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Cytisus scoparius

Native Alternatives: Beach Plum (Prunus maritima), Northern Bayberry (Morella pensylvanica)

Rosa multiflora

Native Alternative: Virginia Rose (Rosa virginiana)

Lonicera morrowii

Native Alternatives: Common Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea), Allegheny serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis), Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum), Winterberry (Ilex verticillata), Spicebush (Lindera benzoin), Pinxterbloom azalea (Rhododendron periclymenoides), Swamp Azalea (Rhododendron viscosum)

Lonicera maackii

Native Alternatives: Common Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea), Allegheny serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis), Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum), Winterberry (Ilex verticillata), Spicebush (Lindera benzoin), Pinxterbloom azalea (Rhododendron periclymenoides), Swamp Azalea (Rhododendron viscosum)

Lonicera tatarica

Native Alternatives: Common Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea), Allegheny serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis), Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum), Winterberry (Ilex verticillata), Spicebush (Lindera benzoin), Pinxterbloom azalea (Rhododendron periclymenoides), Swamp Azalea (Rhododendron viscosum)

Buddleia davidii

Native Alternatives: Summersweet (Clethra alnifolia), New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus), Sweetspire (Itea virginiana)

Berberis thunbergii

Native Alternatives: Dwarf Witchalder (Fothergilla gardenii), New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus), Sweetspire (Itea virginia), Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium), Northern Bayberry (Morella pensylvanica)

Euonymus alata

Native Alternatives: Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), Black Chokeberry (Photinia melanocarpa), Fragrant Sumac (Rhus aromatica), Sweetspire (Itea virginica), Summersweet (Clethra alnifolia), Possumhaw (Viburnum nudum), Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)

Elaeagnus umbellata

Native Alternatives: Northern Bayberry (Morella pensylvanica), Groundsel Bush (Baccharis halimifolia), Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium), Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum), Common Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea), Winterberry Holly (Ilex verticillata), Black Chokeberry (Photinia melanocarpa), Spicebush (Lindera benzoin), Pinxterbloom Azalea (Rhododendron periclymenoides), Swamp Azalea (Rhododendron viscosum)

Elaeagnus angustifolium

Native Alternatives: Northern Bayberry (Morella pensylvanica), Groundsel Bush (Baccharis halimifolia), Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium), Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum), Common Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea), Winterberry Holly (Ilex verticillata), Black Chokeberry (Photinia melanocarpa), Spicebush (Lindera benzoin), Pinxterbloom Azalea (Rhododendron periclymenoides), Swamp Azalea (Rhododendron viscosum)

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