Native Species
Oceanside Conservation Trust of Casco Bay Native Plant List
Compiled by Bob Bittenbender, Maine Audubon
Key: A = available in nurseries; R = recommended; NRA = not readily available
| Common Name | Scientific Name | |
| Speckled Alder | Alnus rugosa | A R |
| Smooth Alder | Alnus serrulata | |
| Serviceberry | Amelanchier arborea | A R |
| Shadblow Serviceberry | Amelanchier canadensis | A R |
| Running Serviceberry | Amelanchier stolonifera | |
| Bog Rosemary | Andromeda palifalia | A R |
| Common Bearberry | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | A R |
| Black Chokeberry | Aronia melanocarpa | A R |
| Common Buttonbush | Cephalanthus ocddentalis | A R |
| Summer Sweet | Clethra alnifolia | A R |
| Sweetfern | Comptonia peregrina | A R |
| Alternate-leaf Dogwood | Cornus alternifolia | A R |
| Silky Dogwood | Cornus amomum | A R |
| Bunchberry | Cornus Canadensis | A R |
| Gray Dogwood | Cornus racemosa | A R |
| Redosier Dogwood | Comus stolonifera or sericea | A R |
| American Filbert (Hazel) | Corylus americana | A R |
| Leatherwood | Dirca palustris | |
| Checkerberry (Wintergreen) | Gaultheria procumbens | A R |
| Black Huckleberry | Gaylassacia baccata | R |
| Dwarf Huckleberry | Gaylassada dumosa | R |
| Dangleberry (Blue Huckleberry) | Gaylussacia frondosa | R |
| Witch Hazel | Hamamelis virgineana | A R |
| Smooth Winterberry | Ilex laevigata | R |
| Common Winterberry | Ilex verticillata | A R |
| Common Juniper | Juniperus communis | A R |
| Creeping Juniper | Juniperus horizontalis | A R |
| Red Cedar | Juniperus Virginiana L | |
| Mountain Laurel | Kalmia latifolia | A R |
| Common Spicebush | Lindera benzoin | A R |
| Partridgeberry | Mitchella repens | NRA R |
| Northern Bayberry | Myrica pensylvanica | A R |
| Virginia creeper | Parthenocissus quinquefolia | |
| Evening Primrose | Oenothera Biennis | |
| Bush Cinquefoil | Potentilla fruticosa | A R |
| Beach Plum | Prunus maritima | A R |
| Pin or Wild Red Cherry | Prunus pensylvanica | |
| Common Chokecherry | Prunus virginiana | |
| Rhodora | Rhododendron canadense | A R |
| Rosebay Rhododendron | Rhododendron maximum | A R |
| Swamp Azalea | Rhododendron viscosum | A R |
| Flameleaf Sumac | Rhus copaliina | |
| Smooth Sumac | Rhus glabra | |
| Staghorn Sumac | Rhus typhina | |
| Meadow Rose | Rosa blanda | R |
| Pasture Rose | Rosa carolina | R |
| Virginia Rose | Rosa virginiana | R |
| Allegany Blackberry | Rubus alleghenienus | |
| Pussy Willow | Salix discolor | A R |
| American Elder | Sambucus canadensis | A R |
| Scarlet Elder | Sambucus pubens (rubrum) | |
| Russet Buffaloberry | Shepherdia canadensis | |
| Common Greenbrier | Smilax rotundifolia | |
| Broadleaf Meadowsweet | Spirea latifolia | A R |
| Hardhack (Steeplebush) | Spirea tomentosa | A R |
| American bladdernut | Staphylea trifolia | |
| Common Snowberry | Symphoricarpus Albus | |
| Canada Yew | Taxus canadensis | A R |
| Eastern Arborvitae | Thuja occidentalis | A |
| Lowbush Blueberry | Vaccinium augustifolium | A R |
| Highbush blueberry | Vaccinium corybosum | A R |
| American Cranberry Vine | Vaccinium macrocarpon | A R |
| Cowberry (Lingonberry) | Vaccinium vitis-ideaa | A R |
| Mountain Cranberry | Vaccinium vitis-idea minus | A R |
| Mapleleaf Viburnum | Viburnum acerifolia | R |
| Hobblebush | Viburnum alnifolium | R |
| Arrowwood Viburnum | Viburnum dentatum | A R |
| Nannyberry | Viburnum lentago | A R |
| American Cranberry Bush | Viburnum trilobum | A R |
Link to University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service - Conserving Maine's Native Landscape