Hardy Plants for the Lake Shore
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canopy
Quercus rubra. Full sun; moderate to dry soils; wildlife friendly.
Acer rubrum. Full to partial sun; wet, moderate or dry soils.
Betula alleghaniensis. Partial sun to full shade; moderately dry soils; wildlife friendly.
Abies balsamea. Full to partial sun; moderate to dry soils; wildlife friendly.
small trees
Amelanchier canadensis. Full to partial sun; moderate to dry soils; wildlife friendly.
Acer pensylvanicum. Full to partial sun; wet, moderately wet soils.
Salix discolor. Full sun; dry to wet soils; wildlife friendly.
Hamamelis virginiana. Full to partial sun; moderately wet soils.
Shrubs
Vaccinium corymbosum. Full sun to full shade; wet to dry soils; wildlife friendly.
Cornus sericea. Full to partial sun; wet to moderate soils; wildlife friendly.
Ilex verticillata. Full to partial sun; moderate to dry soils; wildlife friendly.
Cephalanthus occidentalis. Full to partial sun; wet soils; wildlife friendly.
Aronia melanocarpa. Full to partial sun; moderate to dry soils; wildlife friendly.
Andromeda polifolia. Full to partial sun; wet to moderate soils.
Clethra alnifolia. Full to partial sun; wet to moderate soils.
Juniperus spp. Full to partial sun; moderate to dry soils; wildlife friendly.
ground cover
Cornus canadensis. Full shade; moderately wet soils.
Types of ferns include Christmas, cinnamon, hayscented, interrupted, lady, long beech, maidenhair, marginal wood, ostrich, royal, sensitive and spinulose wood.
Vaccinium angustifolium. Full to partial sun to full shade; moderately dry soils; wildlife friendly.
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. Full to partial sun; dry soils.
Photo Credits:
- From Common Shrubs of Central Maine Shorelines by Sue Gawler and Jack Bouchard, 5/19/2015, used by permission:# 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 37.
- University of Connecticut Plant Data Base, http://hort.uconn.edu/plants, Mark H. Brand, Dept of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, Storrs, CT 06296-4067; #1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 12, 21, 26, 28, 29, 36, 38.
- Can Stock Photo #5 ©Mirage3; #8 © greg346; #16 © LianeM; #22 © damann; #34 © starover; #35 © patgrover.
- Gary Fish, Phish Photography #32, 33.
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, www.wildflower.org, #6 Julie Makin; #20 Stephanie Brundage; #27 Phyllis Weyand.
- Minnesota Wildflowers Information, www.minnesotawildflowers.info, Peter Dziuk. # 19.