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A listing of perennial plants that are native to Monroe County, Pennyslvania

Shrubs native to Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Indic	Latin	Common	Habitat Notes
UPL	Rosa carolina	Pasture rose	Dry, rocky or sandy soil
FACU-	Spiraea tomentosa	Hardhack	Meadows, old fields, pastures
FACU-	Vaccinium angustifolium	Low sweet blueberry	Dry woods and barrens
FACU	Crataegus crus-galli	Cockspur hawthorn	Woods, meadows, roadsides, thickets
FACU	Gaultheria procumbens	Teaberry	Oak woods or under evergreens
FACU	Gaylussacia baccata	Black huckleberry	Dry to wet woods and thickets
FACU	Hydrangea arborescens	Sevenbark	Rich woods, slopes, stream banks
FACU	Hypericum prolificum	Shrubby St. John's-wort	Low fields, swamps, thickets
FACU	Kalmia latifolia	Mountain laurel	Rocky woods
FACU	Leiophyllum buxifolium***	Sand-myrtle	Very rare in open rocky areas, possibly extirpated
FACU	Lonicera canadensis	Fly honeysuckle	Open woods
FACU	Lonicera dioica var. dioica	Mountain honeysuckle	Rocky woods and thickets
FACU	Lonicera sempervirens	Trumpet honeysuckle	Woods, thickets; vine to 20 feet
FACU	Rosa setigera	Prairie rose	Sandy open fields, open thickets, roadsides, fence rows, possibly moved in from further west
FACU	Rubus allegheniensis	Common blackberry	Old fields, open woods, clearings
FACU	Rubus enslenii	Southern dewberry	Sandy banks, oak-hickory woods
FACU	Rubus flagellaris	Prickly dewberry	Rocky or shaly slopes, cliffs, fields
FACU	Rubus recurvicaulis	Dewberry	Dry, rocky or sandy soil
FACU	Salix humilis var. humilis	Upland willow	Dry thickets and barrens
FACU	Salix humilis var. tristis	Dwarf upland willow	Moist barrens and thickets
FACU	Sambucus racemosa var. pubens	Red-berried elder	Ravines, moist cliffs, cool moist rocky woods
FACU	Vaccinium stamineum	Deerberry	Woods and clearings
FACU	Viburnum prunifolium	Black-haw	Successional woods, thickets, old fields, roadsides
FACU+	Hamamelis virginiana	Witch-hazel	Moist, rocky woods
FAC-	Cornus racemosa	Silky dogwood	Swampy meadows, moist old fields, thickets
FAC-	Rubus idaeus var. strigosus	Red raspberry	Rocky woods, clearings, thickets
FAC	Gaylussacia frondosa	Dangleberry	Dry woods
FAC	Kalmia angustifolia	Sheep laurel	Sandy or infertile soil, bogs, old fields
FAC	Lonicera hirsute**	Hairy honeysuckle	Rare in moist woods, swamps and rocky thickets
FAC	Myrica pensylvanica	Bayberry	Old fields, sand dunes, open woods in dry to moist sterile, sandy soils
FAC	Rhododendron maximum	Rosebay	Wet woods, swamps
FAC	Rhododendron periclymenoides	Pinxter-flower	Woods, thickets, swamp margins
FAC	Rhododendron prinophyllum	Mountain azalea	Woods, especially rocky woods in the mountains
FAC	Ribes hirtellum	Northern wild gooseberry	Calcerous marshes, swamps, rocky woods
FAC	Rosa virginiana	Wild rose	Thickets, meadows
FAC	Staphylea trifolia	Bladdernut	Average, dry to medium wet, well-drained soils in part shade to full shade; prefers moist
FAC	Taxus canadensis	Canadian yew	Shaded forest areas on fresh/moist, mineral or organic soil types.
FAC	Vaccinium myrtilloides	Sour-top blueberry	Clearings in woods, dry or moist soils
FAC	Viburnum lantanoides	Hobblebush	Low, moist woods
FAC	Viburnum lentago	Nannyberry	Woods and thickets with rich, moist soil
FAC+	Spiraea latifolia	Meadow-sweet	Damp meadows
FACW-	Lindera benzoin	Spicebush	Moist woods
FACW-	Physocarpus opulifolius	Ninebark	Moist cliffs, wet woods, sandy or rocky stream banks
FACW-	Vaccinium corymbosum	Highbush blueberry	Woods, thickets, bogs in acidic soil
FACW-	Viburnum recognitum	Northern arrow-wood	Swamps, boggy woods, wet pastures, stream banks
FACW	Cornus amomum ssp. amomum	Kinnikinik	Swamps, stream banks, moist woods, fields and thickets
FACW	Cornus amomum ssp. obliqua	Kinnikinik	Swamps, stream banks, moist woods, fields and thickets
FACW	Gaultheria hispidula*	Creeping snowberry	Rare in wet woods and bogs
FACW	Leucothoe racemosa	Fetter-bush	Swamps, moist thickets
FACW	Lyonia ligustrina	Maleberry	Wet thickets or sandy soils
FACW	Rhododendron canadense	Rhodora	Bogs, wet places with infertile, acidic soil
FACW	Ribes americanum	Wild black currant	Moist woods, marshes and thickets
FACW	Ribes glandulosum	Skunk currant	Swamps, bogs, wet woods, moist rocky slopes
FACW	Ribes lacustre	Bristly black currant	Swamps and cool wet woods
FACW	Rubus hispidus	Swamp dewberry	Bogs, swamps, moist woods, thickets, barrens
FACW	Rubus pubescens	Dwarf blackberry	Bogs, swamps, moist slopes
FACW	Rubus setosus	Bristly blackberry	Damp thickets and swamps
FACW	Salix bebbiana	Long-beaked or gray willow	Upland deciduous woods, moist or dry thickets, and edges
FACW	Salix discolor	Pussy willow	Swamps and moist or wet woods
FACW	Salix lucida ssp. lucida	Shining willow	Swamps, low ground, wet shores
FACW	Sambucus canadensis	American elder	Woods, fields, stream banks moist fields and swamps
FACW	Viburnum cassinoides	Witherod	Thickets, swamps
FACW+	Cornus sericea	Red-osier dogwood	Swamps, moist fields, thickets
FACW+	Ilex verticillata	Winterberry	Swamps, bogs, wet woods, moist shores
FACW+	Rhododendron viscosum	Swamp azalea	Swamps, thickets
FACW+	Salix eriocephala	Diamond willow	Shores and bottomlands
FACW+	Spiraea alba	Meadow-sweet	Damp meadows
OBL	Ilex laevigata	Smooth winterberry	Wooded swamps, thickets, shores
OBL	Kalmia polifolia	Bog laurel	Bogs
OBL	Ledum groenlandicum*	Labrador-tea	Cold bogs, peaty soil
OBL	Myrica gale*	Sweet-gale	Bogs, shallow water of lake and stream edges
OBL	Nemopanthus mucronatus	Mountain holly	Swamps, bogs, moist woods
OBL	Rhamnus alnifolia	Alder-leaved buckthorn	Fens, cancerous marshes, wet thickets
OBL	Rosa palustris	Swamp rose	Wet soil
OBL	Salix candida*	Hoary willow	Rare in fens, wet meadow, calcerous soils
OBL	Salix exigua	Sandbar willow	Sandy or gravel bars and shores
OBL	Salix sericea	Silky willow	Swamps, bogs, stream banks, low woods
OBL	Vaccinium macrocarpon	Cranberry	Bogs
OBL	Vaccinium oxycoccos	Small cranberry	Bogs, especially in cool areas
NI	Cornus rugosa	Round-leaved dogwood	Well drained rocky woods and cliffs
NI	Crataegus coccinea	Red-fruited hawthorn	Open woods, fields, roadsides, stream banks
NI	Crataegus flabellata	Fanleaf hawthorn	Open woods, fencerows, abandoned fields, roadsides
NI	Crataegus intricata	Biltmore hawthorn	Woods, pastures, thickets and barrends
NI	Crataegus pruinosa	Frosted hawthorn	Open woods and thickets
NI	Crataegus rotundifolia	Fireberry hawthorn	Rocky pastures, open woods, roadsides
NI	Diervilla lonicera	Bush-honeysuckle	Dry open woods
NI	Epigaea repens	Trailing-arbutus	Acid soil in sandy or rocky woods
NI	Ilex beadlei	Mountain holly	Rare on wooded slopes
NI	Ilex montana	Mountain holly	Cool moist rocky woods
NI	Juniperus communis	Common juniper	Dry open woods (deer browsed)
NI	Lonicera villosa**	Water-berry	Very rare in bogs, swamps and wet thickets
NI	Quercus ilicifolia	Scrub oak	Dry thickets and brrens
NI	Quercus prinoides	Dwarf chestnut oak	Dry thickets and barrens
NI	Rhododendron periclymenoides x prinophyllum	Azalea	Woods, thickets, swamp margins
NI	Rhus copallina var. copallina	Shining sumac	Dry open woods, thickets and fields
NI	Rhus copallina var. latifolia	Shining sumac	Dry open woods, thickets and fields
NI	Rhus glabra	Smooth sumac	Shale barrens, old fields, dry, open slopes
NI	Rhus typhina	Staghorn sumac	Old fields, roadsides, woods edges
NI	Ribes cynosbati	Prickly gooseberry	Thin moist rocky woods
NI	Ribes rotundifolium	Wild gooseberry	Rocky upland woods
NI	Rubus canadensis	Smooth blackberry	Cool moist woods, rocky slopes, thickets
NI	Rubus occidentalis	Black-cap	Sandy or rocky woods, slopes, old fields, thickets
NI	Rubus odoratus	Purple-flowering raspberry	Moist, shaded cliffs, ledges, rocky wooded slopes
NI	Rubus pensilvanicus	Blackberry	Thickets, rocky banks, woods, fields, waste ground
NI	Vaccinium pallidum	Lowbush blueberry	Dry woods and barrens
NI	Viburnum acerifolium	Maple-leaved viburnum	Woods and open woods
NI	Viburnum rafinesquianum	Downy arrow-wood	Dry slopes, open woods, barrens

**PA endangered

*PA threatened

***PA extirpated

++Federal endangered

Source: The Pennsylvania Flora Project, Botany Department, Morris Arboretum, University of Pennsylvania.