Shrubs: List

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 Moisture1=Dry2=Med3=Wet	Partial shade tolerance	Drought Tolerance1=Low2=Med3=High	Salt Tolerance1=Low2=Med3=High	Pollution tolerance	Compaction tolerance	STEP star
arborea 	Downy Serviceberry 	1-2 	Y 	2 	1 	 	 	
laevis 	Allegheny Servicebery / Smooth Serviceberry	1-2 	Y 	2 	2 	 	 	
sanguinea 	Roundleaf Serviceberry / Dwarf Juneberry 	1-2 	Y 	2-3 	2 	 	Y 	
spicata 	Low Serviceberry / Shadbush serviceberry 	1-2 	Y 	2 	2 	 	Y 	
uva-ursi 	Bearberry 	1-2 	Y 	2-3 	2-3 	 	 	
melanocarpa (Photinia melanocarpa) 	Black Chokeberry 	1-3 	Y 	1-2 	2-3 	 	 	
occidentalis 	Common Buttonbush 	2-3 	Y 	2 	2 	 	Y 	
alternifolia 	Alternate-leaf Dogwood 	2 	Y 	2 	1-2 	 	Y 	
amomum ssp. obliqua 	Silky Dogwood 	2-3 	Y 	2 	1 	 	Y 	
foemina spp. racemosa 	Stiff Dogwood / Gray Dogwood 	1-2 	Y 	2 	2-3 	 	Y 	☆
sericea ssp. sericea (Cornus stolonifera) 	Red-Osier Dogwood 	2-3 	Y 	2 	1 	 	Y 	
americana 	American Hazelnut 	1-2 	Y 	2 	1 	 	Y 	
cornuta 	Beaked Hazelnut 	1-2 	Y 	2 	1 	 	Y 	
apiculatusC. divaricata C. horizontalisC. microphylla	Cotoneaster 	2 	Y 	3 	2-3 	Y 	 	
lonicera 	Northern Bush-honeysuckle 	1-2 	Y 	2 	1-2 	 	Y 	
virginiana 	American Witch-hazel 	1-2 	Y 	2 	1 	 	 	
arborescens 'Annabelle' 	Annabelle Hydrangea 	2 	Y 	1 	3 	 	 	
kalmianum 	Shrubby/Kalm St. Johns-wort 	2-3 	Y 	2-3 	3 	 	Y 	
communis 	Common Juniper 	1 	 	3 	3 	Y 	 	
horizontalis 	Creeping Juniper 	1 	 	3 	3 	Y 	 	
japonica 	Japanese Rose 	1-2 	Y 	3 	3 	 	 	
benzoin 	Spicebush 	2-3 	Y 	2 	2 	 	 	
dioica 	Glaucous Honeysuckle 	1-2 	Y 	2 	1-2 	 	Y 	
pensylvanica 	Bayberry 	1-2 	Y 	3 	3 	 	 	☆
opulifolius 	Eastern Ninebark 	1-3 	Y 	2-3 	3 	 	 	
fruticosa (Dasifora floribunda) 	Shrubby Cinquefoil 	1-3 	Y 	2-3 	2 	 	Y 	
pensylvanica 	Pin Cherry 	1-2 	 	2-3 	2 	 	Y 	☆
pumila var. pumila 	Sand Cherry 	1-3 	 	3 	2 	 	 	
virginiana 	Chokecherry 	1-2 	Y 	2 	3 	 	Y 	
aromatica 	Fragrant Sumac 	1-2 	Y 	2-3 	2 	 	Y 	
glabra 	Smooth Sumac 	1 	 	3 	3 	 	 	
hirta (Rhus typhina) 	Staghorn Sumac 	1-2 	 	3 	3 	Y 	Y 	
americanum 	Wild Black Currant 	2-3 	Y 	1 	1 	 	Y 	
cynosbati 	Prickly Gooseberry 	1-2 	Y 	2 	1 	 	 	
triste 	Swamp Red Currant 	2-3 	Y 	1 	1-2 	 	 	
blanda 	Smooth Rose 	1-2 	 	2 	1-2 	 	Y 	
allegheniensis 	Allegheny Blackberry 	2 	Y 	2 	1 	Y 	 	
idaeus ssp. strigosus 	Common Red Raspberry 	2-3 	Y 	2 	2 	 	Y 	
odoratus 	Purple Flowering Raspberry 	1-2 	Y 	2 	2 	 	Y 	
pubescens 	Dwarf Red Raspberry 	2 	Y 	1 	1 	 	 	
bebbiana 	Bebb’s Willow 	3 	Y 	1-2 	? 	 	Y 	
discolor 	Pussy Willow 	3 	Y 	1-2 	2 	 	Y 	
eriocephala 	Woolly Headed Willow / Heart-Leaved Willow 	3 	Y 	1-2 	? 	 	 	
exigua 	Sandbar Willow 	2-3 	 	2-3 	2 	Y 	 	
petiolaris 	Meadow Willow 	2-3 	 	1-2 	? 	Y 	 	
nigra canadensis 	Common Elderberry 	2-3 	Y 	1-2 	1-2 	 	Y 	☆
racemosa ssp. pubens 	Red Elderberry 	2 	Y 	2-3 	2 	 	Y 	
canadensis 	Canada Buffalo-berry, Soapberry 	1 	Y 	3 	3 	Y 	 	
alba 	Narrow-leaved Meadow-sweet 	3 	Y 	2 	1 	 	Y 	☆
acerifolium 	Maple-leaf Viburnum 	2 	Y 	2 	1 	 	 	
dentatum 	Arrowwood 	1-2 	Y 	2 	2 	 	 	
lentago 	Nannyberry 	2-3 	 	2 	1-2 	Y 	 	
rafinesquianum 	Downy Arrowwood 	1 	Y 	3 	2 	Y 	 	
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