Mountain Region Sample Lists: Plants for Dry Sun, Sunny Slopes, Meadows, Hedgerows, or Edges

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Fern:
Dennstaedtia punctilobula - hay-scented fern

Grasses or Grasslike Plants:
Andropogon virginicus - broomsedge
Elymus canadensis - Canada wild rye
Elymus hystrix - bottlebrush grass
Schizachyrium scoparium - little bluestem
Sorghastrum nutans - Indiangrass

Herbaceous Plants and Groundcovers:
Aquilegia canadensis - eastern columbine
Asclepias syriaca - common milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa - butterflyweed
Aster divaricatus - white wood aster
Aster ericoides - heath aster
Aster laevis - smooth blue aster
Aster novae-angliae - New England aster
Aster pilosus - white heath aster
Baptisia australis - wild blue indigo
Baptisia tinctoria - wild indigo
Desmodium paniculatum - panicled tick-trefoil
Eupatorium fistulosum - Joe-Pye weed
Monarda fistulosa - wild bergamot
Monarda punctata - horsemint
Oenothera perennis - sundrops, primrose
Opuntia humifusa - prickly-pear cactus
Penstemon digitalis - beardtongue
Phlox subulata - moss phlox (evergreen)
Physostegia virginiana - obedient plant
Rudbeckia hirta - black-eyed Susan
Saxifraga virginiensis - early saxifrage
Silene caroliniana - wild pink
Silene stellata - starry campion
Sisyrinchium graminoides - blue-eyed grass
Solidago caesia - blue-stem goldenrod
Solidago juncea - early goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis - gray goldenrod
Solidago speciosa - showy goldenrod
Veronicastrum virginicum - Culver's root
Viola pedata - bird's foot violet

Shrubs (low):
Aronia melanocarpa - black chokeberry
Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey tea
Gaylussacia frondosa - dangleberry
Hypericum densiflorum - dense St. John's wort
Kalmia angustifolia - sheep laurel (evergreen)
Rosa carolina - pasture rose
Vaccinium angustifolium - lowbush blueberry
Viburnum acerifolium - maple-leaved arrowwood
Shrubs (medium):
Aronia arbutifolia - red chokeberry
Hamamelis virginiana - witch hazel
Rhus aromatica - fragrant sumac
Rhus glabra - smooth sumac
Vaccinium corymbosum - highbush blueberry
Viburnum dentatum - southern arrowwood
Shrubs (tall):
Kalmia latifolia - mountain laurel (evergreen)
Rhus copallina - shining sumac
Rhus typhina - staghorn sumac

Trees (small/medium):
Amelanchier laevis - smooth serviceberry
Chionanthus virginicus - white fringetree
Crataegus crus-galli - cockspur hawthorn
Crataegus pruinosa - waxy-fruited hawthorn
Juniperus virginiana - eastern redcedar (evgr)
Prunus americana - American wild plum
Prunus pensylvanica - pin cherry, fire cherry
Quercus muhlenbergii - Chinquapin oak
Trees (tall):
Carya glabra - pignut hickory
Diospyros virginiana - persimmon
Nyssa sylvatica - black gum, sourgum
Pinus echinata - shortleaf pine (evergreen)
Pinus rigida - pitch pine (evergreen)
Pinus strobus - white pine (evergreen)
Pinus virginiana - Virginia pine (evergreen)
Quercus prinus (montana) - chestnut oak
Quercus rubra - northern red oak
Quercus velutina - black oak
Robinia pseudoacacia - black locust

Vines:
Campsis radicans - trumpet creeper
Clematis virginiana - virgin's bower
Lonicera sempervirens - coral honeysuckle