Coastal Plain Sample Lists: Plants for Dry Sun, Sunny Slopes, Meadows, Hedgerows, or Edges

Ferns:
Dennstaedtia punctilobula - hay-scented fern

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

Herbaceous Plants and Groundcovers:
Asclepias syriaca - common milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa - butterflyweed
Aster laevis - smooth blue aster
Aster novae-angliae - New England aster
Aster pilosus - white heath aster
Baptisia tinctoria - wild indigo
Chrysopsis mariana - Maryland golden aster
Coreopsis tinctoria - tickseed sunflower
Desmodium paniculatum - panicled tick-trefoil
Eupatorium fistulosum - Joe-Pye weed
Eupatorium hyssopifolium - hyssop-lvd thoroughwort
Liatris graminifolia - grass-leaf blazingstar
Monarda fistulosa - wild bergamot
Monarda punctata - horsemint
Opuntia humifusa - prickly-pear cactus
Rudbeckia hirta - black-eyed Susan
Silene caroliniana - wild pink
Sisyrinchium graminoides - blue-eyed grass
Solidago caesia - blue-stem goldenrod
Solidago juncea - early goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis - gray goldenrod
Viola pedata - bird's foot violet
Yucca filamentosa - Adam's needle

Shrubs (low):
Gaylussacia frondosa - dangleberry
Hypericum densiflorum - dense St. John's wort
Kalmia angustifolia - sheep laurel (evergreen)
Rosa carolina - pasture rose
Viburnum acerifolium - maple-leaved arrowwood
Shrubs (medium):
Aronia arbutifolia - red chokeberry
Hamamelis virginiana - witch hazel
Myrica cerifera - wax myrtle (evergreen)
Rhus glabra - smooth sumac
Vaccinium corymbosum - highbush blueberry
Viburnum dentatum - southern arrowwood
Shrubs (tall):
Ilex decidua - possom haw
Kalmia latifolia - mountain laurel (evergreen)
Rhus copallina - shining sumac
Rhus typhina - staghorn sumac

Trees (small/ medium):
Chionanthus virginicus - white fringetree
Crataegus crus-galli - cockspur hawthorn
Juniperus virginiana - eastern redcedar (evergreen)
Trees (tall):
Carya glabra - pignut hickory
Diospyros virginiana - common persimmon
Nyssa sylvatica - black gum, sourgum
Pinus echinata - shortleaf pine (evergreen)
Pinus rigida - pitch 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
Passiflora incarnata - passionflower, Maypops