Woody Plants Recommended for Seashore Conditions

(The majority of the plants listed will not tolerate fully exposed conditions and should be sheltered from primary dunes, sea spray and high winds)

Deciduous Trees

Acer pseudoplatanusPlanetree Maple

Acer rubrumRed Maple

Betula nigraRiver Birch

Celtis occidentalisHackberry

Crataegus crus-galliCockspur Hawthorne

Crataegus phaenopyrumWashington Hawthorne

Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis    Honeylocust

Liquidambar styraciflua          Sweetgum

Malus spp. & cvs.Crabapple

Nyssa sylvatica         Pepperidge; Black Gum

Platanus x acerifoliaLondon Planetree

Platanus occidentalis               Sycamore

Pyrus calleryana cvs.Callery Pear

Quercus coccinea                           Scarlet Oak

Quercus palustrisPin Oak

Salix babylonica                              Babylon Weeping Willow

Ulmus americanaAmerican Elm

Ulmus parvifolia          Chinese elm

Evergreen Trees

Cryptomeria japonicaJapanese Cryptomeria

Ilex opaca                                American Holly

Juniperus virginiana                Eastern Red Cedar

Picea abiesNorway Spruce

Thuja plicataWestern Arborvitae

Deciduous/Semi-Evergreen Small Trees, Shrubs and Groundcovers

Amelanchier canadensis          Shadblow

Aronia arbutifolia        Chokeberry

Aronia melanocarpaBlack chokeberry

Baccharis halimifolia               Eastern Baccharis, Groundsel Shrub

Buddleia davidii and cvs.Butterfly Bush

Caryopteris x clandonensis and cvs.Bluebeard

Clethra alnifolia        Sweet Pepperbush

Comptonia peregrinaSweet Fern

Cotoneaster spp.          Cotoneaster

Cytisus scopariusScotch Broom

Elaeagnus umbellata                Autumn Elaeagnus

Forsythia spp.         Forsythia

Hippophae rhamnoidesSea Buckthorn

Hydrangea macrophyllaBigleaf Hydrangea

Ilex verticillataWinterberry

Kolkwitzia amabilisBeautybush

Ligustrum ovalifolium             California Privet

Lonicera tatarica                      Tatarian Honeysuckle

Myrica pennsylvanica           Northern Bayberry

Photinia villosa        Oriental Photinia

Potentilla SuffruticosaShrub Cinquefoil

Prunus maritima                     Beach Plum

Rhus copallina                         Shining Sumac

Rhus glabra                              Smooth Sumac

Rhus typhinaStaghorn Sumac

Rubus calycinoidesCreeping Raspberry

Spiraea spp.Spirea

Tamarix spp.                          Tamarix

Viburnum dentatumArrowwood

Viburnum opulus        Cranberrybush Viburnum

Viburnum prunifolium        Black Haw

Viburnum sieboldiiSiebold Viburnum

Vaccinium corymbosumHighbush Blueberry

Vitex agnus-castusChastetree

Weigela floridaOld Fashioned Weigela

Evergreen Shrubs and Groundcovers

Berberis julianae        Wintergreen Barberry

Cephalotaxus harringtoniaPlum Yew

Elaeagnus pungens                  Olive, Silverberry

Euonymus kiautschovicus      Evergreen Euonymus

Ilex crenataJapanese Holly

Ilex glabra        Inkberry

Juniperus chinensis 'Pfitzeriana'     Pfitzer juniper

Juniperus chinensis ‘Torulosa’Hollywood Juniper

Juniperus conferta                      Shore juniper

Juniperus horizontalis                  Creeping juniper

Ligustrum japonicum                    Japanese Ligustrum

Mahonia bealei            Leatherleaf Mahonia

Taxus spp.            Yew

Vines

Campsis radicans                        Trumpetcreeper

Clematis ternata                     Clematis

Euonymus fortunei                       Wintercreeper

Lonicera sempervirens                   Trumpet Honeysuckle