Garden Obstacles: Seaside
Updated: Jun 19
Living on Long Island, some of you may be dealing with seaside conditions; sandy, dry, salty, windy and sometimes flooded. Our native plants are well adapted to these sites and flourish under these harsh conditions. Remember, there is no such thing as completely deer resistant anymore and the same goes for the bunnies too.
Shrubs
Arctostaphylos uva–ursi ‘Massachusetts’ – Bearberry
Baccharis halimifolia - Groundsel (first picture)
Iva frustescens - Marsh Elder
Myrica pensylvanica – Bayberry
Prunus maritima – Beach Plum 🦌
Rhus copallinum - Winged Sumac (last picture)
Rhus typhina - Staghorn Sumac
Rosa carolina - Pasture Rose
Rosa virginiana - Virginia Rose (middle picture)
Perennials
Asclepias syriaca – Common Milkweed 🦌
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly weed 🦌 (first picture)
Opuntia humifusa - Prickly Pear 🦌🐇 (middle picture)
Solidago rugosa – Wrinkled–leaved Goldenrod 🦌
Solidago sempervirens - Seaside Goldenrod 🦌 (last picture)
Symphyotrichum ericoides - Heath Aster 🦌
Symphyotrichum (Aster) oblongifolius – Aromatic aster 🦌
Grasses/Sedges
Ammophila brevilgulata - American Beach Grass 🦌🐇
Carex pensylvanica – Pennsylvania Sedge 🦌🐇
Deschampsia flexuosa - Hair Grass 🦌🐇
Juncus greenei - Greene's Rush
Panicum amarum - Bitter Panic Grass 🦌🐇
Panicum virgatum – Switch Grass 🦌🐇
Schizachyrium scoparium – Little bluestem 🦌🐇
Trees:
Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Red Cedar 🦌🐇 (
Pinus rigida - Pitch Pine 🦌🐇
Vines:
Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia Creeper

pics: KMS Native Plants LLC, Juniperus rigida: Douglas Goldman, USDACC BY-NC 4.0, Parthenocissus quinquefolia: jacki-dee,CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
