Native Plants of Maine
Native plants of Maine are adapted to harsh winters and acidic soils. These species support boreal forest ecosystems and native wildlife.
American honeysuckle
Lonicera canadensis
American hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana
American spikenard
Aralia racemosa
American witch-hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
Andrew’s bottle gentian
Gentiana andrewsii
Astilbe
Astilbe biternata
Black huckleberry
Gaylussacia baccata
Blood-root
Sanguinaria canadensis
Blue cohosh
Caulophyllum thalictroides
Blue lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Bush-honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
Bush-honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
Canada-mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
Canada wild ginger
Asarum canadense
Canada windflower
Anemone canadensis
Canadian Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
Clammy azalea
Rhododendron viscosum
Coastal sweet-pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia
Common snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Common strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Common strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Early azalea
Rhododendron prinophyllum
Early meadow-rue
Thalictrum dioicum
Fiddlehead fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Flowering raspberry
Rubus odoratus
Foam-flower
Tiarella cordifolia
Giant Solomon’s-seal
Polygonatum biflorum
Golden groundsel
Packera aurea
Golden Groundsel
Packera aurea
Goosefoot maple
Acer pensylvanicum
Great rosebay
Rhododendron maximum
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
Mountain American-laurel
Kalmia latifolia
Mountain Maple
Acer spicatum
Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
Northern spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Ramps
Allium tricoccum
Red Baneberry
Actaea rubra
Red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Red elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Shrub yellowroot
Xanthorhiza simplicissima
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Southern bellflower
Campanula divaricata
Spotted crane’s-bill
Geranium maculatum
Spreading Jacob’s-ladder
Polemonium reptans
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
Sunflower-everlasting
Heliopsis helianthoides
Thimbleberry
Anermone virginiana
White Baneberry
Actaea pachypoda
White snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
Wood Asters Eurybia macrophylla, E.divaricata,
Symphyotrichum cordifolia
Woodland stonecrop
Sedum ternatum