Factsheets - Drought Tolerant
Plants that are great for dryer soils and drought
*Drought tolerance applies to established plants. Recently planted plants will still need watering until established*
Trees
Pignut Hickory Carya glabra
Mockernut Hickory Carya tomentosa
Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis
Eastern Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana
Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora
Blackgum Nyssa sylvatica
Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda
American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis
Black Cherry Prunus serotina
White Oak Quercus alba
Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea
Chestnut Oak Quercus montana
COMING SOON Black Oak Quercus velutina
Staghorn Sumac Rhus typhina
Sassafras Sassafras albidum
American Elm Ulmus americana
Shrubs
Common Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea
Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
Shrubby St John's Wort Hypericum prolificum
Allegheny Blackberry Rubus allegheniensis
Mapleleaf Viburnum Viburnum acerifolium
Blackhaw Viburnum prunifolium
Common Yucca Yucca filamentosa
Herbaceous
Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Nodding Onion Allium cernuum
Threadleaf Bluestar Amsonia hubrichtii
Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes Antennaria plantaginifolia
Wild Columbie Aquilegia canadensis
Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Butterfly Milkweed Acslepias tuberosa
Blue False Indigo Baptisia australis
Bluebell Bellflower Campanula rotundifolia
Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata
Green and Gold Chrysogonum virginianum
Virginia Springbeauty Claytonia virginica
Wood Lily Clintonia umbellulata
Lanceleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
Tall Coreopsis Coreopsis tripteris
Threadleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis verticillata
Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
White Wood Aster Eurybia divaricata
Indian Blanket Gaillardia pulchella
Woodland Sunflower Helianthus divaricatus
Oxeye Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides
American Alumroot Heuchera americana
Hairy Alumroot Heuchera villosa
Allegheny Stonecrop Hylotelephium telephioides
Dense Blazing Star Liatris spicata
Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
Narrow-Leaved Sundrops Oenothera fruticosa
Violet Woodsorrel Oxalis violaceae
Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
Moss Phlox Phlox subulata
Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Orange Coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida
Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis
Woodland Stonecrop Sedum ternatum
Wild Pink Silene caroliniana
Fire Pink Silene virginica
Blue Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod Solidago caesia
Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa
New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Aromatic Aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Ferns
Hay Scented Fern Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Marginal Shield Fern Dryopteris marginalis
Rock Polypody Polypodium virginianum
Grass and Grasslike
Broomsedge Andropogon virginicus
Pennsylvania Sedge Carex pensylvanica
Woodland Oats Chasmanthium latifolium
Pink Muhlygrass Muhlenbergia capillaris
Switchgrass Panicum virgatum
Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium
Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans
Vines
Trumpet Creeper Campsis radicans
Coral Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens
