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Native plants in Schenectady
710 plants are genuinely native to this area — not merely able to survive here. They are grouped below by what they do in a garden, from canopy trees down to groundcovers.
Best represented here: perennials (382), shrubs (127), grasses (125) · 432 of them need no watering beyond Schenectady’s own rainfall
Showing 239 plants · 471 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees54
Canopy and structureShrubs55
Backbone plantingGrasses29
Movement and texturePerennials102
Seasonal colourVines3
Verticals and screensFerns17
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