| Common Name | Botanical Name | Description | Orientation | Watering | Feeding | Pollutants |
| Bamboo Palm | Chamaedorea seifrizii | Clusters of upright stems with narrow leaflets | East window | Evenly moist | biweekly in spring, summer | Benzene, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde |
| Chinese Evergreen | Aglaonema species | Dark-green, oval leaves, edged or spotted with pale green or silver in some varieties | North or East window | Evenly moist, tolerates some drought | Every 2 weeks when growing actively | Benzene, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde |
| Corn plant | Dracaena fragrans massangeana | Arching, sword-shaped leaves with yellow stripes down the center atop a canelike stem | East or West window | Moist but not wet, let dry a bit between waterings | Monthly when growing actively | Formaldehyde |
| Dragon Tree | Dracaena marginata | Narrow, pointed leaves edged in red; slender, canelike stem | East or West window | Evenly moist but not wet | Monthly when growing actively | Benzene, trichloroethylene |
| Florist's Chrysanthemum | Dendranthema xgrandiflora | Single- or many-pedaled daisy flowers in yellow, orange, red, pink, white, purple; lobed green leaves | South window. Discard when done blooming | Evenly moist do not let dry out | Biweekly while in bloom | Benzene, formaldehyde, trichloroethylene |
| English Ivy | Hedera helix | Dense vine with dark-green, lobed leaves, edged or splashed with cream or yellow in some varieties | East, West or North window | Evenly moist | Every 2 to 4 weeks when growing actively | Benzene |
| Peace Lily | Spathiphyllum cultivars | Clump of oblong, dark-green leaves on slender, upright stems; creamy white spathe-and-spadix flowers, usually in spring and summer | North or East window | Evenly moist, tolerates neglect | Monthly when growing actively | Benzene, trichloroethylene |
| Golden Pothos | Epopermnum aureum | Vine with oval to heat-shaped green leaves splashed with yellow | North or East window | Evenly moist | Every 2 to 4 weeks when growing actively | Formaldehyde |
| Philodendron | Philodendron scandens | vine with deep green, heart shaped leaves | North, East or West window | Let dry between waterings | Monthly when growing actively | Formaldehyde |
| Snake Plant or Mother-In-Law's Tongue | Sansevieria trifasciata | Clump of stiff, upright, sword-shaped leaves striped, mottled or edged with varying shades of green and cream. | North or East window | Let dry between waterings, tolerates neglect | Monthly when growing actively | Formaldehyde |