ExploreTraitsBotany

Shade Tolerant

606 objects

Discover plants that love to live in the shadows, growing beautifully and happily even in spots where the sun doesn't shine all day long.

Shade tolerant plants are adapted to grow and thrive in areas with low light levels, requiring less direct sunlight.

PlantTreeFungi

Objects with this trait

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Acacia
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Acacia
Aconite
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Aconite
Aglaonema
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Aglaonema
Ajuga
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Ajuga
Alder
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Alder
Aleppo pine
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Aleppo pine
Alpine Enchanter's-nightshade
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Alpine Enchanter's-nightshade
Alternate-leaved Golden Saxifrage
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Alternate-leaved Golden Saxifrage
American Earwort
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American Earwort
American Hornbeam
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American Hornbeam
American Linden
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American Linden
American cancer-root
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American cancer-root
American jumpseed
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American jumpseed
American parsley fern
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American parsley fern
American persimmon
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American persimmon
American trailplant
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American trailplant
American turkey oak
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American turkey oak
American wintergreen
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American wintergreen
Anacua
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Anacua
Anderson's holly fern
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Anderson's holly fern
Annual Meadow-grass
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Annual Meadow-grass
Appalachian barren-strawberry
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Appalachian barren-strawberry
Arroyo Willow
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Arroyo Willow
Asarabacca
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Asarabacca
Asian jumpseed
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Asian jumpseed
Aster
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Aster
Astilbe
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Astilbe
Baldhip Rose
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Baldhip Rose
Bastard Balm
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Bastard Balm
Beefsteak Fungus
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Beefsteak Fungus
Begonia
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Begonia
Bigleaf Linden
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Bigleaf Linden
Bird's Nest Fern
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Bird's Nest Fern
Bird-in-a-bush
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Bird-in-a-bush
Black Alder
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Black Alder
Black Bamboo
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Black Bamboo
Black Locust
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Black Locust
Black Poplar
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Black Poplar
Black Willow
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Black Willow
Black Witches' Butter
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Black Witches' Butter
Blackbead
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Blackbead
Bleeding Heart
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Bleeding Heart
Blue Fescue
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Blue Fescue
Blue Jacob's Ladder
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Blue Jacob's Ladder
Bluegrass
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Bluegrass
Bracken Fern
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Bracken Fern
Brewer's Mitrewort
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Brewer's Mitrewort
Bride's Bonnet
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Bride's Bonnet
Broad-leaved helleborine
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Broad-leaved helleborine
Brookfoams
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Brookfoams
Bryaceae
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Bryaceae
Buckley's oak
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Buckley's oak
Bud-headed Groove-moss
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Bud-headed Groove-moss
Bulbous Bluegrass
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Bulbous Bluegrass
Buxus colchica
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Buxus colchica
Caladium
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Caladium
California Dutchman's Pipe
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California Dutchman's Pipe
California Spikenard
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California Spikenard
Camellia
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Camellia
Canada mayflower
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Canada mayflower
Canada yew
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Canada yew
Canadian bunchberry
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Canadian bunchberry
Canadian lousewort
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Canadian lousewort
Canadian wild ginger
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Canadian wild ginger
Canterbury Bells
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Canterbury Bells
Cardinal Flower
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Cardinal Flower
Carex colchica
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Carex colchica
Carolina Springbeauty
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Carolina Springbeauty
Castor Bean
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Castor Bean
Cat's Tail Moss
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Cat's Tail Moss
Catalpas
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Catalpas
Catherine's moss
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Catherine's moss
Cattail
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Cattail
Cedar
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Cedar
Cedar Elm
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Cedar Elm
Celandine Poppy
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Celandine Poppy
Charcoal Fungus
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Charcoal Fungus
Cherry Tree
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Cherry Tree
Chinaberry
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Chinaberry
Chinese Fan Palm
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Chinese Fan Palm
Chinese pistache
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Chinese pistache
Christmas Cactus
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Christmas Cactus
Christmas fern
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Christmas fern
Ciliate Hoarmoss
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Ciliate Hoarmoss
Climbing Corydalis
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Climbing Corydalis
Climbing Rose
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Climbing Rose
Clivia
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Clivia
Coast Fawn Lily
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Coast Fawn Lily
Coiled-leaf claw-moss
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Coiled-leaf claw-moss
Common Cow-wheat
bell_shaped_flower trait badgeflowering trait badgeforest trait badgegrassland trait badge
Common Cow-wheat
Common Ink Cap
cluster_flower trait badgeshade_tolerant trait badgespore_producing trait badgeurban trait badge
Common Ink Cap
Common Puffball
forest trait badgeshade_tolerant trait badgespore_producing trait badge
Common Puffball
Common Snowberry
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Common Snowberry
Common Toothwort
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Common Toothwort
Common Twayblade
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Common Twayblade
Coral Bells
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Coral Bells
Cordgrass
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Cordgrass
Cornflower
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Cornflower
Crack Willow
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Crack Willow
Crescent-cup liverwort
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Crescent-cup liverwort
Cuckoo-pint
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Cuckoo-pint
Cucumber Root
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Cucumber Root
Cypress-leaved Plait-moss
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Cypress-leaved Plait-moss
Date Palm
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Date Palm
Deadly Nightshade
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Deadly Nightshade
Dendrobium Orchid
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Dendrobium Orchid
Devil's Club
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Devil's Club
Dieffenbachia
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Dieffenbachia
Dog Violet
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Dog Violet
Dog's Mercury
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Dog's Mercury
Dusky Crane's-bill
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Dusky Crane's-bill
Dutchman's breeches
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Dutchman's breeches
Dwarf Dangleberry
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Dwarf Dangleberry
Early Dog-violet
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Early Dog-violet
Eastern Teaberry
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Eastern Teaberry
Echeveria
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Echeveria
Elephant's Ear
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Elephant's Ear
Elm
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Elm
Elongate Rock Moss
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Elongate Rock Moss
English Ivy
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English Ivy