Plant Growing Guides

Berry-producing Understory Shrubs

Various species (e.g., Sambucus, Ilex, Viburnum, Cornus)

Bunchberry Dogwood

Cornus canadensis

Canadian Dogwood

Cornus canadensis

Creeping Red Fescue

Festuca rubra

Decorative Moss

Various species (Bryophyta division)

Wavy Hair Grass

Deschampsia flexuosa

Dicranum Moss

Dicranum scoparium

Erect Moss

Dicranum scoparium

Evergreen Shrubs

Various species (e.g., Buxus, Ilex, Taxus, Euonymus)

Moisture-retaining mosses

Bryophyta (division) - various species

Moss

Bryophyta (Division)

Mosses and Liverworts

Bryophyta (mosses) and Marchantiophyta (liverworts)

Moss Ground Cover

Bryophyta (division)

Moss Groundcover

Bryophyta (various species)

Native Grasses and Groundcovers

Various species (regional)

Native Grasses and Sedges

Poaceae (grasses) and Cyperaceae (sedges)

Native Groundcovers and Sedges

Carex spp. and various native groundcover genera

Native Sedges

Carex spp.

Native Moss Species

Bryophyta (Division)

Native Sedges

Carex spp.

Native Sedges and Forbs

Carex spp., Juncus spp., and various herbaceous dicots

Native Sedges and Woodland Grasses

Carex spp., Calamagrostis spp., Festuca spp., and other native genera

Native Shade Shrubs

Various species (regional)

Native Understory Shrubs and Groundcovers

Various species (see varieties)

Native Understory Species

Various (regional)

Native Wetland Sedges

Carex spp.

Nitrogen-fixing understory plants

Various species (e.g., Alnus, Caragana, Elaeagnus, Hippophae)

Ornamental Shrubs

Various species (Genus-dependent)

Sedge (Carex species)

Carex spp.

Mosses (General)

Bryophyta (Division)

Sedge (General)

Carex species

Ornamental Shrubs (General Growing Guide)

Various species

Sedge

Carex species

Sedge grass

Carex species

Sedges and Rushes

Carex spp. (sedges); Juncus spp. (rushes)

Shade-providing native shrubs

Various species (region-dependent)

Shade Shrubs

Multiple species (general category)

Shade-tolerant grasses

Various species (e.g., Festuca rubra, Lolium perenne, Carex spp., Chasmanthium latifolium)

Bearberry (Arctostaphylos)

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Shade-tolerant Mosses

Bryophyta (Division); various species including Hypnum cupressiforme, Dicranum scoparium, Polytrichum commune

Shrubs

Various species (Woody plants, generally 3-15 feet tall)

Small Sedges and Grasses

Carex spp. and Poaceae family (various genera)

Small woodland shrubs

Various species (Ilex verticillata, Lindera benzoin, Sambucus canadensis, etc.)

Shade-Tolerant Understory Plants (General Category)

Various species

Tussock Sedge

Carex stricta

Bearberry (Kinnikinnick)

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Serviceberry (Amelanchier)

Amelanchier spp.