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    • Shrubs
      • Aronia sp. – Chokeberries
      • Ceanothus Americanus – New Jersey Tea
      • Corylus Americana – American Hazelnut
      • Galussacia Baccata – Huckleberry
      • Lindera Benzoin – Spicebush
      • Sambucus canadensis – American Elderberry
      • Vaccinium angustifolium – Lowbush Blueberry
      • Vaccinium Corybosum – Highbush Blueberry
      • Vaccinum Macrocarpon – American Cranberry
      • Viburnum Trilobum – High Bush Cranberry
      • Viburnum nudum – Wild Raisin
    • Trees
      • Asimina triloba – Pawpaw
      • Diospyros Virginiana – Persimmon
      • Fagus Grandifolia – American Beech
      • Juglans nigra – Black Walnut
      • Prunus Maritima – Beach Plum
      • Quercus Muehlenbergii – Chinkapin Oak
    • Herbaceous
      • Allium Canadense – Canada Onion
      • Allium Cernuum – Nodding Onion
      • Allium Tricoccum – Wild Leek
      • Nelumbo Lutea – American Lotus
      • Oenothera Biennis – Evening Primrose
      • Physalis spp. – Groundcherries
      • Polygala lutea – Orange Milkwort
      • Pycnanthemum spp. – Mountain Mint
      • Pontederia Cordata – Pickerelweed
      • Sagittaria Latifolia – Duck Potato
    • Vines
      • Apios Americana – American Groundnut
      • Cornus Canadensis – Creeping Dogwood
      • Mitchella repens – Partridge Berry
      • Passiflora incarnata – Purple Passionflower
      • Smilax spp. – Greenbriar
      • Vitis spp. – Grapes

Trees

American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)

Beach Plum (Prunus maritima)

Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)

Common Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)

Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)

Recent Articles

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Categories

Native Flowers

Woodland Goldenrod (Solidago caesia)
Groundseltree (Baccharis halimifolia)

Native Insects

Silver spotted skipper
Orange sulphur butterfly
Male blue dasher dragonfly
Eastern tiger swallowtail
Zebulon skipper
Monarch butterfly
Monarch caterpillar
Bald-faced hornet nest
Differential grasshopper
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