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  • Home
  • Get Started
    • Getting Started
    • Step 1: Identifying Native Plants
    • Step 2: Recognizing Non-Native Invasives
    • Step 3: Adding Habitat Corridors
  • The Nursery
    • About the Nursery
    • Site Consultations
    • Our Newsletter
  • Our Plants
    • Our Plants
    • Habitat Corridor Plug Trays
    • Plant Species
Plant Species for Medium Soil, Part Shade or Shade
These species are a good fit for wooded areas and other shaded sites with intermediate soil moisture. All species listed below thrive in partially shaded environments and wooded settings where there is dappled light throughout the day. Some of the species listed below grow well in deep shade also. For detailed species information, please click on the photos of the plant species.
Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa)
Yellow Giant Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides)
White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
Thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)
Eastern Star Sedge (Carex radiata)
Wild Basil (Clinopodium vulgare)
Perplexing Tick Trefoil (Desmodium perplexum)
Carolina Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus)
Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus hystrix)
Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus)
Hairy Thoroughwort (Eupatorium pubescens)
White Wood Aster (Eurybia divaricata)
Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum)
Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
White Avens (Geum canadense)
Bowman's Root (Gillenia trifoliata)
Woodland Sunflower (Helianthus divaricatus)
Naked-flowered Tick Trefoil (Hylodesmum nudiflorum)
Spotted St. John's Wort (Hypericum punctatum)
Path Rush (Juncus tenuis)
Indian Tobacco (Lobelia inflata)
Aniseroot (Osmorhiza longistylis)
Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea)
Jumpseed (Persicaria virginiana)
Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
Lyre-leaf Sage (Salvia lyrata)
Hairy Skullcap (Scutellaria elliptica)
Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)
Blue-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago caesia)
Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea)
Grey Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)
Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa)
Star Chickweed (Stellaria pubera)
Blue Wood Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)
Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
Appalachian Meadow Rue (Thalictrum coriaceum)
Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)
Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia)
Yellow Crownbeard (Verbesina occidentalis)
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)

Vines
Hog Peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata)
Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana)
Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa)
Climbing Milkvine (Matelea obliqua)
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

Shrubs & Trees
Note: Woody species are currently grown in small batches throughout the year from seed.
Striped Maple (Acer pensilvanicum)
Paw Paw (Asimina triloba)
Northern Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
American Hazelnut (Corylus americana)
Wild Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens)
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)
Black Haw (Viburnum prunifolium)