Plants That Tolerate Heavy Soil

Trees
Acer campestre (Hedge Maple)
Acer rubrum (Red Maple)
Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple)
Betula nigra (River Birch)
Crataegus (Hawthorn)
Elaeagnus angustifolia (Olive)
Eucommia ulmoides
Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Ash)
Gleditsia triacanthos inermis (Honeylocust)
Koelreuteria paniculata
Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweet Gum)
Malus (Apple, Crabapple)
Picea (Spruce)
Platinus x acerifolia 'Bloodgood' (London Plane)
Phellodendron amurense (Amur Corktree)
Pyrus (Pear)
Salix (Willow)
Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress)
Ulmus (Elm)

Ground Covers
Aegopodium podagraria 'Varigata' (Bishops Weed)
Ajuga
Euonymus fortunei 'Colorata'
Grasses, ornamental
Hemerocallis (Daylily)
Hosta
Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon'
Juniperus, low types
Lonicera japonica 'Halliana' (Honeysuckle)
Lonicera xylosteum 'Emerald Mound'
Pachysandra terminalis
Parthenocissus (Boston Ivy, Virginia Creeper)
Shrubs
Aralia spinosa (Walkingstick)
Aronia (Chokeberry)
Berberis (Barberry)
Chaenomeles (Quince)
Cornus, shrub types
Deutzia
Elaeagnus (Olive)
Euonymus
Forsythia
Hamamelis (Witchhazel)
Juniperus (Juniper)
Kolkwitzia amabilis
Ligustrum (Privet)
Lonicera, shrubby types
Myrica pensylvatica (Bayberry)
Pyracantha
Rhodotypos scandens
Rhus (Sumac)
Ribes alpinum (Currant)
Rosa rugosa
Salix (Willow)
Spiraea
Stephanandra incisa 'Crispa'
Symphoricarpos x c. 'Hancock' (Coralberry)
Taxus (Yew)
Thuja occidentalis (Arborvitae)
Viburnum dentatum (Arrow Wood Viburnum)
Viburnum lentago
Viburnum opulus (Cranberrybush)
Viburnum prunifolium (Black Haw Viburnum)