Box Elder |
Acer negundo |
Native |
Silver Maple |
Acer saccharinum |
Native, riparian |
Wingstem |
Actinomeris alternifolia |
Native, riparian |
Tree of Heaven |
Ailanthus altissima |
Introduced, invasive |
Garlic Mustard |
Alliaria offcinalis |
Introduced, invasive, riparian |
Field Garlic |
Allium vineale |
Introduced, riparian |
Common Ragweed |
Ambrosia artemisiifolia |
Invasive, riparian |
Dogbane |
Apocynaceae |
Native |
Common Burdock |
Arctium minus |
Introduced, riparian, herb |
Common Mugwort |
Artemisia vulgaris |
Introduced, herb |
Common Milkweed |
Asclepias syriaca |
Native, nectar for butterflies and other insects |
Tall Bellflower |
Campanula americana |
Native |
Northern Catalpa |
Catalpa speciosa |
Introduced, riparian |
Chicory |
Cichorium intybus |
Introduced, herb |
Enchanter's Nightshade |
Circaea quadrisulcata |
Native, riparian |
Poison Hemlock |
Conium maculatum |
Introduced, riparian |
Red-osier Dogwood |
Cornus sericea |
Native, nectar/food for butterflies, mammals, birds |
Queen Anne's Lace |
Daucus carota |
Introduced, larval plant for Eastern Black Swallowtail |
Teasel |
Dipsacus sylvestris |
Introduced, nectar source for insects |
Viper's Bugloss, Blueweed |
Echium vulgare |
Introduced |
Tall Boneset |
Eupatorium altissimum |
Native, nectar source for insects |
Joe-Pye-Weed |
Eupatorioum maculatum |
Native, nectar source for insects |
Bonset |
Eupatorium perfoliatum |
Native, nectar source for insects |
White Snakeroot |
Eupatorium rugosum |
Native, nectar source for insects |
Black Ash |
Fraxinus nigra |
Native, riparian |
Honey Locust |
Gleditsia triacanthos |
Native, riparian |
Woodland Sunflower |
Helianthus divaricatus |
Native, nectar source |
Pale-leafed Sunflower |
Helianthus strumosus |
Native, nectar source |
Wild Hydrangea |
Hydrangea arborescens |
Native |
Touch-me-not, Jewelweeds |
Impatiens |
Native, riparian, nectar/food for insects and butterflies |
Wild Lettuce |
Lactuca canadensis |
Native |
Prickly Lettuce |
Lactuca serriola |
Introduced |
Tuliptree |
Liriodendron tulipifera |
Native, riparian |
Japanese Honeysuckle |
Lonicera japonica |
Introduced, invasive, nectar/food for wildlife |
White Mulberry |
Morus alba |
Introduced, invasive, food source for wildlife |
Red Mulberry |
Morus rubra |
Native, riparian, food source for wildlife |
Pokeweed Family |
Phytolaccaceae sp. |
Native, riparian, food source for wildlife |
Sycamore |
Platanus occidentalis |
Native, riparian |
Japanese Knotweed |
Polygonum cuspidatum |
Introduced, invasive, riparian |
Bigtoothed Aspen |
Populus grandidentata |
Native, larval plant for butterflies, food for wildlife |
Heal-all, Selfheal |
Prunella vulgaris |
Introduced |
Chokecherry |
Prunus virginiana |
Native, riparian |
Hop Tree |
Ptelea trifoliata |
Native, larval plant, Pennsylvania Threatened species |
Staghorn Sumac |
Rhus typhina |
Native, riparian, nectar/food source for wildlife |
Black Locust |
Robinia pseudoacacia |
Native, larval plant of Silver Spotted Skipper, food |
Multiflora Rose |
Rosa multiflora |
Introduced, riparian, food for birds |
Blackberry |
Rubus allegheniensis |
Native, riparian, food source (berries) |
Black Raspberry |
Rubus occidentalis |
Native, food source (berries) |
Black Willow |
Salix nigra |
Native, riparian |
Elderberry |
Sambucus canadensis |
Native, riparian, food source (berries) and cover |
Bittersweet Nightshade |
Solanum dulcamara |
Introduced |
American Bladdernut |
Staphylea trifolia |
Native, riparian |
American Basswood |
Tilia americana |
Native |
Poison Ivy |
Toxicodendron radicans |
Native, food source for birds |
Coltsfoot |
Tussilago farfara |
Introduced, herb |
American Elm |
Ulmus americana |
Native, riparian, food source for wildlife, nesting |
Slippery Elm |
Ulmus rubra |
Native |
Common Mullein |
Verbascum blattaria |
Introduced, herb |
Viburnums |
Viburnum |
Native, food source, nesting, and cover |
Forest Grape |
Vitis riparia |
Native, food source |