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A listing of common shade perennials for very acidic sites, native Pennsylvania

Common Pennsylvania shade perennials, 4-5 pH

Note: column labeled Cty indicates whether the species is native to Monroe County, Pennsylvania. All others listed are native to Pennsylvania

Latin	Common	Indic	Notes	Cty
Amianthium muscaetoxicum	Crow Poison, Fly Poison	FAC	Rich open woods, mostly eastern counties	yes
Asarum canadense var acuminatum	Wild Ginger	FACU-	Rich moist woods, mostly western ctys.	yes
Asarum canadense var reflexum	Wild Ginger	FACU-	Rich moist woods, scattered	No
Aureolaria pedicularia	Cutleaf False Foxglove	NI	Open woods rich soil, under oaks	yes
Botrychium virginianum	Rattlesnake Fern	FACU	Shade, rich moist humus,throughout	yes
Caulophyllum thalictroides	Blue Cohosh	NI	Shade, humus rich soil, common	yes
Chimaphila maculata	Striped Pipsissewa	NI	Dry open woods, common	yes
Chimaphila umbellata ssp. cisatlantica	Common Pipsissewa	NI	Dry open woods	yes
Clintonia borealis	Bead Lily	FAC	Shady, cold, moist woods and thickets, mostly mountains	yes
Conopholis americana	Squawroot	NI	Rich oak or beech woods	yes
Coptis trifolia ssp. groenlandica	Goldthread	FACW	Moist woods, cool rich soil, common	yes
Cornus canadensis	Bunchberry	FAC-	Wet areas of rich open woods, northern and upland counties	yes
Cypripedium acaule	Pink Ladyslipper	FACU-	Dry woodlands, well mulched, common	yes
Dalibarda repens	Star Violet, Dew Drop, Robin Runaway	FAC	Cool moist shaded woodlands, common	yes
Dennstaedtia punctilobula	Hay Scented Fern	NI	Dry sterile open woods (or sun); throughout	yes
Dicentra eximia	Fringed Bleedingheart	NI	Rich, damp woods, mulch oak. Endangered	yes
Dodecatheon meadia	Shooting Star	FACU	Open woods moderately rich soil, scattered	No
Dryopteris clintoniana	Clinton Woodfern	FACW+	Very wet, mucky woods and thickets	yes
Dryopteris cristata	Crested Woodfern	FACW+	Very wet mucky woods and thickets	yes
Dryopteris goldiana	Goldie Woodfern	FAC+	Deep, moist, humus rich woods	yes
Thelypteris noveboracensis	NIew York Fern	FAC	Prefers dry (moist okay) oak beech birch maple woods, humus rich	yes
Phegopteris connectilis	NIarrow Beech Fern	FACU+	Moist, loose humus woods, mostly northern counties	yes
Dryopteris carthusiana	Toothed Woodfern	FAC+	Swamps, wet woods, rocky slopes, Spinulose wood fern, throughout	yes
Thelypteris palustris	Marshfern	FACW+	Soft, rich, muddy soil, full sun okay, throughout	yes
Dryopteris x bootii	Boott Woodferm	NI	Swampy thickets, wet woods, common	yes
Epifagus virginiana	Beechdrops	NI	Humus rich soil under beech trees; annual	yes
Epigaea repens	Trailing Arbutus	NI	Humus rich, well drained soil	yes
Gaultheria procumbens	Wintergreen	FACU	Wide range (sun, shade, wet/dry, rich/clay); throughout	yes
Goodyera repens	Lesser Rattlesnake -Plantain	FACU+	Warm, dry woods (evergreens); scattered	yes
Goodyera tesselata	Checkered Rattlsnake Plaintain	FACU-	Damp warm woods	yes
Hepatica nobilis var acuta	Liverleaf	NI	Dry rocky slopes, humus rich acid soil	No
Hepatica nobilis var obtusa	Liverleaf	NI	Dry rocky slopes, humus rich acid soil	No
Hypoxis hirsuta	Goldstar Grass	FAC	Open woods and fields, acid loam, throughout	yes
Jeffersonia diphylla	Twinleaf	NI	Rich damp open woods, mostly western counties	No
Lilium philadelphicum	Wood Lily	FACU+	Well drained soil in dry woods, mostly eastern ctys	yes
Linnaea borealis	Twinflower	FAC	Humus rich, very acid, cold, wet woods and swamps and banks, scattered	yes
Liparis liliifolia	Lily Twayblade	FACU-	Moist sandy loam, mostly SE, SW	yes
Liparis loeselii	Lily Twayblade	FACW	NIear springs, in bogs, and wet sunny places	yes
Lygodium palmatum	Hartford Fern	FACW	Moist open woods, thickets, bogs; rare; scattered in eastern cts	yes
Maianthemum canadense	Canada Mayflower	FAC	Moist, rich to dry, often sandy woods and clearings; throughout	yes
Medeola virginiana	Indian Cucumber Root	NI	Moist woods, throughout	yes
Monotropa hypopithys	Pinesap	NI	Dry pine woods	yes
Onoclea sensibilis	Sensitive Fern	FACW	Wet meadows, thickets, woods, streambanks, swamps and bogs, throughout	yes
Osmunda cinnamomea	Cinnamon Fern	FACW	Moist muddy soil, shade	yes
Osmunda regalis	Royal Fern	OBL	Rich oozy mud of ditches, swamps, bogs, streambanks	yes
Oxalis acetosella	American Wood Sorrel	FAC-	Shallow sandy loams to loamy tills, mostly northern counties	yes
Oxalis dillenii ssp. filipes	Southern Yellow Wood Sorrel	NI	Shallow sandy loams to loamy tills, mostly southern and eastern counties	yes
Oxalis stricta	Common Yellow Wood Sorrel	UPL-	Shallow sandy loams to loamy tills, mostly northern counties	yes
Oxalis violacea	Violet Wood Sorrel	NI	Shallow sandy loams to loamy tills, mostly northern counties	yes
Panax quinquefolius	American Ginseng	NI	Wooded slopes, moist ground, scattered	yes
Podophyllum peltatum	Mayapple	NI	Damp open maple woods and clearings, throughout	yes
Polygala paucifolia	Fringed Polygala, Bird On Wing	FACU	Rich moist woods, all but western counties	yes
Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum	Great Solomonseal	FACU	Mesic fertile loamy soil	yes
Polygonatum biflorum	Solomonseal	FACU	Moist, rich woods, roadside ditches, edges of streams and ponds, eastern and western counties	yes
Polypodium polypodioides	Resurrection Fern	RARE	Epiphytic on trees, also found in rock crevices	No
Polypodium virginianum	Common Polypody	NI	Dry shaded ledges and crests in ravines, in calcareous or somewhat acid soils	yes
Polystichum acrostichoides	Christmas Fern	NI	Organically rich, dry to medium wet, well-drained soils, throughout	yes
Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum	Eastern Bracken	FACU	Dry open woods, colonizer, throughout	yes
Pyrola americana	Wild Lily Of The Valley	FAC	Dry sandy soil, under pines, common	yes
Pyrola elliptica	Waxflower Pyrola	UPL	Rich dry coniferous woods, throughout	yes
Rhexia virginica	Meadow Beauty	OBL	Rich acid soil, more sun than shade, mostly SE	yes
Rhododendron calendulaceum	Flame Azalea	NI	Sun to light shade, moist - extirpated. Somerset, Montgomery	No
Rhododendron canadense	Rhodora, Piedmont Azalea	FACW, NE counties	Moist rich soil, medium shade to light shade	yes
Rhododendron maximum	Rosebay	FAC	Moist rocky slopes, throughout	yes
Rhododendron periclymenoides	Pinxterbloom	FAC	Medium shade, moist, throughout	yes
Solidago odora	Fragrant Goldenrod	NI	Dry soil light shade, mostly eastern counties	yes
Stenanthium gramineum	Featherfleece, Featherbells	FACW	Moist rocky woods, rich wooded slopes, base of wooded bluffs, open banks along railroads, roadsides, western counties	No
Symphyotrichum laterifolium	Calico Aster	FACW-	Open woods and thickets no special care	yes
Thalictrum thalictroides	Rue Anemone	FACU-	Rich moist humus soil, throughout except for most northern counties	yes
Tipularia discolor	Cranefly Orchid	FACU	Rich acid woods/compost, SE counties	No
Trientalis borealis	Starflower	FAC	Dry or moist sites in sandy soil with open shade, common	yes
Trillium erectum var erectum	Purple Trillium	FACU-	Rich woods, common; see also var. Album and x flexipes for western counties	yes
Trillium undulatum	Painted Trillium	FACU	Moist woods, bogs	yes
Mitchella repens	Partridgeberry	FACU	Low moist woods and sandy bogs, throughout	yes
Asarum canadense var canadense	Wild Ginger	FACU-	Rich moist woods, throughout	yes
Athyrium felixfemina	Lady Fern	FAC	Humus rich soil, sun to shade, throughout	yes