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Plant Guide: Sun to Part Sun - Wet to Moist Soil

Name: Plant Guide: Sun to Part Sun - Wet to Moist Soil
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Trees, shrubs, vines and perennials that are naturally found in sun to part sun and wet to moist soils.

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July 5, 2023

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Red maple (Acer rubrum)

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Trees

Scientific Name	Common Name	Height	Light	Moisture
Acer rubrum	Red Maple	40-75 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Acer saccharun	Sugar Maple	60-80 ft.	Sun/Part sun	moist
Betula nigra	River Birch	50-75 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Chionanthus virginicus	Fringe Tree	12-30 ft.	Sun/Part sun	moist
Fraxinus pennsylvanica	Green Ash	50-75 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/dry
Ilex opaca	American Holly	15-50 ft.	Sun/Part sun	moist
Liquidambar styraciflua	Sweetgum	60-100 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/dry
Morus rubra	Red Mulberry	35-60 ft.	Sun/Part sun	moist
Nyssa sylvatica	Black Gum	30-75 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/dry
Oxydendrum arboreum	Sourwood	20-30 ft.	Sun/Part sun	moist
Platanus occidentalis	American Sycamore	75-100 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Quercus bicolor	Swamp White Oak	60-100 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Quercus palustris	Pin Oak	50-80 ft.	Sun	wet/moist

Shrubs

Scientific Name	Common Name	Height	Light	Moisture
Amelanchier canadensis	Shadblow Serviceberry	10-20 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Aronia arbutifolia (Photinia pyrifolia)	Red Chokecherry	6-12 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/dry
Aronia melanocarpa (Photinia melanocarpa)	Black Chokecherry	3-5 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/dry
Cephalanthus occidentalis	Buttonbush	6-12 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Cornus amomum	Silky Dogwood	6-12 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Cornus racemosa	Gray Dogwood	6-12 ft.	Sun/shade	wet/dry
Cornus sericea	Redosier Dogwood	6-12 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Fothergilla gardenii	Dwarf Fothergilla	3-6 ft.	Sun/Part sun	moist
Ilex verticillata	Winterberry	6-12 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Itea virginiana	Virginia Sweetspire	3-10 ft.	Sun/shade	wet/moist
Physocarpus opulifolius	Ninebark	5-12 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/dry
Rhododendron viscosum	Swamp Azalea	6-10 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Rosa palustris	Swamp Rose	5-8 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Sambucus canadensis	American Elderberry	5-12 ft.	Sun/shade	wet/dry
Spiraea latifolia	Meadowsweet	3-6 ft.	Sun	moist
Vaccinium corymbosum	Highbush Blueberry	6-12 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/dry
Viburnum dentatum	Arrowwood Viburnum	6-12 ft.	Sun/shade	wet/dry
Viburnum nudum	Witherod Viburnum	6-20 ft.	Sun/shade	wet/moist
Viburnum trilobum	American Cranberrybush Viburnum	6-12 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist

Perennials

Scientific Name	Common Name	Height	Light	Moisture
Anemone canadensis	Canada Anemone	1-3 ft.	Sun/shade	moist
Asclepias incarnata	Swamp Milkweed	2-4 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Aster novae-angliae (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)	New England Aster	2-6 ft.	Sun/Part sun	Moist
Aster novi-belgii (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii)	New York Aster	1-4 ft.	Sun/Part sun	Moist
Botonia asteroides	False Aster	3-4 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/dry
Carex spp,	Sedges		Sun	wet/moist
Chelone glabra	White turtlehead	1-3 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Chelone lyonii	Pink turtlehead	2-3 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Coreopsis rosea	Pink Coreopsis	1 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Eupatorium fistulosum	Joe-pye weed	3-8 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Filipendula rubra	Queen-of- the-prairie	3-7 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Geranium maculatum	Wild geranium	1-2 ft.	Sun/Part sun	Moist
Helenium autumnale	Sneezeweed	2-6 ft.	Sun/shade	Moist
Iris versicolor	Blue Flag Iris	3-4 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Liatris spicata	Blazing star	2-5 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Liatris squarrosa	Gayfeather	1-3 ft.	Sun/Part sun	Moist
Lillium canadense	Canada lily	2-6 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Lobelia cardinalis	Cardinal Flower	2-4 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Lobelia siphilitica	Great Blue Lobelia	2-3 ft.	Sun/shade	wet/moist
Mimulus ringens	Allegheny Monkey flower	2-3 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Monarda didyma	Bee Balm	2-5 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Phlox paniculata	Summer phlox	2-5 ft.	Sun/Part sun	Moist
Sisyrinchium angustifolium	Blue-eyed grass	1-2 ft.	Sun/Part sun	Moist
Stokesia laevis	Stokes' aster	1-2 ft.	Sun/Part sun	Moist
Vernonia noveboracensis	New York ironweed	3-8 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Veronicastrum virginicum	Culver's root	3-6 ft.	Sun/Part sun	wet/moist
Zizia aurea	Golden alexanders	1-3 ft.	Sun/shade	wet/dry