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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 |
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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 |
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Acorus americanus |
Sweet flag |
Alisma plantago-aquatica |
Water plantain |
Calla palustris |
Water arum |
Carex lacustris |
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Carex utriculata |
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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 |
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Asclepias incarnata |
Swamp milkweed |
Aster puniceus |
Swamp aster |
Bidens cernua |
Nodding bur-marigold |
Calamagrostis canadensis |
Canada bluejoint grass |
Carex bebbii |
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Carex comosa |
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Carex crinita |
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Carex hystericina |
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Carex pseudo-cyperus |
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Carex stipata |
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Carex stricta |
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Carex vulpinoidea |
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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 |
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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 |
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Acer saccharinum |
Silver |
Fraxinus nigra |
Black ash |
Quercus bicolor |
Swamp white oak |
Salix nigra |
Black willow |
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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 |
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Echinocystis lobata |
Wild cucumber |
Vitis riparia |
Riverbank grape |
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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 |
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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 |
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Clematis virginiana |
Virgin’s bower |
Menispermum canadense |
Canada moonseed |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia |
Virginia creeper |
Smilax hispida |
Bristly greenbrier |
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Crataegus crus-galli |
Cockspur thorn |
Lonicera hirsuta |
Hairy honeysuckle |
Prunus virginiana |
Choke cherry |
Viburnum lentago |
Nannyberry |
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Acer rubrum |
Red maple |
Betula alleghaniensis |
Yellow birch |
Carya cordiformis |
Bitternut hickory |
Populus deltoides |
Eastern cottonwood |
Quercus macrocarpus |
Bur oak |
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Upland |
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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 |
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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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