Hummingbird Hill Native Plant Nursery
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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 Wet Soil, Part Shade or Shade
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These species are a good fit for wooded areas and other shaded sites with consistently wet soil. 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.
False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica)
Eastern Star Sedge (Carex radiata)
White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)
Perplexing Tick Trefoil (Desmodium perplexum)
Hollow Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium fistulosum)
Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum)
Common Rush (Juncus effusus)
Path Rush (Juncus tenuis)
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea)
Green-headed Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa)
Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia)

Vines
Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa)
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

Shrubs & Trees
Note: We currently grow woody species in small batches throughout the year.
Paw Paw (Asimina triloba)
Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)