily Summerbell · CC BY 4.0
Creeping Phlox Moss Phlox

Creeping Phlox Moss Phlox

Phlox subulata

Photo: Ben Cloutier · CC BY 4.0
Ninebark

Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius

Photo: jyoung2399 · CC BY 4.0
Brilliant Black Chokeberry

Brilliant Black Chokeberry

Aronia melanocarpa 'Brilliantissima'

Hardy Hibiscus

Hardy Hibiscus

Hibiscus moscheutos

Photo: botanygirl · CC BY 4.0
Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Sugar Shack'

Glitters and Glows Arrowwood Viburnum

Glitters and Glows Arrowwood Viburnum

Viburnum dentatum 'Glitters Glows Arrowwood'

Winterberry

Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

Photo: Adam Kranz · CC0 1.0
American Elderberry

American Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

Photo: Melanie Gaddy · CC0 1.0
Serviceberry

Serviceberry

Amelanchier canadensis

Photo: geosesarma · CC BY 4.0
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'

Pagoda Dogwood

Pagoda Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia

Photo: Robert Stegmann · CC BY 4.0
White Fringetree

White Fringetree

Chionanthus virginicus

Photo: Sydney Olsen · CC BY 4.0
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'

Allegheny Serviceberry

Allegheny Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

Photo: Michael J. Papay · CC BY 4.0
Bowman's root

Bowman's root

Gillenia trifoliata

Photo: Jessica · CC BY 4.0
Red Twig Dogwood

Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Red Twig'

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
Elf Mountain Laurel

Elf Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia 'Elf'

Highbush Blueberry

Highbush Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

Photo: Daniel Atha · CC0 1.0
Red Chokeberry

Red Chokeberry

Aronia arbutifolia

Photo: Jeff Clark · CC BY 4.0
Pawpaw

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Photo: Farren Dell Rossman · CC BY 4.0
Snowberry

Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

No watering neededPhoto: Owen McElroy · CC0 1.0
Gray Dogwood

Gray Dogwood

Cornus racemosa

Photo: nathanstrem · CC BY 4.0
Spicebush

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0
Nannyberry

Nannyberry

Viburnum lentago

Photo: Loïc Mathieu · CC BY 4.0
New Jersey Tea

New Jersey Tea

Ceanothus americanus

Photo: Dan Wilder · CC0 1.0
Wintergreen

Wintergreen

Gaultheria procumbens

Photo: Brandon Corder · 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
Northern Sea Oats

Northern Sea Oats

Chasmanthium latifolium

No watering neededPhoto: Gold eagle Kroll · CC BY 4.0
Golden Sunset Yellow Indiangrass

Golden Sunset Yellow Indiangrass

Sorghastrum nutans 'Golden Sunset Yellow'

No watering needed
Pennsylvania Sedge

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Photo: 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
Sideoats Grama

Sideoats Grama

Bouteloua curtipendula

No watering neededPhoto: Andrea Grover · CC BY 4.0
Gray Sedge

Gray Sedge

Carex grayi

Photo: 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'

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

Photo: Skyler Principe · CC BY 4.0
Path Rush

Path Rush

Juncus tenuis

Photo: Stephen James McWilliam · CC0 1.0
Virginia Wild Rye

Virginia Wild Rye

Elymus virginicus

Photo: Jason Leduc · CC0 1.0
Fringed Sedge

Fringed Sedge

Carex crinita

Photo: Trix Niernberger · CC0 1.0
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

Photo: Bonnie Semmling · CC BY 4.0
Eastern Woodland Sedge

Eastern Woodland Sedge

Carex blanda

Photo: Matt Felperin · CC BY 4.0
Broomsedge Bluestem

Broomsedge Bluestem

Andropogon virginicus

No watering neededPhoto: Annika Lindqvist · CC BY 4.0
Woolgrass

Woolgrass

Scirpus cyperinus

Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0
Bottlebrush Sedge

Bottlebrush Sedge

Carex lurida

Photo: Steven Lamonde · CC BY 4.0
Shortbeak Sedge

Shortbeak Sedge

Carex brevior

Photo: Summit Metro Parks · CC BY 4.0

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Orange Coneflower

Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Photo: Kristály Cravens-Liszak · CC BY 4.0
Creeping Phlox Moss Phlox

Creeping Phlox Moss Phlox

Phlox subulata

Photo: Ben Cloutier · CC BY 4.0
Blazing Star Gayfeather

Blazing Star Gayfeather

Liatris spicata

Photo: worldbird · CC BY 4.0
Butterfly Weed

Butterfly Weed

Asclepias tuberosa

No watering neededPhoto: k2018lena · CC0 1.0
Garden Phlox

Garden Phlox

Phlox paniculata

Photo: Andy Wilson · CC0 1.0
Cinderella Milkweed

Cinderella Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'

Foxglove Beardtongue

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis

Photo: Bob Schwartz · CC BY 4.0
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
Blue Wild Indigo

Blue Wild Indigo

Baptisia australis

No watering neededPhoto: Nathan May · CC BY 4.0
Hardy Hibiscus

Hardy Hibiscus

Hibiscus moscheutos

Photo: botanygirl · 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

Photo: Cazody · CC0 1.0
Eastern Red Columbine

Eastern Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Photo: Craig Hensley · CC BY 4.0
False Sunflower

False Sunflower

Heliopsis helianthoides

Photo: W Rao · 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
Woodland Phlox

Woodland Phlox

Phlox divaricata

Photo: Jacqueline Raiford · CC BY 4.0
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

Photo: sophia_herrmeyer · CC BY 4.0
Bugbane 'Brunette'

Bugbane 'Brunette'

Actaea racemosa 'Brunnette Black'

Common Milkweed

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

No watering neededPhoto: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe · CC BY 4.0
Green Spice Coral Bells

Green Spice Coral Bells

Heuchera americana 'Green Spice'

Brown-eyed Susan

Brown-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia triloba

Photo: Alexis Williams · CC BY 4.0
Virginia Bluebell

Virginia Bluebell

Mertensia virginica

Photo: Melinda Soltys · CC0 1.0
Sweet Joe-Pye Weed

Sweet Joe-Pye Weed

Eutrochium purpureum

Photo: Jason Swanson · CC0 1.0
Golden Alexanders

Golden Alexanders

Zizia aurea

Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

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Clematis Candida

Clematis Candida

Clematis virginiana 'Candida'

Trumpet Creeper

Trumpet Creeper

Campsis radicans

No watering neededPhoto: Bryant Brumbill-Corral · CC BY 4.0
Virginia Creeper

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Photo: Tyler Cannon · CC BY 4.0
American Bittersweet

American Bittersweet

Celastrus scandens 'Mix'

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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

Photo: 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'

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
Oak Fern

Oak Fern

Gymnocarpium dryopteris

Photo: 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
Cinnamon Fern

Cinnamon Fern

Osmunda cinnamomea

Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0

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Prickly Pear Cactus

Prickly Pear Cactus

Opuntia humifusa

No watering neededPhoto: Lexi Destria · CC BY 4.0
Whorled Stonecrop

Whorled Stonecrop

Sedum ternatum

Photo: botanygirl · CC BY 4.0

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