Native Plants of Massachusetts
Native plants of Massachusetts support diverse ecosystems from coastal dunes to mountain forests. These species are adapted to cold winters and humid summers.
Allegheny serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
Allegheny spurge
Pachysandra procumbens
Alternateleaf dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
American Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
American hazelnut
Corylus americana
American holly
Ilex opaca
American hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana ssp. virginiana
American hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
American witchhazel
Hamamelis virginiana
Arrowwood Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum
Beach plum
Prunus maritima
Bee Balm
Monarda didyma
Big Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Black birch
Betula lenta
Black cherry
Prunus serotina
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Blackgum
Nyssa sylvatica
Black huckleberry
Gaylussacia baccata
Black oak
Quercus velutina
Black willow
Salix nigra
Blazingstar
Liatris spicata
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
blue iris
Iris versicolor
blue wild indigo
Baptisia australis
Bugbane
Actaea racemosa
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Canada wild ginger
Asarum canadense
Canadian Anemone
Anemone canadensis
Canadian serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
clammy azalea
Rhododendron viscosum
Coastal sweetpepperbush
Clethra alnifolia
Cockspur hawthorn
Crataegus crus-galli
Common buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Common persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Common serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Common winterberry
Ilex verticillata
common wrinkle-leaved goldenrod
Solidago rugosa
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Creeping Phlox
Phlox stolonifera
Creeping sand cherry
Prunus pumila var. depressa
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Downy Shadblow
Amelanchier canadensis
dwarf crested Iris
Iris cristata
Eastern cottonwood
Populus deltoides
Eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
Eastern teaberry
Gaultheria procumbens
fall phlox
Phlox paniculata
False Dragon's Head
Physostegia virginiana
False Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides
Flameleaf Sumac
Rhus copallinum
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Foam Flower
Tiarella cordifolia
foxglove beardtounge
Penstemon digitalis
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
fringed bleeding-heart
Dicentra eximia
Golden Star
Chrysogonum virginianum
Gray birch
Betula populifolia
Gray dogwood
Cornus racemosa
highbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum
highbush-cranberry
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Inkberry
Ilex glabra
Joe pye weed
Eupatorium maculatum
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
Maleberry
Lyonia ligustrina
marsh marigold
Caltha palustris
Maximum Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
Moss Pink
Phlox subulata
mountain American-laurel
Kalmia latifolia
Mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia
New England Aster
Aster novae-angliae
New Jersey tea
Ceanothus americanus
New York Ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Northern catalpa
Catalpa speciosa
Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
Northern spicebush
Lindera benzoin
paper birch
Betula papyrifera
Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Pin cherry
Prunus pensylvanica
Pin oak
Quercus palustris
Prairie willow
Salix humilis
Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
Pussy willow
Salix discolor
Quaking aspen
Populus tremuloides
Red Baneberry
Actaea rubra
Red chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Red maple
Acer rubrum
Red oak
Quercus rubra
Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Rhodora
Rhododendron canadense
Sandcherry
Prunus pumila
Scarlet oak
Quercus coccinea
Scrub oak
Quercus ilicifolia
shrubby cinquefoil
Dasiphora floribunda
Silky dogwood
Cornus amomum
Silver maple
Acer saccharinum
Smooth Aster
Aster laevis
sourwood
Oxydendrum aboreum
Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
staghorn sumac
Rhus typhina
Star Flower
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Sugar maple
Acer saccharum
sundrops
Oenothera fruticosa
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Swamp white oak
Quercus bicolor
Sweet Azalea
Rhododendron arborescens
Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
sweet-fern
Comptonia peregrina
switch grass
Panicum virgatum
thread-leaved tickseed
Coreopsis verticillata
Tulip tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Turtlehead
Chelone lyonii
Virginia Sweetspire
Itea virginica
Western Pearly Everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
White Baneberry
Actaea pachypoda
White Boltonia
Boltonia asteroides
White oak
Quercus alba
white snakeroot
Ageratina altissima var. altissima
Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
Winterberry
Ilex verticillata
Yellow birch
Betula alleghaniensis