Mid Atlantic Native Plants
Native Plants of the Northeast and Chesapeake Bay Watershed Region

Native plants of the Chesapeake Bay

The list below contains plants native to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed region grown by Mid Atlantic Natives nursery. The Chesapeake Bay Watershed includes mountain, piedmont, coastal dunes, marshes and wetlands spanning from New York to Virginia and parts of West Virginia to the coast. Each native plant tolerates a variety of sunlight, moisture and soil conditions within these areas and may be critically important to one area, while not found naturally in another. To accurately mimic the natural, ecologically correct native plant habitat it is important to understand the naturally occurring species and specific ecological needs of the areas you'll be working with to make correct choices. Please contact us directly for assistance in determining what will best meet the needs of your project, we'll be happy to assist.

Chesapeake Bay Native Grasses for Full Sun - Part Sun (8+ hours per day in summer)

Schizachyrium scoparium (A. scoparius)    Little bluestem
Carex Stricta                                           Tussock Sedge
Tripsacum dactyloides                              Gama grass
Carex crinita var. crinita                            Long hair sedge
Calamagrostis canadensis                        Bluejoint reedgrass
Carex vulpinoidea                                     Fox Sedge
Panicum virgatum                                     Switchgrass
Chasmanthium latifolium                           Wild oats, river oats, sea oats,
Andropogon gerardii                                 Big Bluestem
Andropogon virginicus                               Broomsedge
Leersia oryzoides                                     Rice cutgrass
Andropogon glomeratus var (A.virginicus)    Bushy Bluestem
Carex lurida                                              Sallow sedge, lurid sedge

Chesapeake Bay Native Grasses for Part - Full Shade
Carex pensylvanica                                     Pennsylvania sedge
Elymus virginicus                                        Virginia Wild Rye

Plants for wetland, marsh restoration:

Chesapeake Bay Native Herbaceous Emergents (Wetland, Bog, Marsh plants)
consistently Moist or Wet Soil Full-Part Sun

Dulichium arundinaceum                          Three sided sedge
Hibiscus moscheutos (H. palustris)           Rose Mallow, marsh mallow
Iris versicolor                                           Blue flag
Juncus effusus                                        Soft Rush
Juncus roemerianus                                 Black needlegrass rush
Nuphar lutea (N. advena)                          Yellow water lily, American Lotus
Nymphaea odorata                                   Fragrant water lily, American Water lily
Orontium aquaticum                                 Golden club
Peltandra virginica                                    Arrow arum
Pontederia cordata                                   Pickerelweed
Sagittaria latifolia                                      Arrowhead
Saururus cernuus                                     Lizards Tail
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens       Common three square
Schoenoplectus validus (Scirpus validus)    Soft stem bulrush
Scirpus atrovirens                                     Green Bulrush
Scirpus cyperinus                                     Woolgrass bulrush
Sparganium americanum                           American bur-reed
Spartina alterniflora                                   Cordgrass
Spartina patens                                        Meadow hay
Spartina pectinata                                     Freshwater cordgrass

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