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Panicum virgatum
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Switchgrass
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Cutting garden, Edible garden, Erosion control, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Air pollution, Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Salt, Wet conditions
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Parthenocissus quinquefolia
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Virginia-creeper, Virginia creeper
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Vines
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Drought tolerant garden, Erosion control, Hedges, privacy screening, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Air pollution, Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Salt, Soil compaction, Wet conditions
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Penstemon canescens
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Eastern gray beard-tongue, Gray beard-tongue
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Slope or Bank, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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Persicaria virginiana
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Virginia knotweed, Jumpseed
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Herbs
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Butterfly garden, Container garden, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Shade garden, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Wet conditions
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Phegopteris hexagonoptera
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Broad beech fern
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Fern & Fern Allies
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Border, Mass planting, Shade garden, Woodlands and woods edge
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Heat, Wet conditions
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Phlox divaricata
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Wild blue phlox, Woodland phlox
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Erosion control, Fragrant garden, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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Phlox paniculata
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Garden phlox, Fall phlox
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Patio, Pollinator garden, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge
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Allelopathic plants, Fire
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Phlox pilosa
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Downy phlox
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Herbs
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Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Fire
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Phlox subulata
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Moss phlox, Moss-pink
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Drought tolerant garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Slope or Bank, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge
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Air pollution, Dry soils, drought, Fire, Poor soil, Salt
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Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
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Ninebark, Common ninebark, Eastern ninebark
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Barrier, Border, Butterfly garden, Erosion control, Hedges, privacy screening, Lawn, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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Physostegia virginiana
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Obedient plant
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Cutting garden, Mass planting, Meadows, Patio, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge
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Wet conditions
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Pinus echinata
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Shortleaf pine
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Large Trees
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Butterfly garden, Nighttime Garden, Songbirds, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Pinus strobus
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Eastern white pine
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Large Trees, Medium Trees
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Hedges, privacy screening, Nighttime Garden, Shade Tree, Songbirds, Specimen, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Pinus virginiana
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Virginia pine, Scrub pine
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Large Trees, Medium Trees
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Erosion control, Nighttime Garden, Rock garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Air pollution, Dry soils, drought
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Platanus occidentalis
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Sycamore, American sycamore
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Large Trees
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Edible garden, Hedges, privacy screening, Rain garden, Seeds and nuts, Shade Tree, Songbirds, Specimen, Streetside planting, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Air pollution, Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Salt, Soil compaction, Urban environments, Wet conditions
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Podophyllum peltatum
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Mayapple, Devil's apple, Duck's foot, Hog apple, Indian apple, Indian apple root, Mandrake , Raccoonberry, Umbrella leaf, Wild lemon, May-apple, May apple
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Herbs
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Drought tolerant garden, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Woodlands and woods edge
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Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought
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Polemonium reptans var. reptans
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Jacob's ladder, Greek valerian, Spreading jacob's ladder
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Herbs
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Container garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Polygonatum biflorum, Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum
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Giant solomon's seal, Large solomon's-seal
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Herbs
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Border, Erosion control, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Shade garden, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Wet conditions
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Polystichum acrostichoides
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Christmas fern
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Fern & Fern Allies
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Container garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Shade garden, Slope or Bank, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Fire
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Prunus serotina var. serotina
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Wild black cherry, Black cherry, Black chokecherry, Rum cherry
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Large Trees
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Butterfly garden, Pollinator garden, Shade Tree, Songbirds, Specimen, Woodlands and woods edge
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Pycnanthemum incanum var. incanum
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Hoary mountain mint
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Herbs
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Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Erosion control, Pollinator garden, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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Pycnanthemum muticum
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Short-toothed mountain-mint, Clustered mountain-mint
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Herbs
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Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Fragrant garden, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Woodlands and woods edge
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Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
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Narrow-leaf mountain-mint, Slender mountain-mint
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Edible garden, Erosion control, Garden for the blind, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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Quercus michauxii
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Swamp chestnut oak, Basket oak, Cow oak
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Large Trees
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Butterfly garden, Erosion control, Lawn, Meadows, Nighttime Garden, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Shade garden, Shade Tree, Songbirds, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Fire, Wet conditions
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Quercus phellos
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Willow oak
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Large Trees
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Bats, Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Nighttime Garden, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Seeds and nuts, Shade Tree, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Streetside planting, Woodlands and woods edge
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Air pollution, Salt, Soil compaction, Wet conditions
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