Shrubs / woody

Question 1

Red bearberry, kinnikinnick

Answer 1

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi,
Height: 3-6 in

Ornamental Value: Arctostaphylos is a wonderful evergreen groundcover for difficult, acidic, sandy, sunny locations. The flowers are attractive, small, and bell-shaped, and produce a profusion of large red berries in the fall.

Wildlife Benefits: The berries provide food for birds and mammals in late winter and deer will browse the foliage in winter. It serves as a host plant for 14 species of lepidopterans and is very interesting to the smaller of our native bees.
Host plant for hoary elfin moth.

Question 2

Mapleleaf viburnum

Answer 2

Viburnum acerifolium,
Height: 3-6 ft

The three lobed, maple-like leaves lend this plant its common name. White flowers in the spring are followed by berries, maturing to a deep blue color. Its fall foliage is a vibrant red. From sun to shade, moist to dry, maple-leaved viburnum tends to grow anywhere

Attracts Wildlife
* Attracts Songbirds
* Pollinator Powerhouse Plant
* Other Pollinators/Wildlife
* Attracts Butterflies
* Attracts Bees
* Host Plant

Question 3

Sweet pepperbush, summersweet

Answer 3

Clethra alnifolia
Height: 4-8 ft
Attracts Wildlife
* Host Plant
* Attracts Bees
* Attracts Butterflies
Tolerance
* Drought Tolerant
* Compaction Tolerant
* Urban Environment
* Salt Tolerant

The spicy, sweet scent of Clethra is its draw for humans and a massive profusion of pollinating insects. Sweet pepper-bush is a widespread coastal and freshwater wetland plant, but it tolerates drought well once established, and its profusion of late summer blooms becomes a point of anticipation

Question 4

Sweet fern

Answer 4

Comptonia peregrina,
Height: 1-3 ft

Comptonia’s leaves emanate a slightly citrusy, pungently herbal aroma.

Attracts Wildlife
* Attracts Songbirds
* Host Plant
Tolerance
* Salt Tolerant
* Drought Tolerant
* Urban Environment
* Deer/Rabbit Resistant

Exposure
* Sun
* Part Shade
Soil Moisture
* Average
* Dry

Question 5

American hazelnut

Answer 5

Corylus americana

Height: 5-9 ft

Hazelnut has tiny, beautiful red-purple and yellow-green flowers that bloom early, even before many spring ephemerals. Its habit is tiered, multi-stemmed and clumping. An excellent choice for naturalizing, it provides nuts and cover for a variety of animals.

Ornamental Interest
* Fall Foliage
Attracts Wildlife
* Host Plant
* Other Pollinators/Wildlife
* Attracts Songbirds
* Pollinator Powerhouse Plant

Exposure
* Sun
* Part Shade
Soil Moisture
* Dry
* Average

Question 6

Bush Honeysuckle

Answer 6

Diervilla lonicera

Question 7

Wintergreen

Answer 7

Gaultheria procumbens

Question 8

Mountain Holly

Answer 8

Ilex mucronata

Question 9

Winterberry Holly

Answer 9

Ilex verticillata

Question 10

Spicebush

Answer 10

Lindera benzoin

Question 11

Bayberry

Answer 11

Morella pensylvanica

Question 12

Fragrant sumac

Answer 12

Rhus aromatica

Question 13

Staghorn sumac

Answer 13

Rhus hirta

Question 14

Black elderberry

Answer 14

Sambucus nigra

Question 15

Silky dogwood

Answer 15

Swida amomum

Question 16

Lowbush blueberry

Answer 16

Vaccinium angustifolium

Question 17

Highbush blueberry

Answer 17

Vaccinium corymbosum

Question 18

Hobblebush

Answer 18

Viburnum lantanoides

Question 19

Red Chokeberry

Answer 19

Aronia arbutifolia

Question 20

Black Chokeberry

Answer 20

Aronia melanocarpa

Question 21

Eastern Shadbush/Canada Serviceberry

Answer 21

Amelanchier canadensis

Question 22

Smooth Shadbush/Smooth Serviceberry

Answer 22

Amelanchier laevis

Question 23

Black Huckleberry

Answer 23

Gaylussacia baccata

Question 24

Witch hazel

Answer 24

Hamamelis virginiana

Question 25

Labrador Tea

Answer 25

Rhododendron groenlandicum

Question 26

Swamp Azalea

Answer 26

Rhododendron viscosum

Question 27

Pagoda Dogwood

Answer 27

Swida alternafolia

Question 28

Gray Dogwood

Answer 28

Swida racemosa

Question 29

Smooth Arrowwood

Answer 29

Viburnum dentatum

Question 30

Maple-leaved Viburnum

Answer 30

Viburnum acerifolium

Question 31

Beach Plum

Answer 31

Prunus maritima

A small, hardy shrub with white flowers and edible fruit; attracts pollinators and wildlife.

Question 32

Mountain Laurel

Answer 32

Kalmia latifolia

An evergreen shrub with beautiful pink to white flowers; provides shelter and nesting sites for birds.

Question 33

Red Oak

Answer 33

Quercus rubra

A large, long-lived tree that provides essential habitat and food for various wildlife species, including insects, birds, and mammals.

Question 34

Shrubby St. John’s-wort

Answer 34

Hypericum prolificum

A compact shrub with bright yellow flowers; attracts pollinators and provides cover for wildlife.

Bees, especially bumble bees love
Bluish foliage
Soils: pretty adaptable
Full sun for full profusion of flower

Question 35

Dwarf Fothergilla

Answer 35

Fothergilla gardenii

Common name:
Witch alder (so called because of its similarity to witch hazel, which belongs to the same plant family)

Plant type:
Deciduous shrub

Native area: Eastern and southeastern U.S.

Exposure: Full sun to part shade

Mature size:
2 to 3 feet tall and wide

Growth rate: Slow

Bloom time:
Early to mid-spring, with the flowers lasting 2 to 3 weeks

Special attributes:
Attracts bees and butterflies
Deer resistant

Question 36

New Jersey Tea

Answer 36

Ceanothus americanus

A small shrub with fragrant white flowers; attracts pollinators and provides cover for wildlife.

poor soils
fixes nitrogen
full sun, possibly some shade
cluster of white flowers in June
Rounding
4’x5’
nutlets that break open to shed seeds
grows well with sweetfern

Question 37

Speckled Alder

Answer 37

Alnus incana

Rough textured leaves
Wetland plant
erosion control on banks of a pond
will form dense thickets
prominent lenticels like a birch
Flowers in early spring
form cones like pine cones
not a flashy native shrub
cover for wildlife (nests birds in wetlands)
Up to 10’