Plants – Botanical & Common Names


Abies = Fir
Acer – shrub form = Maple
Acer – tree form = Maple
Achillea = Yarrow
Actinidia = Kiwi
Aconitum = Monkshood
Actaea = Bugbane
Adam’s Needle = Yucca
Aegopodium = Goutweed
Aesculus = Buckeye
Ajuga = Bugleweed
Alaskan Cedar = Chamaecyparis
Alchemilla = Lady’s Mantle
Alder – shrub form = Alnus
Alder – tree form = Alnus
Alopecurus = Foxtail Grass
Amelanchier – shrub form = Saskatoon / Serviceberry
Amelanchier – tree form = Saskatoon / Serviceberry
Amur Maackia = Maackia
Andropogon = Big Blue Stem Grass
Anemone = Anemone / Windflower
Alnus = Alder – shrub form
Alnus = Alder – tree form
Apple = Malus 
Apricot = Prunus
Aquilegia = Columbine
Arborvitae / Cedar = Thuja
Arctostaphylos = Kinnikinnick / Bearberry
Aristolochia = Dutchman’s Pipe
Armeria = Seathrift
Aronia = Chokeberry
Arrhenatherum = Bulbour Oat Grass
Arrowwood = Viburnum
Artemisia = Artemisia
Ash = Fraxinus
Aspen = Populus
Asperula = Woodruff
Aster = Aster
Astilbe = Astilbe
Azalea = Rhododendron
Bamboo = Fargesia
Baptisia = False Indigo
Barberry = Berberis
Basswood = Tilia
Bearberry = Arctostaphylos
Beauty Bush = Kolkwitzia
Bee Balm = Monarda
Beech = Fagus
Bellflower = Campanula
Berberis = Barberry
Bergenia = Bergenia
Bethlehem Sage = Pulmonaria
Betula – shrub form = Birch
Betula – tree form = Birch
Birch – shrub form = Betula
Birch – tree form = Betula
Bittersweet Vine = Celastrus
Black-Eyed Susan = Rudbeckia
Blanket Flower = Gaillardia
Blazing Star = Liatris
Blue Flax = Linum
Blue Indigo = Baptisia
Blue Spirea = Caryopteris
Bluebeard = Caryopteris
Blueberry = Vaccinium
Bouteloua = Blue Grama Grass
Boxwood = Buxus
Broom = Cytisus
Broom = Genista
Brunnera = Brunnera
Buckbrush = Symphoricarpos
Buckeye = Aesculus
Buckthorn = Hippophae
Buddleja = Butterfly Bush
Buffaloberry = Shepherdia
Bugbane = Actaea
Bugleweed = Ajuga
Bulrush = Scirpus
Bunchberry = Cornus
Burning Bush = Euonymus
Bush Honeysuckle = Diervilla
Butterfly Bush = Buddleja
Buxus = Boxwood
Calamagrostis = Joint / Reed Grass
Campanula = Bellflower
Campsis = Trumpet Vine
Candytuft = Iberis
Caragana – shrub form = Caragana
Caragana – tree form = Caragana
Carex = Sedge
Caryopteris = Bluebeard
Catalpa = Catalpa
Catmint = Nepeta
Cattail = Typia
Cedar / Arborvitea = Thuja
Celastrus = Bittersweet Vine
Cerastium = Snow-in-Summer
Chamaecyparis = Alaskan Cedar
Chamaecyparis = False Cypress
Chasmanthium = Wild Oat Grass
Chelone = Turtle Head Flower
Cherry – shrub form = Prunus
Cherry – edible – tree form = Prunus
Cherry – ornamental – tree form = Prunus
Cherry Prinsepia = Prinsepia
Chokeberry = Aronia
Chokecherry – shrub form = Prunus
Chokecherry – tree form = Prunus
Cinquefoil = Potentilla
Clematis = Clematis
Clethra = Summersweet
Cliff Green = Paxistima
Clover = Trifolium
Columbine = Aquilegia
Comptonia = Sweet Fern
Coneflower = Echinacea
Convallaria = Lily of the Valley
Coralbells = Heuchera
Coralberry = Symphoricarpos
Cornus = Dogwood
Corylus = Hazelnut / Walking Stick
Cotinus = Smokebush
Cotoneaster = Cotoneaster
Crabapple – flowering = Malus
Crabapple – edible = Malus
Cranberry = Vibirnum
Cranesbill = Geranium
Crataegus = Hawthorn
Creeping Jenny = Lysimachia
Currant = Ribes
Cypress = Microbiota
Cytisus = Broom / Genista
Daphne = Daphne
Daylily = Hemerocallis
Deadnettle = Lamium
Delosperma = Ice Plant
Delphinium = Delphinium
Deschampsia = Tufted Hair Grass
Devil’s Walking Stick = Aralia
Dianthus = Dianthus / Pinks
Dicentra = Bleeding Heart
Diervilla = Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle
Dogwood = Cornus
Douglas Fir = Pseudotsuga
Dryopteris = Male Fern
Dutchman’s Pipe = Aristolochia
Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle = Diervilla
Echinacea = Coneflower
Echinops = Globe Thistle
Echium = Echium
Elder = Sambucus
Elaeagnus – shrub form = Russian Olive/Wolfwillow/Silverberry
Elaeagnus – tree form = Russian Olive
Elephant Ears = bBergenia
Elm = Ulmus
Elymus = Wheat Grass
Engleman Ivy = Parthenocissus
Erica = Heather
Eryngium = Sea Holly
Euonymus – tree form = Euonymus
Euonymus – shrub form = Euonymus
Eupatorium = Joe Pye Weed
Euphorbia = Spurge
Fagus = Fagus
False Cypress = Chamaecyparis
False Indigo = Baptisia
False Spirea = Sorbaria
Fargesia = Bamboo
Fern – Male = Dryopteris
Fern – Ostrich = Matteuccia
Fern – Royal = Osmunda
Fescue Grass = Festuca
Festuca = Fescue Grass
Fir – Balsam = Abies
Fir – Douglas = Pseudotsuga
Flowering Almond = Prunus
Flowering Plum – shrub form = Prunus
Flowering Plum – tree form = Prunus
Forsythia = Forthysia
Fragaria = Strawberry
Fraxinus = Ash
Gaillardia = Blanket Flower
Gallium = Asperula
Gayfeather = Leatris
Genista = Broom / Genista
Geranium = Cranesbill
Gleditsia = Honeylocust
Globeflower = Trollius
Globe Thistle = Echinops
Goji Berries = Lycium
Gooseberry = Ribes
Goutweed = Aegopodium
Grapes = Vitis
Halimodendron = Salt Bush
Haskap = Lonicera
Hawthorn = Crataegus
Hazelnut = Corylus
Heather = Erica
Helichtotrichon = Oat Grass
Hemerocallis = Daylily
Hens and Chicks = Sempervivum
Heuchera = Coralbells
Hippophae = Sea Buckthorn
Honeyberry = Lonicera
Honeylocust = Gleditsia
Honeysuckle – bush = Diervilla
Honeysuckle – vine = Lonicera
Honeysuckle – shrub form = Lonicera
Hops = Humulus
Hosta = Plantain
Humulus = Hops
Hydrangea – shrub form = Hydrangea
Hydrangea -vine = Hydrangea
Iberis = Candytuft
Ice Plant = Delosperma
Iris = Iris
Jacob’s Ladder = Polemonium
Josta Berry = Ribes
Joe Pye Weed = Eupatorium
Juniper – spreading = Juniperus
Juniper – upright = Juniperus
Juniperus = Juniper
Kinnikinnick = Arctostaphylos
Kiwi Vine = Actinidia
Koeleria = Hair Grass
Kolkwitzia = Beauty Bush
Lady’s Mantle = Alchemilla
Lamb’s Ear = Stachys
Lamium = Lamium
Larch = Larix
Larix = Larch / Tamarack
Lavandula = Laveder
Lavender = Lavandula
Leucanthemum = Shasta Daisy
Leymus = Lyme Grass
Liatris = Blazing Star / Gay Feather
Ligularia = Lingularia
Ligustrum = Privet
Lilac – shrub form = Syringa
Lilac – tree form = Syringa
Lilium = Liliy
Lily = Lilium
Lily of the Valley = Convallaria
Linden = Tilia
Linum = Blue Flax
Locust = Robinia
Lonicera – bush = Diervilla
Lonicera – shrub = Shrub Honeysuckle
Lonicera – vine = Vine Honeysuckle
Lungwort = Pulmonaria
Lupine = Lupinus
Lupinus = Lupine
Luzula = Rush Grass
Lycium = Goji Berries
Lysimachia = Creeping Jenny
Maackia = Amur Maackia
Magnolia = Magnolia
Mahonia = Oregon Grape
Malus – edible = Apple
Malus – ornamental
Matteuccia = Crabapple
Monarda = Bee Balm
Maple – shrub form = Acer
Maple – tree form = Acer
Mayday = Prunus
Microbiota = Siberian Cypress
Miscanthus = Maiden Grass
Mock Orange = Philadelphus
Molina Moor Grass
Monkshood Aconitum
Mountain Ash – shrub form Sorbus
Mountain Ash – tree form Sorbus
Mrytle Vinca
Nannyberry Viburnum
Nepeta Catmint
Ninebark Physocarpus
Oak – shrub form Quercus
Oak – tree form Quercus
Obedient Plant Physostegia
Oregon Grape Mahonia
Osmunda Royal Flowering Fern
Paeonia Peony
Panicum Switch Grass
Papaver Poppy
Parthenocissus Engleman Ivy / Virginia Creeper
Pasque Flower Pulsatilla
Paxistima Cliff Green
Pear Pyrus
Peashrub Caragana
Pennisetum Fountain Grass
Peony Paeonia
Periwinkle Vinca
Perovskia Russian Sage
Persicaria Snakeweed / Fleece Flower
Phlalaris Ribbon Grass
Philadelphus Mock Orange
Phlox Phlox
Physocarpus Ninebark
Phystostegia Obedient Plant
Picea Spruce
Pincherry – shrub form Prunus
Pincherry – tree form Prunus
Pine Pinus
Pinks Dianthus
Pinus Pine
Plantain Hosta
Plum – edible Prunus
Plum – ornamental – shrub form Prunus
Plum – ornamental – tree form Prunus
Polemonium Jacob’s Ladder
Polygonatum Solomom’s Seal
Polygonum Silver Lace Vine
Poplar Populus
Populus Poplar / Aspen
Poppy Papaver
Potentilla – perennial Potentilla
Potentilla – shrub form Potentilla
Prinsepia Cherry Prinsepia
Privet Ligustrum
Prunus Apricot
Prunus Cherry – edible shrub form
Prunus Cherry – edible tree form
Prunus Cherry – ornamental tree form
Prunus Chokecherry – shrub form
Prunus Chokecherry – tree form
Prunus Flowering Almond
Prunus Flowering Plum
Prunus Fruiting Plum
Prunus Mayday
Prunus Pincherry – shrub form
Prunus Pincherry – tree form
Prunus Sandcherry
Pseudotsuga Fir
Pulmonaria Bethlehem Sage/Lungwort
Purple Leaf Plum / Sandcherry Prunus
Pulsatilla Pasque Flower
Pyrus Pear
Quercus – shrub form Oak
Quercus – tree form Oak
Raspberry Rubus
Rhododendron Rhododendron
Rhubarb Rheum
Rheum Rhubarb
Rhus Sumac
Ribes Currants
Ribes Gooseberry
Ribes Josta Berries
Robinia Locust
Rosa Rose
Rose Rosa
Rubus Raspberry
Rudbeckia Black-Eyed Susan
Rush Luzula
Russian Cypress Microbiota
Russian Olive – shrub form Elaeagnus
Russian Olive – tree form Elaeagnus
Russian Sage Perovskia
Sagebrush Artemisia
Salix – shrub form Willow
Salix – tree form Willow
Salt Bush Halimodendron
Saltcedar Tamarix
Salvia Salvia
Sambucus Elder
Sandcherry Prunus
Saponaria Soapwort
Saskatoon – shrub form Amelanchier
Saskatoon – tree form Amelanchier
Schizachyrium Little Blue Stem Grass
Scirpus Bulrush
Sea Buckthorn Hippophae
Sea Holly Eryngium
Seathrift Armeria
Sedge Carex
Sedum Stonecrop / Hens and Chicks
Sempervivum Hens and Chicks
Serviceberry – shrub form Amelanchier
Serviceberry – tree form Amelanchier
Shasta Daisy Leucanthemum
Shepherdia Buffaloberry
Siberian Cypress Microbiota
Silverberry Elaeagnus
Silver Lace Vine Polygonum
Silvermound Artemisia
Smokebush Cotinus
Snakeweed/Fleece Flower Persicaria
Snowball – shrub form Viburnum
Snowball – tree form Viburnum
Snowberry Symphoricarpos
Snow-in-Summer Cerastium
Soapweed Yucca
Soapwort Saponaria
Solomon’s Seal Polygonatum
Sorbaria False Spirea
Sorbus – shrub form Mountain Ash
Sorbus – tree form Mountain Ash
Speedwell Veronica
Spirea Spiraea
Spiraea Spirea
Spruce Picea
Spurge Euphorbia
Stachys Lamb’s Ear
Stephanandra Stephanandra
Stonecrop Sedum
Strawberry Fragaria
Sumac Rhus
Summersweet Clethra
Sweet Fern Comptonia
Symphoricarpos Snowberry/Coralberry/Buckbrush
Syringa – shrub form Lilac
Syringa – tree form = Lilac- tree form
Tamarack = Larix
Tamarisk / Saltcedar = Tamarix
Taxus = Yew
Thuja = Cedar / Arborvitae
Thyme = Thymus
Thymus = Thyme
Tilia = Linden/Basswood
Trifolium = Clover
Trollius = Globeflower
Trumpet Vine = Campsis
Turtle Head Flower = Chelone
Typha = Cattail
Ulmus = Elm
Vaccinium = Blueberry
Veronica = Speedwell
Viburnum = Arrowood
Viburnum = Cranberry
Viburnum = Nannyberry
Viburnum = Snowball
Viburnum = Wayfaring Tree
Vinca = Periwinkle / Mrytle
Virginia Creeper = Parthenocissus
Vitis = Grape
Walking Stick = Corylus
Water Sedge = Carex
Wayfaring Tree = Viburnum
Weigela = Weigela
Willow – shrub form = Salix
Willow – tree form = Salix
Windflower = Anemone
Winterberry Tree = Euonymus
Wisteria = Wisteria
Wolf Willow = Elaeagnus
Woodruff = Asperula
Yarrow = Achillea
Yew = Taxus
Yucca = Soapweed