A.6. Landscape material.
   (a)   Native to Bald Head Island.
PLANT LIST
COMMON NAME
BOTANICAL NAME
EASILY SOURCED LOCALLY
DUNE
EDGES of DUNE, MARITIME FOREST OR MARSH
MARITIME FOREST
PLANT LIST
COMMON NAME
BOTANICAL NAME
EASILY SOURCED LOCALLY
DUNE
EDGES of DUNE, MARITIME FOREST OR MARSH
MARITIME FOREST
TREES
American holly**
Ilex opaca and its cultivars
X
 
 
X
Cabbage palmetto/ Sabal palm(*)(**)
Sabal palmetto
X
 
X
X
Carolina laurel cherry
Prunus caroliniana
X
 
 
X
Coastal American hornbeam/ironw ood
Carpinus caroliniana var. caroliniana
X
 
 
X
Coastal red cedar/red cedar**
Juniperus silicicola and its cultivars
X
X
X
X
Dogwood/flower ing dogwood
Cornus florida/Benthamidia florida
X
 
 
X
Eastern red cedar
Juniperus virginiana and its cultivars
X
X
 
X
Live oak**
Quercus virginiana
X
 
X
X
Loblolly pine
Pinus taeda
X
 
X
X
Pignut hickory
Carya glabra
X
 
X
X
Red bay
Persea borbonia
 
 
X
X
Red mulberry
Morus rubra
 
 
 
X
Sand laurel oak**
Quercus hemisphaerica/laurifolia
X
 
 
X
Sand live oak (tree-form)
Quercus geminata
X
 
X
 
Southern toothache tree/Hercules' club
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
 
X
X
 
Wax-myrtle (tree-form)
Morella cerifera/Myrica cerifera
X
X
X
 
Wild olive/ devilwood (tree-form)
Cartrema americanum/osmanthus americanus
X
 
X
X
Yaupon/yaupon holly** (tree-form)
Ilex vomitoria and its cultivars
X
X
X
X
SHRUBS
Beautyberry/ American beautyberry
Callicarpa americanum
X
 
X
X
Dune marsh-elder
Iva imbricata
 
X
 
 
Dune prickly-pear cactus
Opuntia drummondii
 
X
X
 
Dwarf Yaupon
Ilex vomitoria "Schillings Dwarf" and "Nana"
X
X
X
X
Farkleberry/ Sparkleberry
Vaccinium arboreum
X
 
X
 
Eastern winged sumac
Rhus copallinum var. copallinum
X
 
X
 
Maritime marsh-elder
Iva frutscens var. frutescens
 
 
X
 
Mound-lily yucca/ Spanish bayonet*
Yucca gloriosa
 
X
X
 
Prickly-pear cactus
Opuntia mesacantha spp. mesacantha
X
X
X
 
Sand live oak (multi-trunk)
Quercus geminate
X
X
X
 
Silverling/mullet bush
Baccharis halimifolia
X
 
X
 
Spanish dagger yucca
Yucca aloifolia
 
X
X
 
Wax-myrtle
Morella cerifera/Myrica cerifera
X
X
X
 
Weeping yaupon
Ilex vomitoria Pendula
X
X
X
X
Wild olive/ devilwood
Cartrema americanum/ Osmanthus americanus
X
 
X
X
VINES
Beach morning-glory*
Ipomoea imperati
 
X
 
 
Carolina jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens
X
 
X
X
Carolina supplejack
Berchemia scandens
 
 
 
X
Coastal morning-glory/ti e vine
Ipomoea cordatotriloba/var. cordatotriloba
X
X
X
 
Coral honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens and its cultivars
X
 
X
X
Peppervine
Nekemias arborea/ ampelopsis arborea
 
 
X
X
Saltmarsh morning-glory
Ipomoea sagittata
 
 
X
X
Swallow-wort/ sand-vine
Pattalias palustre
 
 
X
 
Yellow passionflower
Passiflora lutea
X
 
X
X
ANNUALS, PERENNIALS AND FERNS
 
Annual sand bean
Strophostyles helvola
 
X
X
 
Annual sea-pink
Sabatia stellaris
 
 
X
 
Beach blanket-flower
Gaillardia pulchella var. drummondii
 
X
X
 
Camphorweed
Heterotheca subaxillaris
 
X
X
 
Carolina sea-lavender
Limonium carolinianum
 
 
X
 
Common germander
Teucrium canadense
 
 
X
X
Creeping frogfruit/turkey tangle
Phyla nodiflora var. nodiflora
X
 
X
 
Dune blue curls*
Trichostema nesophilum/ trichostema sp. 1
 
X
X
 
Dwarf palmetto
Sabal minor
X
 
X
X
Eastern horse-mint
Monarda punctata var. punctata
X
 
X
 
Ebony spleenwort fern
Asplenium platyneuron
X
 
 
X
Elephant s foot
Elephantopus sp.
 
 
 
X
Northern seaside spurge/northern sandmat
Euphorbia polygonifolia
 
X
 
 
Partridge-berry
Mitchella repens
X
 
 
X
Robins-plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
 
 
X
X
Salt-marsh aster
Symphytrichum tenuifolium
 
 
X
 
Samphire/ glasswort
Salicornia virginica
 
 
X
 
Seabeach amaranth*
Amaranthus pumilus
 
X
 
 
Silverleaf croton/beach-tea
Croton punctatus
 
X
X
 
Silver seaside oxeye
Borrichia frutescens
 
 
X
 
Southern seaside goldenrod
Solidago mexicana
X
X
X
 
Southern seaside spurge/dixie sandmat*
Euphorbia bombensis
 
X
X
 
St. Andrew s cross
Hypericum hypericoides
 
 
X
 
GRASSES, SEDGES AND RUSHES
Bitter seabeach grass
Panicum amarum and its cultivars
X
X
X
 
Black needle rush
Juncus roemerianus
 
 
X
 
Dune hair grass/ sweet grass
Muhlenbergia sericea
X
X
X
 
Elliott s lovegrass
Eragrostis elliottii
X
 
X
 
Hairgrass/purple muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
X
X
X
 
Maritime bushy bluestem
Andropogon tenuispatheus
X
 
X
 
Narrowleaf whitetop sedge/ starrush
Rhychospora colorata
X
 
X
 
Saltmarsh cordgrass/smoot h cordgrass
Spartina alterniflora
X
 
X
 
Saltmarsh wild-rye
Elymus halophilus/E. virginicus var. halophilus
X
 
X
X
Sea oats**
Uniola paniculata
X
X
 
 
Seaside little bluestem
Schizachyricum littorale
X
X
X
 
Small saltmeadow cordgrass/salt hay
Spartina patens
 
 
X
 
Two-flower melic
Melica mutica
 
 
X
 
Woods-grass/ basket-grass*
Oplismenus setarius
 
 
 
X
 
   (b)   Native to North Carolina (not native to Bald Head Island).
COMMON NAME
BOTANICAL NAME
EASILY SOURCED LOCALLY
DUNE
EDGES of DUNE, MARITIME FOREST OR MARSH
MARITIME FOREST
COMMON NAME
BOTANICAL NAME
EASILY SOURCED LOCALLY
DUNE
EDGES of DUNE, MARITIME FOREST OR MARSH
MARITIME FOREST
American persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
 
 
 
X
Chickasaw plum
Prunus angustifolia
 
 
 
X
Eastern red maple
Acer rubrum var.
X
 
 
X
Eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis and its cultivars
 
 
 
X
Fringe-tree
Chionanthus virginicus
 
 
 
X
Southern magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora and its cultivars
 
 
 
X
Sweet bay magnolia
Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana and its cultivars
 
 
 
X
Water oak
Quercus nigra
 
 
 
X
Wild black cherry
Prunus serotina
 
 
 
X
SHRUBS
Coastal sweet-pepperbus h/ summersweet
Clethra alnifolia
 
 
X
 
Curlyleaf yucca/ Adam s needle
Yucca filamentosa
 
X
X
X
Southern black haw
Viburnum rufidulum
 
 
 
X
Southern wild raisin/possumha w
Viburnum nudum
 
 
X
X
Sweet-shrub/ Carolina allspice
Claycanthus floridus
 
 
 
X
Sweetspire/ Virginia willow
Itea virginica
 
 
X
X
VINES
Cross-vine
Bignonia capreolata and its cultivars
X
 
X
 
Maypops/purple passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
X
 
X
 
ANNUALS, PERENNIALS AND FERNS
Coral bean/ cardinal spear
Erythrina herbacea
 
 
X
X
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
 
 
X
 
Eastern butterflyweed
Asclepias tuberosa var. tuberosa
 
 
X
 
Seashore-mallow
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos
 
 
X
 
GRASSES, SEDGES AND RUSHES
American beachgrass**
Calamagrostis breviligulata/ammophilia breviligulata
X
X
 
 
Bottlebrush grass
Elymus hystrix
 
 
X
X
Broomsedge
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus
X
 
X
 
Eastern wild-rye
Elymus virginicus
 
 
X
 
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium and its cultivars
 
 
X
 
Purple lovegrass
Eragrostis spectabilis
X
 
X
 
Soft rush
Juncus effusus
 
 
X
 
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum var. virgatum and its cultivars
X
 
X
 
 
   (c)   Non-native plants (not native to Bald Head Island or North Carolina).
 
COMMON NAME
BOTANICAL NAME
EASILY SOURCED LOCALLY
DUNE
EDGES of DUNE, MARITIME FOREST OR MARSH
MARITIME FOREST
COMMON NAME
BOTANICAL NAME
EASILY SOURCED LOCALLY
DUNE
EDGES of DUNE, MARITIME FOREST OR MARSH
MARITIME FOREST
TREES
California fan palm
Washingtonia filifera
 
 
X
 
Canary date palm
Phoenix canariensis
 
 
X
 
Edible fig
Ficus carica
 
 
X
 
Needle palm
Rhapidophyllum hystrix
 
 
X
 
Windmill palm
Trachycarpus fortunei
 
 
X
 
SHRUBS
Chinese fringe flower
Loropetlam chinense
 
 
X
 
Chinese juniper
Juniperus chinensis and its cultivars
 
X
X
 
Indian hawthorn
Rhaphiolepis spp. and its cultivars
 
X
X
 
Loquat
Eriobotrya japonica
 
 
X
 
Oleander (Mediterranean native)
Nerium oleander
 
 
X
 
Pittosporum
Pittosporum tobira and its cultivars
 
 
X
X
Rosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis
 
 
X
 
Sago palm
Cycas revoluta
 
 
X
X
VINES
Confederate jasmine
Trachelospermum jasminoides
 
 
X
 
GRASSES, ANNUALS, PERENNIALS, AND FERNS
Blue wild indigo
Baptista australis
 
 
X
 
Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
 
 
X
 
Florida gama grass/dwarf fakahatchee (while native to Florida, it is used in golf course communities along the eastern seaboard)
Tripsacum floridanum
 
 
X
 
East Florida beach sunflower (Florida native)
Helianthus debilis
 
 
X
 
Gaura
Gaura lindheimeri
 
 
X
 
Japanese holly fern
Crytomium falcatum
 
 
 
X
Lantana (Central and South America native)
Lantana camara
 
 
X
 
Mexican bush sage
Salvia leucantha
 
 
X
 
Plains coreopsis/ calliopsis (Midwest native)
Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria
 
 
X
 
Prairie dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepsis
 
 
X
 
Russian sage
Perovskia atriplicifolia
 
 
X
 
Silverleaf sunflower (Texas native)
Helianthus argophyllus
 
 
X
 
Weeping love grass (South Africa native)
Eragrostis curvula
 
 
X
 
 
   (d)   Invasive, not native (DON’T PLANT ME!”).
 
COMMON NAME
BOTANICAL NAME
EASILY SOURCED LOCALLY
DUNE
EDGES of DUNE, MARITIME FOREST OR MARSH
MARITIME FOREST
COMMON NAME
BOTANICAL NAME
EASILY SOURCED LOCALLY
DUNE
EDGES of DUNE, MARITIME FOREST OR MARSH
MARITIME FOREST
Callery pear/ Bradford pear, and the like
Pyrus calleryana and its cultivars
 
 
 
 
Chinaberry tree
Melia azedarach
 
 
 
 
Chinese tallow tree/ popcorn tree
Triadica sebifera
 
 
 
 
Mimosa/silk tree
Albizia julibrissin
 
 
 
 
Princess tree
Paulownia tomentosa
 
 
 
 
Tree of heaven
Ailanthus altissima
 
 
 
 
White mulberry
Morus alba
 
 
 
 
White poplar
Populus alba
 
 
 
 
SHRUBS
Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii
 
 
 
 
Autumn olive
Elaegnus umbellata
 
 
 
 
Burning bush
Euonymus alata
 
 
 
 
Butterfly bush
Buddleia davidii and its cultivars
 
 
 
 
Chinese privet
Ligustrum sinense and its cultivars
 
 
 
 
Fragrant honeysuckle
Lonicera fragrantissima
 
 
 
 
Hardy orange/ wild orange
Poncirus trifoliata
 
 
 
 
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii and its cultivars
 
 
 
 
Japanese privet
Ligustrum japonicum and its cultivars
 
 
 
 
Japanese spiraea
Spiraea japonica and its cultivars
 
 
 
 
Leatherleaf mahonia
Mahonia bealei and its cultivars
 
 
 
 
Morrow honeysuckle
Lonicera morrowii
 
 
 
 
Multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
 
 
 
 
Nandina (Asia native)
Nandina domestica and its cultivars
 
 
 
 
Russian olive
Elaeagnus angustifolia
 
 
 
 
Salt-cedar
Tamarix spp.
 
 
 
 
Thorny-olive
Elaeagnus pungens
 
 
 
 
VINES
Beach vitex
Vitex rotundifolia
 
 
 
 
Chinese wisteria
Wisteria sinensis and its cultivars
 
 
 
 
Chocolate vine
Akebia quinate
 
 
 
 
English ivy
Hedera helix and its cultivars
 
 
 
 
Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica and its cultivars
 
 
 
 
Japanese wisteria
Wisteria floribunda and its cultivars
 
 
 
 
Kudzu
Pueraria montana
 
 
 
 
Mile-a-minute vine
Persicaria perfoliata
 
 
 
 
Oriental bittersweet
Celastrus orbiculatus
 
 
 
 
Porcelain-berry
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata and its cultivars
 
 
 
 
Sweet autumn clematis (Asia native)
Clematis terniflora
 
 
 
 
Wintercreeper
Euonymus fortunei and its cultivars
 
 
 
 
ANNUALS, PERENNIALS, AND FERNS
Bicolor lespedeza
Lespedeza bicolor
 
 
 
 
Common chickweed
Stellia media
 
 
 
 
Gill-over-the- ground/ground ivy
Glechoma hederacea
 
 
 
 
Henbit
Lamium purpureum
 
 
 
 
Hydrilla
Hydrilla verticillata
 
 
 
 
Ivyleaf speedwell
Veronica hederifolia
 
 
 
 
Japanese knotweed
Polygonum cuspidatum
 
 
 
 
Parrotfeather
Myriophyllum aquaticum
 
 
 
 
Purple loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
 
 
 
 
Sericea lespedeza/ Chinese bushclover
Lespedeza cuneata
 
 
 
 
Water-hyacinth
Eichhornia crassipes
 
 
 
 
Yellow flag iris
Iris pseudoacrous
 
 
 
 
GRASSES, SEDGES AND RUSHES
Bamboo running/exotic
Phyllostachys spp.
 
 
 
 
Chinese silver grass/maiden grass
Miscanthus sinensis and its cultivars
 
 
 
 
Common reed
Phragmites australis spp. australis
 
 
 
 
Japanese stilt-grass
Microstegium vimineum
 
 
 
 
Johnson grass
Sorghum halepense
 
 
 
 
Pampas grass (South America native)
Cortaderia selloana or cortaderia jubata
 
 
 
 
Torpedograss
Panicum repens
 
 
 
 
Wayleaf basketgrass
Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. undulatifolius
 
 
 
 
GROUND COVER
 
 
 
 
 
Bigleaf periwinkle
Vinca major and its cultivars
 
 
 
 
Common periwinkle
Vinca minor and its cultivars