Woodland Plants

This list of woodland plants is by no means complete but represents what is commonly available in garden shops and nurseries. All of these plants thrive in the dappled shade and rich soils (well drained) of the forest understory.

* Aconitum
* Actaea
* Actinidia
* Adenophora
* Adiantum
* Aegopodium
* Ajuga
* Alchemilla
* Allium
* Ampelopsis
* Anemone
* Anemonella
* Angelica
* Aquilegia
* Arachniodes
* Arum
* Aruncus
* Asarum
* Asplenium
* Aster
* Astilbe
* Astilboides
* Astrantia
* Athyrium
* Begonia
* Bergenia
* Blechnum
* Bletilla
* Brunnera
* Calamagrostis
* Calamintha
* Calceolaria
* Campanula
* Cardiocrinum
* Carex
* Chasmanthium
* Cheilanthes
* Chelonopsis
* Chiastophyllum
* Chrysogonum
* Cimicifuga
* Clematis
* Codonopsis
* Convallaria
* Cornus
* Corydalis
* Cryptotaenia
* Cyclamen
* Cymbalaria
* Cypripedium
* Cyrtomium
* Dactylorhiza
* Deinanthe
* Dennstaedtia
* Deschampsia
* Dicentra
* Digitalis
* Dodecatheon
* Doronicum
* Dryopteris
* Duchesnea
* Epimedium
* Euonymus
* Eupatorium
* Euphorbia
* Fallopia
* Farfugium
* Filipendula
* Fragaria
* Fritillaria
* Fuchsia
* Galium
* Gaultheria
* Gentiana
* Geranium
* Gillenia
* Glechoma
* Gymnocarpium
* Hakonechloa
* Hedera
* Helleborus
* Hepatica
* Heuchera
* Heucherella
* Hosta
* Houstonia
* Hydrangea
* Hypericum
* Iris
* Jasminum
* Kirengeshoma
* Lamiastrum
* Lamium
* Lathyrus
* Ligularia
* Lilium
* Linnaea
* Liriope
* Lobelia
* Lunaria
* Luzula
* Lysimachia
* Matteuccia
* Mazus
* Meconopsis
* Meehania
* Melissa
* Mertensia
* Milium
* Mukdenia
* Myosotidium
* Myosotis
* Myrrhis
* Oenanthe
* Omphalodes
* Onoclea
* Ophiopogon
* Osmunda
* Oxalis
* Pachysandra
* Paeonia
* Penstemon
* Persicaria
* Petasites
* Peucedanum
* Phlox
* Physostegia
* Pinellia
* Podophyllum
* Polemonium
* Polygonatum
* Polystichum
* Primula
* Pulmonaria
* Pulsatilla
* Ranunculus
* Rheum
* Rodgersia
* Roscoea
* Rumohra
* Salvia
* Sambucus
* Sanguinaria
* Sanicula
* Saxifraga
* Sedum
* Selaginella
* Semiaquilegia
* Senecio
* Smilacina
* Smyrnium
* Solidago
* Spigelia
* Tellima
* Uvularia
* Vaccinium
* Vancouveria
* Waldsteinia
* Woodwardia
* Symphytum
* Thalictrum
* Thelypteris
* Tiarella
* Tricyrtis
* Trillium
* Vinca
* Viola
* Zantedeschia