Shrubs: List
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STEP stars
These are species which have demonstrated good performance in projects designed, installed and monitored by the Sustainable Technologies Evaluation Program.
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| Scientific Name | Common Name | Soil Moisture 1=Dry 2=Med 3=Wet |
Partial shade tolerance | Drought Tolerance 1=Low 2=Med 3=High |
Salt Tolerance 1=Low 2=Med 3=High |
Pollution tolerance | Compaction tolerance | STEP star |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amelanchier arborea | Downy Serviceberry | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 1 | |||
| Amelanchier laevis | Allegheny Servicebery / Smooth Serviceberry | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 2 | |||
| Amelanchier sanguinea | Roundleaf Serviceberry / Dwarf Juneberry | 1-2 | Y | 2-3 | 2 | Y | ||
| Amelanchier spicata | Low Serviceberry / Shadbush serviceberry | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | ||
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Bearberry | 1-2 | Y | 2-3 | 2-3 | |||
| Aronia melanocarpa (Photinia melanocarpa) | Black Chokeberry | 1-3 | Y | 1-2 | 2-3 | |||
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | ||
| Cornus alternifolia | Alternate-leaf Dogwood | 2 | Y | 2 | 1-2 | Y | ||
| Cornus amomum ssp. obliqua | Silky Dogwood | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 1 | Y | ||
| Cornus foemina spp. racemosa | Stiff Dogwood / Gray Dogwood | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | Y | ☆ | |
| Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (Cornus stolonifera) | Red-Osier Dogwood | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 1 | Y | ||
| Corylus americana | American Hazelnut | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 1 | Y | ||
| Corylus cornuta | Beaked Hazelnut | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 1 | Y | ||
| Cotoneaster apiculatus C. divaricata C. horizontalis C. microphylla |
Cotoneaster | 2 | Y | 3 | 2-3 | Y | ||
| Diervilla lonicera | Northern Bush-honeysuckle | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 1-2 | Y | ||
| Hamamelis virginiana | American Witch-hazel | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 1 | |||
| Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' | Annabelle Hydrangea | 2 | Y | 1 | 3 | |||
| Hypericum kalmianum | Shrubby/Kalm St. Johns-wort | 2-3 | Y | 2-3 | 3 | Y | ||
| Juniperus communis | Common Juniper | 1 | 3 | 3 | Y | |||
| Juniperus horizontalis | Creeping Juniper | 1 | 3 | 3 | Y | |||
| Kerria japonica | Japanese Rose | 1-2 | Y | 3 | 3 | |||
| Lindera benzoin | Spicebush | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | |||
| Lonicera dioica | Glaucous Honeysuckle | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 1-2 | Y | ||
| Morella pensylvanica | Bayberry | 1-2 | Y | 3 | 3 | ☆ | ||
| Physocarpus opulifolius | Eastern Ninebark | 1-3 | Y | 2-3 | 3 | |||
| Potentilla fruticosa (Dasifora floribunda) | Shrubby Cinquefoil | 1-3 | Y | 2-3 | 2 | Y | ||
| Prunus pensylvanica | Pin Cherry | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2 | Y | ☆ | ||
| Prunus pumila var. pumila | Sand Cherry | 1-3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 3 | Y | ||
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac | 1-2 | Y | 2-3 | 2 | Y | ||
| Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Rhus hirta (Rhus typhina) | Staghorn Sumac | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | Y | Y | ||
| Ribes americanum | Wild Black Currant | 2-3 | Y | 1 | 1 | Y | ||
| Ribes cynosbati | Prickly Gooseberry | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ribes triste | Swamp Red Currant | 2-3 | Y | 1 | 1-2 | |||
| Rosa blanda | Smooth Rose | 1-2 | 2 | 1-2 | Y | |||
| Rubus allegheniensis | Allegheny Blackberry | 2 | Y | 2 | 1 | Y | ||
| Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus | Common Red Raspberry | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | ||
| Rubus odoratus | Purple Flowering Raspberry | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | ||
| Rubus pubescens | Dwarf Red Raspberry | 2 | Y | 1 | 1 | |||
| Salix bebbiana | Bebb’s Willow | 3 | Y | 1-2 | ? | Y | ||
| Salix discolor | Pussy Willow | 3 | Y | 1-2 | 2 | Y | ||
| Salix eriocephala | Woolly Headed Willow / Heart-Leaved Willow | 3 | Y | 1-2 | ? | |||
| Salix exigua | Sandbar Willow | 2-3 | 2-3 | 2 | Y | |||
| Salix petiolaris | Meadow Willow | 2-3 | 1-2 | ? | Y | |||
| Sambucus nigra canadensis | Common Elderberry | 2-3 | Y | 1-2 | 1-2 | Y | ☆ | |
| Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens | Red Elderberry | 2 | Y | 2-3 | 2 | Y | ||
| Shepherdia canadensis | Canada Buffalo-berry, Soapberry | 1 | Y | 3 | 3 | Y | ||
| Spiraea alba | Narrow-leaved Meadow-sweet | 3 | Y | 2 | 1 | Y | ☆ | |
| Viburnum acerifolium | Maple-leaf Viburnum | 2 | Y | 2 | 1 | |||
| Viburnum dentatum | Arrowwood | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 2 | |||
| Viburnum lentago | Nannyberry | 2-3 | 2 | 1-2 | Y | |||
| Viburnum rafinesquianum | Downy Arrowwood | 1 | Y | 3 | 2 | Y |