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Itea virginica
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Virginia sweetspire, Virginia-willow
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Butterfly garden, Erosion control, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Fire, Wet conditions
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Juncus tenuis
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Path rush, Slender rush, Poverty rush
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Erosion control, Rain garden, Songbirds
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Soil compaction, Wet conditions
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Juniperus virginiana
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Eastern redcedar
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Medium Trees
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Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Hedges, privacy screening, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil, Salt
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Justicia americana
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Common water-willow, American water-willow
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Herbs
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Butterfly garden, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands
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Wet conditions
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Lespedeza capitata
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Round-headed lespedeza, Round-headed bush-clover
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Herbs
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Butterfly garden, Erosion control, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds
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Dry soils, drought
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Lespedeza virginica
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Slender lespedeza, Slender bush clover, Slender bush-clover
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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Liatris pilosa
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Grass-leaf blazing star, Grass-leaf gayfeather
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Drought tolerant garden, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Songbirds
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil
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Liatris scariosa
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Large blazing star, Eastern blazing star
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Drought tolerant garden, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Heat
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Liatris spicata
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Dense blazing star, Dense gayfeather, Dense liatris, Marsh blazing star, Marsh gayfeather, Marsh liatris
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Cutting garden, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil, Wet conditions
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Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa
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Scaly blazing star
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Songbirds
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil
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Lindera benzoin
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Spicebush
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Fall colors, Flowering tree, Fragrant garden, Hedges, privacy screening, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Rooftops, Songbirds, Streetside planting, Winter interest
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Fire, Wet conditions
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Liquidambar styraciflua
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Sweetgum
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Large Trees
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Nighttime Garden, Pollinator garden, Shade Tree, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Fire, Heat, Soil compaction
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Lonicera sempervirens
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Trumpet honeysuckle, Coral honeysuckle
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Vines
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Border, Butterfly garden, Pollinator garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Specimen
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Allelopathic plants, Salt, Soil compaction
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Magnolia virginiana
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Swamp magnolia, Sweetbay, Sweetbay magnolia
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Medium Trees, Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Butterfly garden, Flowering tree, Lawn, Patio, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Shade garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands
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Air pollution, Fire, Salt, Wet conditions
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Maianthemum canadense
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Canada mayflower, False lily-of-the-valley
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Herbs
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Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Shade garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds
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Heat
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Maianthemum racemosum
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False solomon's plume, False solomon's seal, Eastern solomons-plume
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Herbs
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Border, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Malus angustifolia
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Narrowleaf crabapple, Southern crabapple, Wild crab apple, Wild crabapple
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Medium Trees, Shrubs & Small Trees
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Butterfly garden, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands
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Malus coronaria
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Southern crabapple
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Medium Trees, Shrubs & Small Trees
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Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Lawn, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Menispermum canadense
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Canada moonseed, Common moonseed
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Vines
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Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Wet conditions
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Mitchella repens
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Partidge-berry
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Herbs
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Border, Low growing, Songbirds, Streetside planting, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Mowing, Some foot traffic
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Monarda punctata var. punctata
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Horse-mint, Horsemint, Spotted bee-balm
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Drought tolerant garden, Garden for the blind, Mass planting, Meadows, Nighttime Garden, Pollinator garden, Songbirds
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil, Wet conditions
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Morus rubra
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Red mulberry
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Medium Trees, Shrubs & Small Trees
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Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Air pollution, Dry soils, drought, Fire
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Muhlenbergia capillaris
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Hair-awn muhly, Long-awn hairgrass, Pink muhly
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Container garden, Cutting garden, Drought tolerant garden, Erosion control, Garden for the blind, Meadows, Rock garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Air pollution, Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Heat, Poor soil, Salt
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Muhlenbergia schreberi
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Nimblewill
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Erosion control, Lawn, Mass planting, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Nyssa sylvatica
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Black gum, Sour gum, Sourgum
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Large Trees, Medium Trees
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Drought tolerant garden, Frogs and toads, Lawn, Nighttime Garden, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Reptiles, Shade Tree, Songbirds, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Streetside planting, Woodlands and woods edge
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Air pollution, Dry soils, drought, Fire, Heat, Salt, Wet conditions, Wind
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