Factsheets - Clay Tolerant
Plants that handle heavier and denser clay soils
Trees
Red Maple Acer rubrum
Red Buckeye Aesculus pavia
Pawpaw Asimina triloba
Sweet Birch Betula lenta
River Birch Betula nigra
Pignut Hickory Carya glabra
Hackberry Celtis occidentalis
Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis
Fringetree Chionanthus virginicus
Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida
Common Persimmon Diospyros virginiana
Eastern Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana
Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua
Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera
Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana
Blackgum Nyssa sylvatica
Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda
American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis
American Plum Prunus americana
White Oak Quercus alba
Willow Oak Quercus phellos
Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra
Sassafras Sassafras albidum
Baldcypress Taxodium distichum
Northern White Cedar Thuja occidentalis
American Basswood Tilia americana
American Elm Ulmus americana
Shrubs
Common Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea
Black Chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa
American Beuatyberry Callicarpa americana
Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis
Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia
Silky Dogwood Cornus amomum
Red Osier Dogwood Cornus sericea
Strawberry Bush Euonymus americanus
Witch Hazel Hamamelis virginiana
Wild Hydrangea Hydrangea arborescens
Shrubby St John's Wort Hypericum prolificum
Inkberry Holly Ilex glabra
Winterberry Holly Ilex verticillata
Virginia Sweetspire Itea virginica
Spicebush Lindera benzoin
Waxmyrtle Myrica cerifera
Black Elderberry Sambucus canadensis
Steeplebush Spiraea tomentosa
Mapleleaf Viburnum Viburnum acerifolium
Arrowwood Viburnum dentatum
Blackhaw Viburnum prunifolium
Herbaceous
Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Black Cohosh Actaea racemosa
Nodding Onion Allium cernuum
Threadleaf Bluestar Amsonia hubrichtii
American Spikenard Aralia racemosa
Goatsbeard Aruncus dioicus
Wild Ginger Asarum canadense
Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata
Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Butterfly Milkweed Acslepias tuberosa
Blue False Indigo Baptisia australis
Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata
White Turtlehead Chelone glabra
Blue Mistflower Conoclinium coelestinum
Tall Coreopsis Coreopsis tripteris
Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
Rough Horsetail Equisetum hyemale
Hollow Joe-Pye Weed Eutrochium fistulosum
Purple joe Pye Weed Eutrochium purpureum
Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum
Woodland Sunflower Helianthus divaricatus
Oxeye Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides
American Alumroot Heuchera americana
Swamp Rose Mallow Hibiscus moscheutos
Common Jewelweed Impatiens capensis
Dwarf Crested Iris Iris cristata
Blue Flag Iris Iris versicolor
Dense Blazing Star Liatris spicata
Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
Scarlet Beebalm Monarda didyma
Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
American White Water Lily Nymphaea odorata
Golden Ragwort Packera aurea
Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
Woodland Phlox Phlox divaricata
Fall Phlox Phlox paniculata
Moss Phlox Phlox subulata
Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana
Jacob's Ladder Polemonium reptans
Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata
Eastern Shooting Star Primula meadia
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Orange Coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida
Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
Blue Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod Solidago caesia
Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa
New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Aromatic Aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Virginia Spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana
New York Ironweed Vernonia noveboracensis
Common Blue Violet Viola sororia
Golden Alexander Zizia aurea
Ferns
Hay Scented Fern Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Marginal Shield Fern Dryopteris marginalis
Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris
Sensitive Fern Onoclea sensibilis
Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnamomea
Royal Fern Osmunda regalis vs. spectabilis
Grass and Grasslike
Broomsedge Andropogon virginicus
Blue Wood Sedge Carex glaucodea
Pennsylvania Sedge Carex pensylvanica
Woodland Oats Chasmanthium latifolium
Soft Rush Juncus effusus
Switchgrass Panicum virgatum
Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium
Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans
Vines
Pipevine Aristolochia macrophylla
Crossvine Bignonia capreolata
Trumpet Creeper Campsis radicans
Virgin's Bower Clematis virginiana
Coral Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens
Grapevines Vitis spp.
American Wisteria Wisteria frutescens
