Kennebec County Soil & Water Conservation District

“to protect and enhance Maine's soil and water resources by providing educational programs, conservation information and technical assistance to municipalities, schools, landowners and residents of Kennebec County."

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Trees

Plant Name Zone Sun Part Sun Shade Wet Moist Dry Sandy
                 
Deciduous                
Basswood 3 X X X   X    
Beech 3 X       X    
Bigtooth Aspen 4 X       X X X
Box Elder 4 X X   X X X  
Cottonwood 4 X       X    
European Alder 4 X X   X      
Green Ash 3 X X   X X X  
Honey Locust 5 X     X X    
Katsura Tree 5 X X     X    
Littleleaf Linden 3 X       X X  
Mountain Ash 3 X         X X
Northern Red Oak 3 X       X X  
Paper Birch 3 X       X X  
Quaking Aspen 3 X       X X  
Red Maple 3 X X   X X X  
River Birch 4 X     X X X  
Silver Maple 3 X     X X    
Sugar Maple 3 X       X    
Swamp White Oak 4 X     X X    
Weeping Willow 3 X     X X    
White Ash 3 X       X    
Yellow Birch 3   X X   X    
                 
Evergreen                
Austrian Pine 4 X       X X  
Balsam Fir* 3 X X   X X    
Black Spruce 3 X     X X    
Colorado Blue Spruce 3 X       X    
Hemlock* 3 X X X   X    
Japanese Black Pine 5 X       X X X
Larch (Tamarack) 3 X     X X    
Norway Spruce 3 X       X X  
Red Pine 3 X       X X X
White Cedar* 3 X X   X X   X
White Pine 3 X X X   X X  
White Spruce 3 X X     X X  

*  also available in dwarf forms  

Small Trees and Large Shrubs

Plant Name Zone Sun Part Sun Shade Wet Moist Dry Sandy
                 
Deciduous                
American Hornbeam 4   X X   X X  
American Mountain Ash 3 X X     X    
Blackhaw 4   X     X X  
Canada Plum 3 X X X   X    
Chokecherry 3 X X     X    
Common Witchhazel 4 X X X   X    
Crabapple* 4 X       X X  
Eastern Wahoo 5     X   X    
Hawthorn* 4 X       X X X
Hop Hornbeam 3 X X X     X  
Kwanzan Cherry 5 X       X    
Laurel Willow 3 X     X      
Lilac* 3-4 X       X X  
Nannyberry 3 X X X   X X  
Ninebark 3 X X     X X  
Northern Arrowwood 3 X X     X    
Pagoda Dogwood 4 X X X   X    
Purpleosier Willow 3 X X X X X    
Pussy Willow 3 X     X X    
Serviceberry* 3-4 X X     X X  
Siberian Peashrub 3 X       X X  
Smooth Sumac 3 X X X     X  
Speckled Alder 3 X X X X X    
Staghorn Sumac 3 X X X     X  
Striped Maple 3   X X   X    
                 
Evergreen                
Eastern Redcedar* 4-5 X X X X X X X
Fraser Fir 4 X X     X X  
Japanese Yew 3 X X X   X X X
Mugo Pine* 3 X X X   X    

*  also available in dwarf forms  

Medium Shrubs

Plant Name Zone Sun Part Sun Shade Wet Moist Dry Sandy
                 
Deciduous                
Arrowwood Viburnum 3 X X X X X    
Bayberry 3 X X     X X X
Beach Plum 4 X       X X X
Beaked Hazelnut 3 X X       X  
Beautybush 4 X       X    
Black Chokeberry 3 X X   X X X  
Buttonbush 4 X X   X      
Cranberrybush* 3 X X     X    
Doublefile Viburnum 4 X X     X    
Elderberry* 3 X       X    
False Spirea 3 X X     X    
Flowering Raspberry 4 X X X   X    
Forsythia* 3-4 X X     X    
Fothergilla* 4 X X     X    
Gray Dogwood 3 X X X X X X  
Hazelnut 3 X X       X  
Highbush Blueberry 4 X X X X X X X
Hobblebush 4 X X X   X    
Korean Spice Viburnum 4-5 X X     X    
Mock Orange* 4 X       X    
Nanking Cherry 3 X       X    
Pee Gee Hydrangea 4 X X     X    
Purpleleaf Sandcherry 3 X         X X
Red Chokeberry 4 X X     X X  
Red-Osier Dogwood 3 X X   X X    
Red-Twig Dogwood 3 X X   X X    
Redvein Enkianthus 5 X X     X    
Silky Dogwood 3 X X   X X X  
Snowball Bush 3 X X     X    
Spicebush 5   X X X X    
Spirea* 3-4 X     X X X  
Tatarian Dogwood 3 X X   X X    
Vernal Witchhazel 4 X X     X    
Wayfaring Tree 3 X X X   X    
Winterberry 3 X X   X X    
Witherod 4   X X X X X  
                 
Evergreen                
Mountain Laurel 5 X X X   X X  
Rhododendron* 4-5 X X X   X    

* also available in dwarf forms  

Small Shrubs

Plant Name Zone Sun Part Sun Shade Wet Moist Dry Sandy
                 
Deciduous                
Annabelle Hydrangea 4 X X     X    
Bristly Locust 4 X       X    
Cotoneaster 4 X X     X    
Cutleaf Stephanandra 3 X X     X    
Dwarf Arctic Willow 3 X X   X X    
Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle 3 X X X     X X
Dwarf Fothergilla 4 X X     X    
Dwarf Honeysuckle 3 X X       X X
Flowering Almond 4 X       X    
Flowering Quince 4 X X     X    
Fragrant Sumac 3 X         X X
Hancock Coralberry 4 X X     X X  
Indiancurrant Coralberry 3     X     X  
Mapleleaf Viburnum 3 X X X   X X  
Potentilla 3 X X   X X X  
Rhodora 3 X     X X    
Rose 3-5 X       X X  
St. Johnswort 4 X X       X X
Silver Creeping Willow 4 X     X X    
Snowberry 3 X X   X X X  
Summersweet 3 X X X X X    
Sweet Fern 3 X         X X
Sweet Gale 3 X     X X    
Weigela 4 X       X X  
                 
Evergreen                
American Yew 3   X X   X    
Bearberry 3   X X       X X
Bog Rosemary 3   X X     X X    
Creeping Juniper  3-4   X X     X X X
Dwarf Balsam Fir 3   X X     X    
Dwarf Cedar  3-4   X X     X    
Dwarf Hemlock  3-4   X X X   X    
Leucothoe 5     X   X    
Lingonberry 4   X X X   X X X  
Sheep Laurel 3   X X     X X X  
Siberian Carpet Cypress 3   X X     X    
Spreading Yew 3   X X X   X X  

Ferns, Grasses and Vines

Plant Name Zone Sun Part Sun Shade Wet Moist Dry G/C
               
Ferns                
Christmas Fern 3   X X   X    
Cinnamon Fern 3 X X X X X    
Hay-scented Fern 3   X X   X X X
Interrupted Fern 4   X X X X    
Lady Fern 4   X X   X    
Ostrich Fern 3   X X X X    
Royal Fern 3 X X X X X    
Sensitive Fern 3 X X X X X    
               
Grasses                
Bulrushes 3-4 X X   X      
Bur-Reed 3 X X   X      
Big Bluestem 3 X       X X X
European Dunegrass 4 X         X X
Manna Grass 3 X     X     X
Reed Grass 3 X     X X    
Ribbon Grass 4 X X   X X   X
Switch Grass 3-5 X       X X X
               
Vines                
Boston Ivy 4 X X     X X X
English Ivy 4 X X X   X X X
Sweet Pea 3 X X     X X X
Virginia Creeper 3 X X X   X X X
               
               
               

Perennial Herbs and Flowers

Plant Name Zone Sun Part Sun Shade Wet Moist Dry G/C
                 
Anise Hyssop 4 X       X    
Artemesia 3 X X       X  
Aster 3 X X     X    
Astilbe 4 X X   X X    
Baptisia 3 X X   X X X  
Barrenwort 3   X X X X   X
Barren Strawberry 4 X X X   X   X
Basket of Gold 3 X X     X    
Bee Balm 4 X X   X X    
Bellflower 4 X X     X X X
Bergenia 4 X X   X X   X
Bird’s Foot Trefoil 3 X     X X X X
Black-eyed Susan 3 X X     X    
Blazing Star 3 X X   X X X  
Bleeding Heart 4   X     X    
Blue Star Flower 3   X     X    
Blueberry 3 X X     X X X
Boltonia 4 X     X X    
Boneset 3 X X   X X    
Bugbane 3   X X X X    
Bugleweed 3 X X X   X X X
Bugloss 3 X X X X X    
Bunchberry 3     X   X   X
Butterfly Weed 4 X         X  
Cardinal Flower 3 X X   X X    
Catmint 3 X X   X X X X
Chameleon Plant 3 X X X X X   X
Chinese Lantern 3 X X     X    
Comfrey 4   X   X X    
Coneflower 3 X       X    
Cornflower 3 X       X    
Cranesbill 3-5 X X X X X X X
Creeping Jenny 3 X X   X X   X
Creeping Phlox 3   X X   X   X
Crown Vetch 3 X X     X X X
Culver’s Root 3 X X     X    
Cushion Spurge 3 X       X X  
Daisy 4-5 X       X    
Daylily 3 X X   X X    
Evening Primrose 4-5 X X     X X X
False Lupine 3 X X     X X  
               
               
Plant Name Zone Sun Part Sun Shade Wet Moist Dry G/C
                 
False Sunflower 3 X X     X X  
Fleabane 4 X X       X  
Foamflower 4   X X X X   X
Forget-Me-Not 3   X X X X    
Germander 5 X X     X   X
Globeflower 3 X X   X X    
Globe Thistle 3 X         X  
Goat’s Beard 4 X X   X X    
Goldenrod 3 X       X X  
Heather 4 X       X   X
Helen’s Flower 3 X     X X    
Horehound 3 X         X X
Hosta 3 X X X X X   X
Hyssop 3 X X     X    
Iris 3-5 X X   X X X  
Jacob’s Ladder 3   X   X X   X
Jewelweed 3   X X X X    
Joe-Pye Weed 3 X X   X X    
Lady’s Mantle 3 X X     X   X
Lamb’s Ears 4 X X     X   X
Lamiastrum 3   X X   X   X
Lamium 3   X X   X X X
Lavender 5 X       X    
Lemon Balm 4 X X     X X  
Ligularia 4   X X X X    
Lily 3-5 X X     X    
Lily of the Valley 3   X X   X   X
Lily-turf 4 X X X X X X X
Loosestrife 3 X X   X X X  
Lungwort 3   X   X X   X
Lupine 4 X X     X X  
Mallow 4 X       X X  
Masterwort 4   X X   X    
Meadow Rue 3-5 X X   X X    
Meadowsweet 4 X X   X X    
Milkweed 3 X     X X X  
Mint 3-5 X X   X X   X
Moss Phlox 3 X X     X X X
Obedient Plant 3 X X   X X    
Oregano 3 X       X   X
Pachysandra 4   X X   X   X
Pearly Everlasting 3 X       X X  
               
Plant Name Zone Sun Part Sun Shade Wet Moist Dry G/C
                 
Periwinkle 4 X X X   X   X
Phlox 3 X       X    
Plume Poppy 3 X X     X    
Potentilla 5 X X     X X X
Pussy-toes 3 X         X X
Sage 3-5 X       X X  
Sedum 3 X X     X X X
Skullcap 4   X   X X    
Snow-in-Summer 3 X       X X X
Snow-on-the-Mountain 3 X X X X X X X
Solidaster 5 X       X    
Solomon’s Seal 3   X X X X    
Sunflower Heliopsis 3 X       X X  
Sweet Flag 3 X X   X      
Sweet Woodruff 4   X X   X   X
Swordleaf Inula 3 X     X X    
Tansy 3 X       X    
Thin-leaved Sunflower 3 X       X    
Thyme 4 X X     X X X
Tickseed 3 X       X    
Turtlehead 4 X X   X X    
Valerian 4 X X     X    
Veronica 3-5 X X     X   X
Viola 3-5 X X     X   X
Virginia Bluebells 3   X X   X    
White Clover 3 X X   X X   X
Wild Ginger 3-4   X X   X   X
Wintercreeper Euonymus 3 X X X   X   X
Wintergreen 3   X X   X   X
Yarrow 3 X       X X