JMS Wildlife Habitat and Outdoor Classroom
List of NATIVE Potential Plants

Site Conditions:  Full sun, rocky clay soil, dry, hot

Large Native Trees:

  • Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
  • Chestnut Oak (Quercus prinus)
  • Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
  • Willow Oak (Quercus phellos)
  • Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea)
  • Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)
  • Lobolly Pine (Pinus taeda)
  • American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
  • Sugarberry (Celtis laevigata)
  • River Birch (Betula nigra)
  • Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
  • Pecan (Carya illinoinensis)

Small Trees

  • Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum)
  • Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
  • Cherry Laurel (Prunus caroliniana)
  • Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
  • Devilwood (Osmanthus americanus)
  • Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
  • Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitria)
  • Redbud (Cercis Canadensis)
  • Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea, canadensis)
  • Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)

Shrubs

  • Southern Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera)
  • Anise (Illicium parviflorum)
  • American Beautyberry (Callicarpa Americana)
  • Spanish Bayonet (Yucca aloifolia)
  • Blackhaw Viburnum (Viburnum prunifolium)
  • Arrowwood Viburnum (Viburnum dentatum)
  • Sumac (Rhus copallina)
  • Inkberry / Gallberry (Ilex glabra)

 Vines

  • Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)
  • Trumpetcreeper (Campsis radicans)
  • Crossvine (Bigonia capreolata)
  • Carolina or Confederate Jessamine
  • Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)