Native plants in Staten Island

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Carolina Sweetheart Redbud

Cercis canadensis 'Carolina Sweetheart'

Eastern Arborvitae Northern White Cedar

Thuja occidentalis

River Birch

Betula nigra

Tulip Poplar

Liriodendron tulipifera

Worplesdon Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon'

Pink Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida 'Rubra'

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Eastern Redcedar

Juniperus virginiana 'Idyllwild'

Freeman Maple

Acer freemanii 'Bailston'

Black Tupelo, Black Gum, Sour Gum

Nyssa sylvatica

Serviceberry

Amelanchier canadensis

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Prairie Gold Quaking Aspen

Populus tremuloides 'Prairie Gold'

Pagoda Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia

Sweetbay Magnolia

Magnolia virginiana

Common Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Paper Birch

Betula papyrifera

Timm Success Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea 'Timm Success'

Allegheny Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

Thornless Honeylocust

Gleditsia triacanthos

Pin Oak

Quercus palustris

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

Golden Swedish Juniper

Juniperus communis 'Suecica Aurea'

Bur Oak

Quercus macrocarpa

Swamp White Oak

Quercus bicolor

White Oak

Quercus alba

Sensation Boxelder

Acer negundo 'Sensation'

Curley Canadian Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis 'Curley'

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Common Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Creeping Phlox Moss Phlox

Phlox subulata

Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius

Brilliant Black Chokeberry

Aronia melanocarpa 'Brilliantissima'

Little Henry Sweetspire

Itea virginica 'Sprich'

Hardy Hibiscus

Hibiscus moscheutos

Summersweet

Clethra alnifolia

Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Sugar Shack'

Glitters and Glows Arrowwood Viburnum

Viburnum dentatum 'Glitters Glows Arrowwood'

Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

American Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

Serviceberry

Amelanchier canadensis

Squeeze Box Inkberry Holly

Ilex glabra 'Squeeze Box'

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Lemony Lace Elderberry

Sambucus racemosa 'Lemony Lace'

Pagoda Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia

Sweetbay Magnolia

Magnolia virginiana

Bearberry

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Common Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Timm Success Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea 'Timm Success'

Smooth Witherod

Viburnum nudum

Allegheny Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

Bowman's root

Gillenia trifoliata

Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Red Twig'

Golden Swedish Juniper

Juniperus communis 'Suecica Aurea'

Elf Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia 'Elf'

Highbush Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

Red Chokeberry

Aronia arbutifolia

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Gray Dogwood

Cornus racemosa

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Lowbush Blueberry

Vaccinium angustifolium

Little Bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

'Rain Dance' Big Bluestem

Andropogon gerardii 'Rain Dance'

Northern Sea Oats

Chasmanthium latifolium

Pink Muhly Grass

Muhlenbergia capillaris

Golden Sunset Yellow Indiangrass

Sorghastrum nutans 'Golden Sunset Yellow'

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Purple Love Grass

Eragrostis spectabilis

Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum

Tufted Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa

Sideoats Grama

Bouteloua curtipendula

Gray Sedge

Carex grayi

Seersucker Sedge

Carex plantaginea

Creeping Sedge

Carex laxiculmis 'Hobb'

Canada Wild Rye

Elymus canadensis

Blue Wood Sedge

Carex flaccosperma

Dewey Blue Coastal Panicgrass

Panicum amarum 'Dewey Blue'

Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Juncus effusus 'Blue Arrows'

Bottlebrush Grass

Elymus hystrix

Path Rush

Juncus tenuis

Tussock Sedge

Carex stricta

Virginia Wild Rye

Elymus virginicus

Eastern Gamagrass

Tripsacum dactyloides

Blue Joint Grass

Calamagrostis canadensis

Fringed Sedge

Carex crinita

Rosy Sedge

Carex rosea

Whitetinge Sedge

Carex albicans

Broadleaf Sedge

Carex platyphylla

Fox Sedge

Carex vulpinoidea

Variegated Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea 'Luteo Picta'

Creek Sedge

Carex amphibola

Bushy Bluestem

Andropogon glomeratus

Eastern Woodland Sedge

Carex blanda

Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Creeping Phlox Moss Phlox

Phlox subulata

Butterfly Weed

Asclepias tuberosa

Garden Phlox

Phlox paniculata

Cinderella Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis

Bee Balm Oswego Tea

Monarda didyma

Obedient Plant Miss Manners

Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Hardy Hibiscus

Hibiscus moscheutos

New England Aster Harringtons Pink

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Harringtons Pink'

Wild Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Culver's root

Veronicastrum virginicum

Eastern Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

False Sunflower

Heliopsis helianthoides

Common Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

Foamflower

Tiarella cordifolia

Improved Rugen Strawberry

Fragaria vesca 'Improved Rugen'

Woodland Phlox

Phlox divaricata

Blue Flag Iris

Iris versicolor

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

Bugbane 'Brunette'

Actaea racemosa 'Brunnette Black'

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Green Spice Coral Bells

Heuchera americana 'Green Spice'

Brown-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia triloba

Virginia Bluebell

Mertensia virginica

Sweet Joe-Pye Weed

Eutrochium purpureum

Snow Flurry Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snow Flurry'

Golden Alexanders

Zizia aurea

Fiesta White Wood Aster

Eurybia divaricata 'Fiesta'

Trumpet Honeysuckle

Lonicera sempervirens

Clematis Candida

Clematis virginiana 'Candida'

Trumpet Creeper

Campsis radicans

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

American Bittersweet

Celastrus scandens 'Mix'

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Northern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

Christmas Fern

Polystichum acrostichoides

Hart's Tongue Fern

Asplenium scolopendrium

Marginal Wood Fern

Dryopteris marginalis

Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina

Cinnamon Fern

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensibilis

Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

Hay-scented Fern

Dennstaedtia punctilobula

Interrupted Fern

Osmunda claytoniana

Spinulose Wood Fern

Dryopteris carthusiana

Brunswick Giant Ebony Spleenwort

Asplenium platyneuron 'Brunswick Giant'

Goldie's Wood Fern

Dryopteris goldieana

Broad Beech Fern

Phegopteris hexagonoptera

Clinton's Wood Fern

Dryopteris x clintoniana

Bulblet Fern

Cystopteris bulbifera

New York Fern

Parathelypteris noveboracensis

Meadow Spikemoss

Selaginella apoda

Cinnamon Fern

Osmunda cinnamomea

Prickly Pear Cactus

Opuntia humifusa

Whorled Stonecrop

Sedum ternatum