Quick answer: 78 native plants for shade are native to Maine, 63 with a live listing as of 16 Sep 2026.
78 species
- American basswood Tilia americana · 32 states
- American beech Fagus grandifolia · 24 states
- American bellflower Campanulastrum americanum · 19 states
- American hazelnut Corylus americana · 16 states
- American holly Ilex opaca · 24 states
- American hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana · 29 states
- American mountain ash Sorbus americana · 18 states
- Atlantic white cedar Chamaecyparis thyoides · 12 states
- Birdfoot violet Viola pedata · 14 states
- Black ash Fraxinus nigra · 10 states
- Black cherry Prunus serotina · 32 states
- Black huckleberry Gaylussacia baccata · 8 states
- Black tupelo Nyssa sylvatica · 19 states
- Blue mistflower Conoclinium coelestinum · 26 states
- Bur oak Quercus macrocarpa · 24 states
- Canada anemone Anemone canadensis · 22 states
- Canada yew Taxus canadensis · 4 states
- Canadian serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis · 17 states
- Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis · 37 states
- Chokecherry Prunus virginiana · 35 states
- Christmas fern Polystichum acrostichoides · 11 states
- Cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea · 13 states
- Common blue violet Viola sororia · 21 states
- Common yarrow Achillea millefolium · 31 states
- Creeping phlox Phlox subulata · 11 states
- Cutleaf coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata · 21 states
- Downy serviceberry Amelanchier arborea · 34 states
- Eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis · 22 states
- Eastern red cedar Juniperus virginiana · 36 states
- Eastern red columbine Aquilegia canadensis · 36 states
- Eastern teaberry Gaultheria procumbens · 9 states
- Eastern white pine Pinus strobus · 19 states
- Foxglove beardtongue Penstemon digitalis · 31 states
- Gray birch Betula populifolia · 9 states
- Great blue lobelia Lobelia siphilitica · 32 states
- Hairy beardtongue Penstemon hirsutus · 10 states
- Harebell Campanula rotundifolia · 25 states
- Hobblebush Viburnum lantanoides · 3 states
- Interrupted fern Osmunda claytoniana · 10 states
- Lanceleaf coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata · 28 states
- Lowbush blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium · 14 states
- Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum · 18 states
- Nannyberry Viburnum lentago · 23 states
- New England aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae · 18 states
- New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus · 31 states
- Northern maidenhair fern Adiantum pedatum · 21 states
- Northern red oak Quercus rubra · 24 states
- Northern white cedar Thuja occidentalis · 16 states
- Ostrich fern Matteuccia struthiopteris · 8 states
- Pagoda dogwood Cornus alternifolia · 25 states
- Partridgeberry Mitchella repens · 17 states
- Pearly everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea · 18 states
- Pignut hickory Carya glabra · 21 states
- Red baneberry Actaea rubra · 22 states
- Red maple Acer rubrum · 30 states
- Red spruce Picea rubens · 14 states
- Royal fern Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis · 8 states
- Scarlet beebalm Monarda didyma · 18 states
- Silver maple Acer saccharinum · 18 states
- Southern arrowwood Viburnum dentatum · 13 states
- Starry false Solomon's seal Maianthemum stellatum · 4 states
- Striped maple Acer pensylvanicum · 11 states
- Sugar maple Acer saccharum · 28 states
- Sundial lupine Lupinus perennis · 25 states
- Swamp rose Rosa palustris · 11 states
- Sweet Joe-Pye Eutrochium purpureum · 17 states
- Sweet birch Betula lenta · 18 states
- Tamarack Larix laricina · 10 states
- Twoleaf miterwort Mitella diphylla · 7 states
- Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia · 27 states
- Virginia springbeauty Claytonia virginica · 10 states
- Western bracken fern Pteridium aquilinum · 7 states
- White ash Fraxinus americana · 31 states
- White baneberry Actaea pachypoda · 16 states
- White oak Quercus alba · 33 states
- Wild blue Phlox divaricata · 32 states
- Witch-hazel Hamamelis virginiana · 28 states
- Witherod viburnum Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides · 3 states