Massachusetts Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Massachusetts. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Acer glabrum var. douglasii | Douglas Maple | |
Actaea pachypoda | White Baneberry Dolls Eyes | |
Acer rubrum var. drummondii | Drummond's Maple Drummond Red Maple Swamp Maple | |
Acer rubrum var. rubrum | Red Maple | |
Adiantum capillus-veneris | Southern Maidenhair Fern Common Maidenhair Fern Maidenhair Fern Venus Hair Fern | |
Aesculus glabra var. arguta | Ohio Buckeye White Buckeye Texas Buckeye | |
Agalinis maritima var. maritima | Saltmarsh False Foxglove | |
Agrostis perennans | Upland Bentgrass Autumn Bentgrass | |
Agalinis purpurea | Purple False Foxglove Purple Gerardia Gerardia | |
Aletris bracteata | Bracted Colicroot Bracted Unicorn Root Bahamian Unicorn Root White Colicroot | |
Alnus incana | Gray Alder Speckled Alder | |
Alnus rhombifolia | White Alder | |
Alnus serrulata | Smooth Alder Hazel Alder Brookside Alder Tag Alder Common Alder Black Alder | |
Alisma subcordatum | American Water Plantain | |
Alisma triviale | Northern Water Plantain | |
Alnus viridis | Green Alder | |
Alnus viridis ssp. crispa | Mountain Alder Green Alder Sitka Alder | |
Amelanchier arborea var. arborea | Common Serviceberry Shadbush Junebush | |
Ampelaster carolinianus | Climbing Aster Climbing-aster | |
Amelanchier canadensis | Canadian Serviceberry Canadian Service-berry Shadblow Serviceberry Juneberry Shadbush Junebush | |
Ammannia robusta | Grand Redstem | |
Amsonia tabernaemontana | Eastern Bluestar Blue Dogbane Willow Amsonia Woodland Bluestar | |
Angelica atropurpurea | Purplestem Angelica | |
Anemopsis californica | Yerba Mansa Yerba-mansa Lizard Tail | |
Angelica genuflexa | Kneeling Angelica | |
Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem Brushy Bluestem | |
Andromeda polifolia | Bog Rosemary Bog-rosemary | |
Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophylla | Bog Rosemary Bog-rosemary | |
Apios americana | Groundnut Wild Potato Indian Potato | |
Aquilegia flavescens var. rubicunda | Link Trail Columbine | |
Aquilegia pubescens | Sierra Columbine Sierran Columbine | |
Arnica amplexicaulis | Clasping Arnica | |
Arethusa bulbosa | Dragon's Mouth Swamp Pink | |
×Argyrautia degeneri | Degener's Argyrautia | |
Aruncus dioicus | Bride's Feathers Goat's Beard | |
Arundinaria gigantea | Giant Cane River Cane Switch Cane American Bamboo | |
Arctagrostis latifolia | Wideleaf Polargrass Broad-leaf Arctic-bent Polar Grass | |
Arnica latifolia | Broadleaf Arnica Mountain Arnica Daffodil Leopardbane | |
Arisaema triphyllum | Jack In The Pulpit Indian Jack In The Pulpit Jack-in-the-pulpit | |
Astragalus canadensis | Canadian Milkvetch Canada Milkvetch Milk Vetch | |
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata | Swamp Milkweed | |
Asclepias lanceolata | Fewflower Milkweed Few-flower Milkweed Red Milkweed | |
Asclepias perennis | White Swamp Milkweed Aquatic Milkweed | |
Asclepias rubra | Red Milkweed Tall Pink Bog Milkweed | |
Asclepias sullivantii | Prairie Milkweed Sullivant's Milkweed Smooth Milkweed | |
Athyrium filix-femina | Common Lady Fern Subarctic Lady Fern Lady Fern Ladyfern | |
Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides | Southern Lady Fern | |
Atriplex subspicata | Saline Saltbush | |
Azolla microphylla | Mexican Mosquitofern | |
Baccharis halimifolia | Groundseltree Sea-myrtle Consumptionweed Eastern Baccharis Groundsel Groundsel Bush Salt Marsh-elder Salt Bush Florida Groundsel Bush | |
Bacopa monnieri | Herb-of-grace Water Hyssop Coastal Water-hyssop | |
Betula alleghaniensis | Yellow Birch | |
Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis | Yellow Birch | |
Betula alleghaniensis var. macrolepis | Yellow Birch | |
Betula nana | Dwarf Birch Swamp Birch | |
Betula populifolia | Gray Birch White Birch Aspen-leaved Birch | |
Betula pumila | Bog Birch | |
Betula pumila var. pumila | Bog Birch Dwarf Birch Bouleau Nain | |
Betula pumila var. renifolia | Bog Birch | |
Bidens laevis | Smooth Beggartick Smooth Bidens Smooth Bur Marigold Larger Bur Marigold | |
Blechnum spicant | Deer Fern | |
Boltonia diffusa | Doll's Daisy Smallhead Doll's Daisy | |
Bolboschoenus maritimus | Cosmopolitan Bulrush Saltmarsh Club-rush Alkali Bulrush Prairie Bulrush Bayonet Grass | |
Botrychium oneidense | Bluntlobe Grapefern | |
Bolboschoenus robustus | Sturdy Bulrush | |
Carex alopecoidea | Foxtail Sedge | |
Carex amphibola | Eastern Narrowleaf Sedge Creek Sedge | |
Carex aquatilis | Water Sedge Leafy Tussock Sedge | |
Carya aquatica | Water Hickory Bitter Water Hickory Bitter Hickory Swamp Hickory Water Pignut Hickory Water Pignut Bitter Pecan | |
Carex atlantica ssp. capillacea | Prickly Bog Sedge | |
Carex aurea | Golden Sedge | |
Carex bicknellii | Bicknell's Sedge Prairie Sedge | |
Catalpa bignonioides | Southern Catalpa Cigar Tree Indian Bean | |
Carex bromoides | Bromelike Sedge | |
Carex brunnescens | Brownish Sedge | |
Cardamine bulbosa | Bulbous Bittercress Spring Cress | |
Calamagrostis canadensis | Bluejoint | |
Carex cherokeensis | Cherokee Sedge | |
Carex crinita | Fringed Sedge | |
Carex cryptolepis | Northeastern Sedge | |
Carex crinita var. crinita | Fringed Sedge Long Hair Sedge | |
Carex davisii | Davis' Sedge | |
Carex diandra | Lesser Panicled Sedge | |
Carex emoryi | Emory's Sedge Emory Sedge | |
Carex exilis | Coastal Sedge | |
Canna flaccida | Bandanna Of The Everglades Golden Canna | |
Carex frankii | Frank's Sedge | |
Canna glauca | Water Canna Louisiana Canna Maraca Amarilla | |
Carex hyalinolepis | Shoreline Sedge | |
Carex interior | Inland Sedge | |
Carex lasiocarpa | Woollyfruit Sedge | |
Carex lacustris | Hairy Sedge Lakebank Sedge | |
Carya laciniosa | Shellbark Hickory | |
Carex lasiocarpa var. americana | American Woollyfruit Sedge | |
Carex leptalea | Bristlystalked Sedge Flaccid Sedge | |
Caltha leptosepala | White Marsh-marigold Elks-lip | |
Carex lenticularis | Lakeshore Sedge | |
Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii | Howell's Marsh Marigold | |
Carex lenticularis var. lenticularis | Lakeshore Sedge | |
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