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Adiantum pedatum
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Northern maidenhair fern
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Fern & Fern Allies
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Container garden, Mass planting, Shade garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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Allium cernuum
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Nodding onion
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge
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Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Poor soil
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Allium tricoccum
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Wild leek, Ramps, Rampscallions
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Herbs
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Edible garden, Garden for the blind, Mass planting, Shade garden, Woodlands and woods edge
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Amelanchier arborea
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Downy serviceberry, Shadbush
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Barrier, Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Flowering tree, Garden for the blind, Lawn, Mass planting, Meadows, Patio, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Rock garden, Shade Tree, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Understory tree, Walkways, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Wet conditions
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Amelanchier canadensis
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Canadian serviceberry
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Lawn, Mass planting, Patio, Rain garden, Shade garden, Shade Tree, Songbirds, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge
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Fire, Wet conditions
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Amelanchier laevis
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Smooth serviceberry, Allegheny serviceberry
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Edible garden, Flowering tree, Hedges, privacy screening, Lawn, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Shade garden, Shade Tree, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Streetside planting, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Salt, Urban environments
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Andropogon gerardii
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Big bluestem, Turkeyfoot
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Erosion control, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Walkways, Winter interest
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Air pollution, Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Salt, Wet conditions
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Anemone virginiana var. virginiana
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Tall anemone, Thimbleweed
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Herbs
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Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Shade garden, Woodlands and woods edge
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Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought
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Antennaria neglecta
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Field pussytoes
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Herbs
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Border, Mass planting, Rock garden
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Dry soils, drought
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Aronia arbutifolia
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Red chokeberry
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Erosion control, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest
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Fire, Wet conditions
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Aronia melanocarpa
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Black chokeberry
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Border, Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Erosion control, Fall colors, Flowering tree, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streetside planting
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Salt, Soil compaction, Wet conditions
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Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
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Goat's-beard, Goatsbeard
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Baptisia australis
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Blue false indigo, Blue wild indigo, False blue indigo
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Rain garden, Slope or Bank, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Fire, Poor soil
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Betula nigra
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River birch, Red birch
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Large Trees
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Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Erosion control, Fall colors, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Rain garden, Shade Tree, Songbirds, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Air pollution, Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Fire, Heat, Salt, Soil compaction, Wet conditions
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Campanulastrum americanum
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Tall bellflower
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Herbs
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Mass planting, Meadows, Rain garden, Shade garden, Woodlands and woods edge
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Carex grayi
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Gray's sedge
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Cutting garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Meadows, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Wet conditions
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Carex lupulina
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Hop sedge
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Butterfly garden, Mass planting, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Wet conditions
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Carex lurida
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Sallow sedge
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Butterfly garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Meadows, Rain garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands
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Wet conditions
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Carex normalis
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Greater straw sedge
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Mass planting, Rain garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Wet conditions
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Carex pensylvanica
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Pennsylvania sedge, Oak sedge, Plantainleaf sedge, Seersucker sedge
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Erosion control, Garden for the blind, Mass planting, Rain garden, Shade garden, Songbirds, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Wet conditions
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Carex plantaginea
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Plantain-leaved sedge, Plantainleaf sedge
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Garden for the blind, Mass planting, Rock garden, Shade garden, Songbirds
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Wet conditions
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Carex platyphylla
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Broad-leaved sedge
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Butterfly garden, Mass planting, Rock garden, Shade garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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Chasmanthium latifolium
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River oats, Indian wood oats, Inland sea oats, Wild oats, Wood-oat, Northern sea oats
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Seeds and nuts, Shade garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest
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Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Salt, Wet conditions
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Chasmanthium laxum
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Slender spikegrass
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Rain garden, Shade garden, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Salt, Wet conditions
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Chionanthus virginicus
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Fringetree, Old man's beard
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Shrubs & Small Trees
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Flowering tree, Lawn, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Winter interest
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Air pollution, Dry soils, drought, Fire, Urban environments
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