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APPENDIX E

PLANT SPECIES

Planting Zones

Deep Water > 0.5 m
Shallow Water < 0.5 m
Shoreline Fringe – zone of frequent wetting
Flood Fringe – zone of infrequent wetting
Upland

Scientific Name

Common Name


Deep Water

Brasenia schreberi

Water shield

Ceratophyllum demersum

Coontail

Elodea canadensis

Common waterweed

Lemna minor

Lesser duckweed

Lemna trisulca

Star duckweed

Myriophyllum sibiricum

Northern water milfoil

Myriophyllum verticillatum

Bracted water milfoil

Nuphar variegatum

Yellow pond lily

Nymphaea odorata

White water-lily

Potamogeton gramineus

Variable-leaved pondweed

Potamogeton natans

Floating-leaved pondweed

Potamogeton pectinatus

Sago pondweed

Scirpus validus

Softstem bulrush

Spirodela polyrhiza

Great duckweed

Utricularia vulgaris

Common bladderwort

Vallisneria americana

Tape grass, Eel grass

Vallisneria americana

Tape grass, Eel grass


Note:
Choose submergent and floating plants.


Shallow Water

Acorus americanus

Sweet flag

Alisma plantago-aquatica

Water plantain

Calla palustris

Water arum

Carex lacustris

 

Carex utriculata

 

Equisetum fluviatile

Water horsetail

Glyceria borealis

Northern manna grass

Polygonum amphibium

Water smartweed

Pontederia cordata

Pickerel weed

Ranunculus reptans

Creeping buttercup

Sagittaria latifolia

Broad-leaved arrowhead

Sagittaria rigida

Stiff arrowhead

Scirpus acutus

Hardstem bulrush

Scirpus fluviatilis

River bulrush

Scirpus pungens

Common three-square

Scirpus validus

Softstem bulrush

Sparganium americanum

American bur-reed

Sparganium eurycarpum

Common bur-reed

Typha angustifolia

Narrow-leaved cattail

Typha latifolia

Broad-leaved cattail

Zizania aquatica

Wild rice


Note:
Choose robust, broad-leaved and narrow leaved plants.


Shoreline Fringe - Near Permanent Pool

Asclepias incarnata

Swamp milkweed

Aster puniceus

Swamp aster

Bidens cernua

Nodding bur-marigold

Calamagrostis canadensis

Canada bluejoint grass

Carex bebbii

 

Carex comosa

 

Carex crinita

 

Carex hystericina

 

Carex pseudo-cyperus

 

Carex stipata

 

Carex stricta

 

Carex vulpinoidea

 

Cicuta maculata

Water hemlock

Decodon verticillatus

Swamp loosestrife

Dulichium arundinaceum

Three-way sedge

Eleocharis obtusa

Spike rush

Eleocharis smallii

Spike rush

Eupatorium maculatum

Joe pye-weed

Glyceria striata

Fowl manna grass

Iris versicolor

Wild blue flag iris

Juncus articulatus

Jointed rush

Juncus balticus

Baltic rush

Juncus canadensis

Canada rush

Juncus effusus

Soft rush

Juncus pelocarpus

Brown-fruited rush

Juncus torreyi

Torrey’s rush

Leersia oryzoides

Rice cut-grass

Lobelia cardinalis

Cardinal flower

Lycopus americanus

Water horehound

Lysimachia terrestris

Swamp candles

Mimulus ringens

Monkey flower

Osmunda regalis

Royal fern

Phalaris arundinacea

Reed canary grass

Potentilla palustris

Marsh cinquefoil

Rumex orbiculatus

Great water dock

Scirpus atrovirens

Green bulrush

Scirpus cyperinus

Wool grass bulrush

Scirpus pendulus

Pendulus bulrush

Scutellaria galericulata

Marsh skullcap

Sium sauve

Water parsnip

Thelypteris palustris

Marsh fern

Triadenum fraseri

Marsh St. John’s Wort


Shrubs

 

Alnus incana

Speckled alder

Cephanlanthus occidentalis

Buttonbush

Cornus stolonifera

Red osier dogwood

Ilex verticillata

Winterberry

Lonicera oblongifolia

Swamp fly honeysuckle

Myrica gale

Sweet gale

Nemopanthus mucronatus

Mountain holly

Rhamnus alnifolia

Alder-leaved buckthorn

Ribes triste

Swamp red currant

Rosa palustris

Swamp rose

Rubus pubescens

Dwarf raspberry

Salix bebbiana

Beaked Willow

Salix exigua

Sandbar willow

Salix lucida

Shining willow

Salix petiolaris

Slender willow

Salix pyrifolia

Balsam willow

Spirea alba

Meadowsweet


Trees

 

Acer saccharinum

Silver

Fraxinus nigra

Black ash

Quercus bicolor

Swamp white oak

Salix nigra

Black willow


Shoreline Fringe - Near Flood Fringe

Aster novae-angliae

New England aster

Aster umbellatus

Flat topped aster

Bidens frondosa

Common beggar-ticks

Cyperus esculentus

Yellow nutsedge

Equisetum arvense

Field horsetail

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Boneset

Impatiens capensis

Spotted touch-me-not

Impatiens pallida

Pale touch-me-not

Juncus tenuis

Path rush

Lilium michiganense

Michigan lily

Lysimachia ciliata

Fringed loosestrife

Osmunda cinnamomea

Cinnamon fern

Urtica dioica

Stinging Nettle


Vines

 

Echinocystis lobata

Wild cucumber

Vitis riparia

Riverbank grape


Shrubs

 

Aronia melanocarpa

Black chokeberry

Cornus foemina

Grey dogwood

Lindera benzion

Spicebush

Physocarpus opulifolius

Ninebark

Potentilla fruticosa

Shrubby cinquefoil

Ribes americanum

Wild black currant

Rubus idaeus

Wild red raspberry

Salix amygdaloides

Peach-leaved willow

Salix discolor

Pussy willow

Salix eriocephala

Woolly headed willow

Sambucus canadensis

Elderberry

Vaccinium myrtilloides

Velvet-leaf blueberry

Viburnum cassinoides

Northern wild raisin

Viburnum trilobum

Highbush cranberry


Trees

 

Abies balsamea

Balsam fir

Carya laciniosa

Shellbark hickory

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Red ash

Larix laricina

Tamarack

Picea mariana

Black spruce

Platanaus occidentalis

Sycamore

Populus balsamifera

Balsam poplar

Quercus palustris

Pin oak

Thuja occidentalis

Eastern white cedar

Ulmus americanum

American elm


Flood Fringe


Vines

Clematis virginiana

Virgin’s bower

Menispermum canadense

Canada moonseed

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Virginia creeper

Smilax hispida

Bristly greenbrier


Shrubs

Crataegus crus-galli

Cockspur thorn

Lonicera hirsuta

Hairy honeysuckle

Prunus virginiana

Choke cherry

Viburnum lentago

Nannyberry


Trees

Acer rubrum

Red maple

Betula alleghaniensis

Yellow birch

Carya cordiformis

Bitternut hickory

Populus deltoides

Eastern cottonwood

Quercus macrocarpus

Bur oak


Many of the species listed under Shoreline Fringe - Near Flood Fringe may be appropriate near the inside edge of the flood fringe. Flooding near the outside edge of the zone may be extremely rare such that the conditions for upland species will exist. The listed species are tolerant of intermediate moisture conditions.


Upland


Trees

Acer saccharum

Sugar maple

Betula papyrifera

Paper birch

Crataegus spp.

Hawthorn

Fraxinus americana

White ash

Juniperus virginiana

Eastern red cedar

Pinus banksiana

Jack pine

Pinus strobus

Eastern white pine

Populus tremuloides

Trembling aspen

Quercus alba

White oak

Quercus rubra

Red oak

Tsuga canadensis

Eastern hemlock


Shrubs

Acer pensylvanicum

Striped maple

Amelanchier alnifolia

Service-berry

Amelanchier arborea

Juneberry

Amelanchier sanguinea

Round-leaved serviceberry

Amelanchier spicata

Shadbush serviceberry

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Bearberry

Ceanothus americanus

New Jersey tea

Cornus rugosa

Round-leaved dogwood

Corylus americana

American hazelnut

Corylus cornuta

Beaked hazelnut

Diervilla lonicera

Bush honeysuckle

Hamamelis virginiana

Witch hazel

Lonicera dioica

Wild honeysuckle

Prunus pensylvanica

Pin cherry

Ribes cynosbati

Prickly gooseberry

Rhus aromatica

Fragrant sumac

Rhus typhina

Staghorn sumac

Rosa blanda

Smooth wild rose

Rubus allegheniensis

Common blackberry

Salix humilis

Upland willow

Sambucus racemosa

Red-berried elder

Shepherdia canadensis

Buffalo-berry

Symphoricarpos albus

Snowberry

Viburnum acerifolium

Maple-leaved viburnum

Viburnum rafinesquianum

Downy arrow-wood

Zanthoxylum americanum

Prickly ash



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