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    This document provides lists of native plant species recommendations for specific landscaping purposes: - Streambank stabilization including sedges, grasses, and wildflowers - Deer resistant wildflowers - Alternatives to traditional lawn such as ferns - Plants suitable for rain gardens including wildflowers, grasses, sedges It also lists tree and shrub species for general landscaping use and provides sources for the recommendations.

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    This document provides lists of native plant species recommendations for specific landscaping purposes: - Streambank stabilization including sedges, grasses, and wildflowers - Deer resistant wildflowers - Alternatives to traditional lawn such as ferns - Plants suitable for rain gardens including wildflowers, grasses, sedges It also lists tree and shrub species for general landscaping use and provides sources for the recommendations.

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    Native Trees, Shrubs and Forbs for Specific Purposes1 Streambank Stabilization Wildflowers, Grasses, Sedges Carex stricta

    (tussock sedge) Juncus effusus (softrush) Panicum clandestinum (deer tongue) Verbena hastata (blue vervain) Eupatorium perfoliatum (boneset) Vernonia noveborancensis (New York Ironweed)

    Shrubs & Trees Alnus rugosa (speckled alder) Aronia melanocarpa (black chokeberry) Cornus amomum (silky dogwood) Cornus sericea (red-osier dogwood) Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood) Rubus odoratus (thimbleberry) Sambucus Canadensis (elderberry) Fraxinus pensylvanicus (Green ash) Salix spp. (willow) Shrubs & Trees Acer spp. (maple) Acer negundo (box elder) Betula spp. (birch) Carpinus caroliniana (American hornbeam) Cercis canadensis (redbud) Cornus spp. (dogwood) Fagus spp. (beech)

    Deer Resistant2 Wildflowers Aconitum spp. (monkshood) Aquilegia spp. (columbine) Asclepias spp. (milkweed) Chelone spp. (turtlehead) Dicentra spp. (bleeding heart) Echinacea spp. (coneflower) Eupatorium spp. (Joe-pye-weed) Lawn Alternatives3 Ferns Thelypteris noveboracensis (New York fern) Rain Garden4 Wildflowers, grasses, sedges Asclepias incarnata (Swamp milkweed) Chelone glabra (White turtlehead) Eupatorium maculatum (Joe-pye weed) Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal flower) Lobelia syphilitica (Blue lobelia) Monarda didyma (Oswego tea) Vernonia noveboracensis (Common ironweed) Athyrium filix-femina (Lady fern) Osmunda regalis (Royal fern)

    Woody groundcover Cornus canadensis (bunchberry) Gaultheria procumbens (wintergreen) Shrubs & Trees Amelanchier laevis (Shadbush) Betula nigra (River birch ) Cephalanthus occidentalis (Buttonbush) Clethra alnifolia (Sweet pepperbush) Cornus amomum (Silky dogwood) Ilex verticillata (Winterberry holly) Lindera benzoin (Spicebush) Sambucus Canadensis (American elderberry) Viburnum dentatum (Arrowwood)

    1 This is not an exhaustive list. These are just a few of our favorite suggestions. 2 Deer resistant plant list pulled from Catskill Native Nursery. http://www.catskillnativenursery.com/Deerproof%20Plants.html 3 Streambank stabilization and lawn alternatives lists from Native Plants of the Northeast: A Guide for Gardening & Conservation by Donald L. Leopold. Timber Press; Portland, OR. 2005. 4 Rain garden plant list from Brooklyn Botanic Garden. http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/design/2004sp_raingardens.html

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