Native Plants

Natively found across Canada and the northeastern US, this moisture-loving tree has durable wood that has been used to make…

Named a “tupelo” from the Indigenous Muscogee language’s words “ito,” meaning “tree,” and “opilwa,” meaning “swamp,” this deciduous native of…

Appropriately named, this deciduous tree is easily recognizable when mature by its gray shaggy bark that curls off the trunk…

Previously called yellow oak due to its uniquely pigmented yellow inner bark, this deciduous member of the red oak group is…

Also called saltbush or sea myrtle, this highly salt-tolerant shrub grows natively along the coastal edges of the eastern and…

Native to the forests, meadows, and freshwater shores of eastern North America, this flowering vine is distinguished from its relatives…

Named for its dense blooms of bright red berries in the late autumn and winter, this deciduous holly provides a…

This native shrub is named for the downy velvet of its leaf undersides and the April-May blossom of its flowers that…

Often found in the dunes and coastal plains of Cape Cod, this deciduous shrub has a native range along the…

Mostly found in the moisture-rich forests of the southeastern US, this broadleaved evergreen reaches the tip of its indigenous range…