All four volumes

The living field index.

609 plants, creatures, and landscape references. Every profile can be read and shared on its own.

Wildlife & landscape pests

American black bear American toad Asiatic garden beetle Azalea caterpillar Azalea lace bug Bagworm Balsam woolly adelgid Bark-patterned moths — awaiting identification Black cutworm Black vine weevil Black-etched prominent — probable Blinded sphinx — probable Boxwood leafminer Boxwood psyllid Bumble bee — probable Candy-striped leafhopper group Chinch bugs Columbine leafminers Common snapping turtle Cottony camellia scale Crape myrtle aphid Crape myrtle bark scale Dark tiger swallowtail — species unresolved Dogwood borer Dogwood sawfly Dogwood sawfly larvae — probable Eastern copperhead Eastern cottontail Eastern tent caterpillar Emerald ash borer Euonymus scale European hornet — probable Fall armyworm Fall webworm Flower crab spider Forest tent caterpillar Garden slugs Grapeleaf skeletonizer Gray geometer moth — awaiting identification Green June beetle Groundhog · woodchuck Hawk in flight — open identification Hemlock woolly adelgid Hibiscus sawfly Hunting billbug Imperial moth Imported willow leaf beetle Iris borer Japanese beetle Jorō spider Larger elm leaf beetle Lesser canna leafroller Locust leafminer Meadow vole Metallic leaf beetle — species unresolved Moles Native holly leafminer Oleander aphid · milkweed aphid Orangestriped oakworm Orb-weaver — open identification Oystershell scale Pale patterned geometer — awaiting identification Pine vole · woodland vole Red velvet mite — probable Red-femured spotted orb-weaver — probable Redheaded pine sawfly Redheaded pine sawfly larvae Ring-necked snake Roseslug sawflies Rosy maple moth Short-horned grasshopper — species unresolved Slender prominent moth — awaiting identification Soaring birds — open identification Sod webworms Southern pine beetle Spiny oakslug Spotted orb-weavers Spruce spider mite Tea scale Twolined spittlebug Twospotted spider mite White grubs White-dotted prominent White-tailed deer White-tailed deer Young Jorō spider — probable Young katydids Young ratsnake — provisional

Trees & woodland lore

American arborvitae American beech American elm American fringe tree American holly American hop-hornbeam American hornbeam American linden American persimmon American sycamore American yellowwood Atlantic white cedar Autumn Blaze Freeman maple Baby Blue Colorado blue spruce Bald cypress Black gum Black walnut Blue Atlas Cedar Upright Blue Atlas cedar Blue Point Chinese juniper Bur oak Carolina hemlock Carolina Sapphire Arizona cypress Carolina silverbell Celestial Kousa dogwood Celestial Shadow Kousa dogwood Cherokee Brave Flowering dogwood Chestnut oak Cucumbertree magnolia Dawn redwood Deodar cedar Downy serviceberry Eastern hemlock Eastern red cedar Eastern redbud Eastern redbud Eastern redbud Eastern white pine Electric Blue Deodar cedar Fat Albert Colorado blue spruce Filicoides Fernspray Hinoki cypress Flame Thrower Eastern redbud Flowering dogwood Flowering dogwood Fraser fir Frontier Elm Garden Gems Amethyst Eastern redbud Ginkgo Gold Coin Scots pine Gold Rider Leyland cypress Golden Falls Eastern redbud Green hawthorn Hakuro-nishiki Dappled willow Happy Daze Sweetgum Hearts of Gold Eastern redbud Hinoki false cypress Hybrid arborvitae Hybrid crabapple Hybrid holly Hybrid magnolia Hybrid serviceberry Japanese cedar Japanese maple Japanese maple Japanese stewartia Japanese tree lilac Japanese zelkova Johin Full moon maple Katsura tree Kentucky coffeetree Kousa (single or multi-trunk) Kousa dogwood Kousa dogwood Kwanzan Japanese flowering cherry Lacebark elm Leyland cypress Limerick Hinoki cypress Little Leaf Linden Littleleaf linden London planetree Mariesii Hinoki cypress Natchez Crape myrtle Northern red oak Norway spruce Oakland holly Oregon Green Austrian pine Paperbark maple Pawpaw Persian parrotia Pitch pine Red buckeye Red maple Red maple River birch Ruby Falls Eastern redbud Sango-kaku Coral bark maple Sassafras Saucer magnolia Scarlet oak Sekkansugi Japanese cedar Serbian spruce Shagbark hickory Shumard oak Smoketree Sourwood Southern magnolia Southern magnolia Southern sugar maple Star magnolia Sugar maple Swamp white oak Sweetbay magnolia Sweetgum Tamukeyama Japanese maple Thornless honeylocust Topal holly Topal holly Trident maple Tulip poplar Tuscarora Crape myrtle Twombly's Red Sentinel Japanese maple Virginia pine Viridis Japanese maple Weeping Alaskan Cedar Glauca Weeping Alaska cedar Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar Blue Atlas cedar Weeping Norway Spruce Norway spruce Weeping willow Weeping Yoshino cherry White fringetree White oak Willow oak Yellow birch Yoshino cherry Yoshino Japanese cedar

Shrubs & garden character

Abelia Abelia American arborvitae American arborvitae American arborvitae American beautyberry American cranberrybush viburnum American elderberry American hazelnut Arrowwood viburnum Azalea Azalea Beautyberry Bigleaf hydrangea Bigleaf hydrangea Bigleaf hydrangea Black chokeberry Bottlebrush buckeye Boxwood Bush cinquefoil Bush honeysuckle Butterfly bush Butterfly bush Butterfly bush Butterfly bush Buttonbush Camellia Carolina allspice Catawba rhododendron Catawba rhododendron Catawba rhododendron Catawba rhododendron Catawba rhododendron Cherry laurel Cherry laurel Cherry laurel Chinese juniper Chinese juniper Chinese privet Coast leucothoe Common boxwood Common boxwood Creeping juniper Creeping juniper Dog hobble Doublefile viburnum Doublefile viburnum Drooping leucothoe Eastern hemlock Eastern hemlock Eastern red cedar Eastern white pine European elderberry Flame azalea Florida flame azalea Flowering quince Forsythia Forsythia Fortune’s tea olive Fothergilla Fragrant sumac Gardenia Heavenly bamboo Heavenly bamboo Heavenly bamboo Heavenly bamboo Highbush blueberry Highbush blueberry Highbush blueberry Highbush blueberry Hinoki cypress Hinoki cypress Hinoki cypress Hinoki cypress Hinoki cypress Hybrid azalea Hybrid azalea Hybrid butterfly bush Hybrid rhododendron Hybrid yew Inkberry holly Inkberry holly Japanese andromeda Japanese barberry Japanese beautyberry Japanese black pine Japanese cedar Japanese cedar Japanese garden juniper Japanese holly Japanese holly Japanese holly Japanese holly Japanese holly Japanese holly Japanese pieris Japanese pieris Japanese plum yew Japanese spirea Japanese spirea Japanese spirea Judd viburnum Juniper Korean boxwood Korean lilac Korean spice viburnum Korean spice viburnum Lowbush blueberry Mapleleaf viburnum Mountain hydrangea Mountain laurel Mountain laurel Mountain laurel Mountain pieris Mugo pine Mugo pine New Jersey tea Ninebark Ninebark Ninebark Ninebark Northern bush honeysuckle Norway spruce Norway spruce Oakleaf hydrangea Oakleaf hydrangea Panicle hydrangea Panicle hydrangea Panicle hydrangea Panicle hydrangea Panicle hydrangea Paperbush Pfitzer juniper Pinkshell azalea Pinxterbloom azalea Plum yew Possumhaw viburnum Prague viburnum Rabbiteye blueberry Red chokeberry Redtwig dogwood Rhododendron Rhododendron Rhododendron Rhododendron Rose Rose Rose Rose Rose Rosebay rhododendron Rusty blackhaw viburnum Sasanqua camellia Shore juniper Shore juniper Shrubby St. John’s wort Slender deutzia Smooth hydrangea Smooth hydrangea Smooth hydrangea Spicebush St. John’s wort Staghorn sumac Strawberry bush Summersweet Summersweet Summersweet Sweetbox Sweetshrub Threadleaf false cypress Threadleaf false cypress Threadleaf false cypress Virginia sweetspire Virginia sweetspire Weigela White spruce Winterberry Winterberry Witch hazel Yaupon holly

Flowers & garden choices

‘Blue Spruce’ sedum ‘Dragon’s Blood’ sedum Ajuga / bugleweed Alliums Amethyst falls american wisteria Angelonia / summer snapdragon Appalachian sedge Aster Astilbe Autumn fern Autumn fire upright stonecrop Bacopa / water hyssop Bearberry Bee balm Bee balm (lavender-pink cultivars)Begonia Begonia grandis Bergenia Big sky sundown sundown coneflower Black scallop bugleweed Black-eyed Susan Blanket flower Blazing star (gayfeather)Bleeding heart Blue fortune anise hyssop Blue hobbit sea holly Blue mammoth hosta Blue marvel meadow sage Blue mist flower Blue-eyed grass Browallia / bush violet Brunnera / Siberian bugloss Butterfly blue pincushion flower Butterfly weed Butterfly weed Caladium Calibrachoa / million bells Candytuft Cardinal flower Carolina jessamine Catmint Catmint ‘Walker’s Low’Christmas fern Cineraria Cinnamon fern Clematis Coleus Columbine Coral bells Coral bells ‘Palace Purple’Coreopsis Coreopsis ‘Moonbeam’Coreopsis ‘Moonbeam’Corydalis / yellow fumitory Cosmos Creeping Jenny / moneywort Creeping Phlox Creeping speedwell Creeping thyme Crocosmia Crocus Cuphea / cigar plant Cyclamen Daffodil Daylily Deadnettle / Lamium Dianthus / pinks Dreameria sweet dreams thrift Dwarf fountain grass Dwarf mondo grass Echinops / globe thistle Elfin swan Japanese anemone Epimedium / barrenwort Euphorbia amygdaloides / wood spurge Euphorbia milii Euphorbia x martinii / Martin’s spurge European wild ginger Everillo sedge Falling feathers variegated sedge False indigo Fern (general garden types)Firewitch cheddar pink Foamflower Forget-me-not Foxglove Fuchsia Gaillardia / blanket flower Gaura ‘Whirling Butterflies’Gaura / wandflower Geranium ‘Rozanne’ / cranesbill Gladiolus Gold rush black-eyed Susan Goldsturm black-eyed Susan Gracillimus maiden maiden grass Grape crush New England aster Great expectations hosta Green-and-gold / golden star Hardy Geranium ‘Biokovo’Hardy ice plant Heavy metal switchgrass Hellebore / Lenten rose Heuchera ‘Dolce’Heuchera micrantha Heuchera villosa Hosta / plantain lily Hummingbird mint / Agastache Hyacinth Impatiens Indian pink Iris Iris / Siberian Iris Ivy / English ivy Japanese anemone / windflower Japanese forest grass Japanese painted fern Jeana garden phlox Jewelweed / touch-me-not Knock Out® roses Kudos mandarin hummingbird mint Lady fern Lady slippers Lamb’s ear Lavender Leucanthemum / Shasta daisy Liatris / blazing star Ligularia / leopard plant Lily (general)Liriope / lilyturf Little joe joe-pye weed Little pye dwarf joe-pye weed Lobelia / cardinal flower Lobularia / sweet alyssum Lungwort Lungwort ‘Silver Bouquet’Lupine Magnus purple coneflower May night meadow sage Mazus Milkweed Millenium ornamental onion Mixed colors astilbe Mixed varieties bee balm Mixed varieties creeping phlox Mixed varieties gaura Mixed-color coneflowers Mondo grass Mouse ears mouse-ear tickseed Nasturtium Nemesia Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’New England aster ‘Purple Dome’Nicotiana / flowering tobacco Oxalis triangularis Pachysandra Pennsylvania sedge Peonies Periwinkle Persian shield Petunia Phlox paniculata ‘David’Pink muhly grass Pink turtlehead Platycodon / balloon flower Polka dot plant Powwow wildberry purple coneflower Primrose Purple coneflower Ranunculus Raspberry splash foamflower listing Rudbeckia / black-eyed Susan Running tapestry foamflower Salvia Sedum Sedum ‘Angelina’Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’Shade perennial geranium Shasta daisy (see Leucanthemum)Siberian bugloss ‘Jack Frost’Siberian bugloss (see Brunnera)Silver Falls Snapdragons Sneezeweed Snow-in-summer Snowcap Shasta daisy Spike speedwell ‘Royal Candles’Standing ovation little bluestem Stella de oro daylily Stella ruby daylily Stinking hellebore Stonecrop ‘Autumn Joy’ / ‘Neon’Stoplight foamy bells Sweet alyssum Sweet potato vine ‘Blackie’Sweet potato vine (green / ornamental)Sweet woodruff Toad lily Torenia / wishbone flower Tradescantia / spiderwort Tricyrtis hirta / Japanese toad lily Tulips Unspecified variety false indigo Verbena Veronica ‘Georgia Blue’Virginia creeper Wild bergamot Wild ginger Woodland Phlox Woods purple aster Yarrow Zinnia