A comprehensive alphabetical reference to Ohio’s native, naturalized, and ecologically important shrubs.

A

American Hazelnut | Arrowwood Viburnum | Autumn Olive (invasive)

B

Black Raspberry | Blackhaw Viburnum | Black Chokeberry | Buttonbush | Burning Bush (invasive)

C

Common Elderberry | Coralberry | Chokecherry | Common Juniper (rare) | Clove Currant

D

Downy Serviceberry (shrub form) | Dogwoods (Gray, Silky, Red‑osier)

E

Eastern Wahoo | Elderberry (American) | European Buckthorn (invasive)

F

Fragrant Sumac | False Indigo Bush | Flowering Raspberry

G

Gooseberries (Ribes spp.) | Gray Dogwood | Glossy Buckthorn (invasive)

H

Hawthorns (shrubby species) | Highbush Blueberry | Honeysuckles (native & invasive) | Hobblebush (rare in Ohio)

I

Inkberry Holly (rare native) | Illinois Rose (prairie rose)

J

Japanese Barberry (invasive) | Jersey Tea (New Jersey Tea)

L

Lowbush Blueberry | Leatherwood | Lilac (naturalized) | Leadplant (prairie shrub)

M

Maple‑leaf Viburnum | Meadowsweet | Multiflora Rose (invasive) | Mountain Laurel (Appalachian Plateau)

N

Ninebark | Nannyberry Viburnum | New Jersey Tea

O

Ohio Buckthorn (native) | Osier Dogwood (Red‑osier Dogwood)

P

Prickly Ash | Prairie Rose | Pasture Rose | Poison Sumac (wetlands)

R

Raspberry species | Rhododendron (Great Laurel, rare) | Rough‑leaf Dogwood

S

Spicebush | Staghorn Sumac | Smooth Sumac | Swamp Rose | Shrubby Cinquefoil | Sweetfern (rare)

T

Thornapple (shrubby hawthorns) | Thimbleberry (rare) | Tatarian Honeysuckle (invasive)

V

Virginia Sweetspire (rare native) | Viburnums (multiple species)

W

Winterberry Holly | Witch‑hazel (American) | Winged Sumac | Wild Hydrangea

Y

Yew (Canada Yew, rare in Ohio)