| Trees: | Acer negundo | Boxelder | |
| Acer rubrum | Red Maple | ||
| Amelanchier canadensis | Serviceberry | ||
| Betula nigra | River Birch | ||
| Carpinus caroliniana | Hornbeam | ||
| Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud | ||
| Cornus alternifolia | Pagoda Dogwood | ||
| Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood | ||
| Cotinus obovatus | American Smoketree | Outgrows browsing | |
| Diospyros virginiana | Persimmon | ||
| Fagus grandifolia | American Beech | ||
| Fraxinus americana | White Ash | ||
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash | ||
| Ilex opaca | American Holly | ||
| Juglans cinerea | Butternut | ||
| Juglans nigra | Black Walnut | ||
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar | ||
| Larix laricina | Eastern Larch | ||
| Magnolia acuminata | Cucumber Magnolia | ||
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia | ||
| Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Magnolia | ||
| Nyssa sylvatica | Black Gum | ||
| Pinus spp. | All pines | ||
| Prunus spp. | Cherry, plum, etc. | Toxic leaves, bark | |
| Quercus spp. | All oaks | ||
| Rhus copallina | Winged Sumac | ||
| Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | ||
| Salix nigra | Black Willow | ||
| Taxodium distichum | Bald Cypress | ||
| Thuja occidentalis | Northern White Cedar | ||
| Ulmus rubra | Slippery Elm | ||
| Shrubs: | Aesculus pavia | Red Buckeye | Bitter taste, irritating, toxic |
| Amorpha fruticosa | False indigobush | ||
| Aralia spinosa | Devil's Walking Stick | ||
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Bearberry | ||
| Baccharis halimifolia | Groundsel Bush | ||
| Callicarpa americana | Beautyberry | ||
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Buttonbush | Toxic leaves | |
| Clethra alnifolia | Sweet Pepperbush | ||
| Cornus amomum | Silky Dogwood | ||
| Hamamelis virginiana | Witch hazel | ||
| Hypericum densiflorum | Shrubby St. John's Wort | ||
| Ilex glabra | Inkberry | ||
| Ilex verticillata | Winterberry | ||
| Iva frutescens | High-tide bush | ||
| Kalmia latifolia | Mountain Laurel | ||
| Leucothoe racemosa | |||
| Lindera Benzoin | Spicebush | ||
| Morella cerifera | Wax Myrtle | ||
| Morella pensylvanica | Northern Bayberry | ||
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac | Coarse leaves | |
| Sambucus canadensis | Elderberry | ||
| Spiraea alba | Narrow-leaved Meadowsweet | ||
| Spiraea latifolia | Broad-leaved Meadowsweet | ||
| Spiraea tomentosa | Steeplebush | ||
| Vibrunum acerifolium | Mapleleaf Viburnum | ||
| Viburnum dentatum | Arrowwood Viburnum | ||
| Viburnum lentago | Nannyberry Viburnum | ||
| Viburnum nudum | Possumhaw Viburnum | ||
| Viburnum prunifolium | Blackhaw Viburnum | ||
| Vines: | Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine | grows fast |
| Campsis radicans | Trumpet Creeper | grows fast | |
| Celatrus scandens | American Bittersweet | grows fast | |
| Clematis virginiana | Virgin's Bower | grows fast | |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle | ||
| Wisteria frutescens | American Wisteria | ||
| Perennials or other herbaceous plants: | Ageratina altissima (Eupatorium rugosum) | White Snakeroot | |
| Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion | ||
| Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern Columbine | ||
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly milkweed | ||
| Baptisia australis | Wild False Indigo | ||
| Caltha palustris | Yellow Marsh Marigold | ||
| Chrysanthemum leucanthemum | Oxeye Daisy | ||
| Dicentra canadensis | Squirrel Corn | ||
| Dicentra cucullaria | Dutchman's Breeches | ||
| Dicentra eximia | Turkey Corn, Bleeding Heart | ||
| Eupatorium coelestinum | Mistflower | unpalatable | |
| Eupatorium perfoliatum | Joe-Pye Weed | ||
| Geranium maculatum | Wood Geranium | ||
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinalflower | ||
| Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | ||
| Physostegia virginiana | Obedient Plant | ||
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan | ||
| Rudbeckia laciniata | Cutleaf coneflower | ||
| Solidago canadensis | Canada goldenrod | ||
| Solidago rugosa | Wrinkleleaf goldenrod | ||
| Symphyotrichum (Aster) novae-angliae | New England Aster | ||
| Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's Root | ||
| Grasses: | Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem | Rarely eaten |
| Andropogon virginicus | Broomsedge | ||
| Chasmanthium latifolium | Wild oats | ||
| Juncus tenuis | Path Rush | ||
| Schizachryium scoparium | Little Bluestem |