Soil Adaptability
Some plants have a wide range of soils in which they will thrive reasonably well. Others may grow in standard "good" moist, loamy soil and in perhaps one other type. Here are examples of plants that have SOIL ADAPTABILITY.
(Choose plants that will thrive rather than just survive; note especially the plants that tolerate moist and wet situations.)
| Scientific Name | Common Name | |
| Tolerates ACID SOILS: | ||
| Quercus palustris | Pin oak | |
| Magnolia stellata | Star Magnolia | |
| Abies balsamea | Balsam Fir | |
| Acer ginnala 'Compacta' | Dwarf Amur Maple | |
| Rhododendron x kosteranum | Mollis Azalea | |
| Rhododendron x 'PJM' | PJM Rhododendron | |
| Pachysandra terminalis | Japanese Spurge | |
| Potentilla tridentata | Wine Leaf Potentilla | |
| Tolerates ALKALINE SOILS: | ||
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash | |
| Sorbus aucuparia | European Mountain Ash | |
| Picea pungens glauca | Colorado Blue Spruce | |
| Tolerates MOIST SOILS: | ||
| *Prunus virginiana 'Canada Red' | Canada Red Cherry | |
| *Syringa x prestoniae X | James McFarlane Lilac | |
| *Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea' | Bronze Leaf Ajuga | |
| * Pachysandra terminalis | Japanese Spurge | |
| *Thuja occidentalis 'Techny' | Techny Arborvitae | |
| * Thuja occidentalis 'Pyramidalis' | Pyramidal Arborvitae | |
| Spiraea x bumalda 'Froebellii' | Froebel Spirea | |
| Symphoricarpos albus | White Snowberry | |
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| * Especially well suited to thrive in moist situations. | ||
| Tolerates WET SOILS (not soggy): | ||
| Acer negundo | Box Elder Maple | |
| Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset' | Red Sunset Maple | |
| Acer saccharinum | Silver Maple | |
| Betula nigra | River Birch | |
| Betula papyrifera | Paper Birch | |
| Fraxinus nigra | Black Ash | |
| Picea mariana | Black Spruce | |
| Populus sp. | Poplar species | |
| Quercus bicolor | Swamp White Oak | |
| Salix sp. | Willow species | |
| Tolerates POOR SOILS: | ||
| Pinus ponderosa | Ponderosa Pine | |
| Potentilla fruticosa 'Jackman' | Jackman Potentilla | |
| Sorbaria sorbifolia | Ash Leaf Spirea | |
| Aegopodium podagraria | Bishop's Weed | |
| Coronilla varia | Crown Vetch | |
| Euonymus fortunei 'Vegetus' | Big-Leaf Wintercreeper Eonymus | |
See Plant Selection for additional information.