Tennessee Smart Yards Native Plants
A comprehensive database of Tennessee native plants
Scientific Name
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Alnus serrulata | Tag, Smooth or Common Alder | |
Amorpha fruticosa | False Indigo Bush, False Indigo | |
Callicarpa americana | Beautyberry | |
Calycanthus floridus | Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice, Sweet Betsy | |
Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea | |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Buttonbush | |
Clethra acuminata | Cinnamon Clethra, Mountain Pepperbush | |
Clethra alnifolia | Sweet Pepperbush, Summersweet, Coastal Sweet Pepperbush | |
Comptonia peregrine (Myrica asplenifolia) | Sweet Fern | |
Conradina verticillata | Cumberland Rosemary | |
Cornus amomum | Silky Dogwood | |
Cornus foemina (Cornus stricta) | Stiff Dogwood, Swamp Dogwood, English Dogwood, Stiff Cornel | |
Corylus americana | American Filbert, Hazelnut | |
Corylus cornuta | Beaked Hazelnut | |
Diervilla lonicera | Northern Bush Honeysuckle, Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle | |
Diervilla sessilifolia | Southern Bush Honeysuckle | |
Dirca palustris | Leatherwood | |
Euonymus americanus | Strawberry Bush, Heart’s-a-bustin, Bursting-Heart | |
Forestiera acuminata | Swamp Privet, Eastern Swampprivet | |
Fothergilla major | Large Fothergilla, Mountain Witch-alder | |
Frangula caroliniana (Rhamnus caroliniana) | Carolina Buckthorn, Carolina False Buckthorn, Indian Cherry | |
Hydrangea arborescens | Smooth Hydrangea, Wild Hydrangea | |
Hydrangea quercifolia | Oak-leaf Hydrangea | |
Hypericum densiflorum | Dense St. John’s-wort, Bushy St. Johnswort | |
Hypericum frondosum | Golden St. John’s-wort | |
Hypericum proflificum | Shrubby St. John’s-wort | |
Ilex verticillata | Winterberry | |
Itea virginica | Virginia Sweetspire, Virginia Willow | |
Kalmia latifolia | Mountain Laurel | |
Leucothoe fontanesiana | Drooping Laurel, Doghobble, Dog-laurel, Fetterbush | |
Lindera benzoin | Spicebush, Common Spicebush | |
Neviusia alabamensis | Alabama Snow-wreath, Neviusia, Alabama Snow Wreath | |
Philadelphus hirsutus | Hairy Mock-orange, Cumberland Mock-orange, Streambank Mockorange | |
Photinia melanocarpa (Aronia melanocarpa, Pyrus melanocarpa) | Black Chokeberry | |
Photinia pyrifolia (Aronia arbutifolia, Pyrus arbutifolia) | Red Chokeberry | |
Physocarpus opulifolius | Ninebark, Common Ninebark | |
Pieris floribunda | Mountain Pieris, Fetter Bush | |
Rhododendron alabamense | Alabama Azalea | |
Rhododendron arborescens | Sweet Azalea, Smooth Azalea | |
Rhododendron calendulaceum | Flame Azalea | |
Rhododendron canescens | Piedmont Azalea | |
Rhododendron catawbiense | Catawba Rhododendron, Catawba Rosebay, Red Laurel, Early Azalea | |
Rhododendron minus | Carolina Rhododendron, Carolina Laurel, Piedmont Rhododendron | |
Rhododendron periclymenoides (R. nudiflorum) | Pinxterbloom Azalea | |
Rhododendron prinophyllum (R. roseum; R. nudiflorum) | Roseshell Azalea | |
Rhododendron viscosum | Swamp Azalea | |
Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac, Lemon Sumac, Polecat Bush | |
Rhus copallinum (R. copallina) | Shining Sumac, Winged Sumac, Dwarf Sumac | |
Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac, Scarlet Sumac | |
Ribes aureum, (R. odoratum) | Golden Currant | |
Rosa carolina | Carolina Rose, Pasture Rose | |
Rosa palustris | Swamp Rose | |
Rosa setigera | Prairie Rose, Illinois Rose, Climbing Prairie Rose | |
Rosa virginiana | Virginia Rose, Pasture Rose, Wild Rose | |
Rubus flagellaris | Northern Dewberry, Prickly Dewberry | |
Rubus occidentalis | Blackcap Raspberry, Tall Blackberry, Black Raspberry | |
Rubus odoratus | Purpleflowering Raspberry, Flowering Raspberry, Fragrant Thimbleberry | |
Salix exigua | Sandbar Willow, Narrowleaf Willow, Coyote Willow | |
Salix humilis | Prairie Willow, Dwarf Willow | |
Salix sericea | Silky Willow | |
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (Sambucus canadensis) | Elderberry, Common Elder, American Elder | |
Sambucus racemosa (Sambucus pubens) | Scarlet Elder, Red-berried Elderberry, Red Elderberry | |
Spirea tomentosa | Hardhack Steeplebush | |
Staphylea trifolia | American Bladdernut | |
Stewartia ovata | Mountain Camellia, Mountain Stewartia | |
Styrax americanus | American Snowball | |
Styrax grandifolius | Bigleaf Snowbell | |
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry, Indian Currant | |
Vaccinium arboreum | Farkleberry, Sparkleberry | |
Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush Blueberry | |
Vaccinium pallidum (Vaccinium vacillans) | Late Lowbush Blueberry, Blue Ridge Blueberry, Hillside Blueberry | |
Vaccinium stamineum | Deerberry | |
Viburnum acerifolium | Mapleleaf Viburnum | |
Viburnum dentatum | Arrowwood, Southern Arrowwood | |
Viburnum lantanoides (Viburnum alnifolium) | Hobblebush Viburnum | |
Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides (Viburnum cassinoides) | Northern Witherod, Withe-rod | |
Viburnum nudum var. nudum | Witherod, Possum Haw, Southern Witherod | |
Viburnum prunifolium | Black Haw, Blackhaw Viburnum | |
Viburnum rafinesqueanum (also V. rafinesquianum) | Downy Arrowwood | |
Xanthorhiza simplicissima | Yellowroot | |
Yucca filamentosa | Adamsneedle Yucca | |