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Appendix B





NATIVE PLANT OPTIONS






SPECIES COMMON NAME PLUG/SEED SHOWY/EDGE
WOODY SHRUBS


Water's Edge



Salix amygdaloides

peach-leaved willow




Salix interior

sandbar willow




Salix nigra

black willow



Slopes



Cornus racemosa

gray dogwood




Cornus stolonifera

red osier dogwood








GRASSES AND FORBS


Water's Edge - mature size less than 2 feet


Caltha palustris

marsh marigold

P



Eleocharis acicularis

needle spike rush

P



Eleocharis erythropoda

red-rooted spike rush

P



Eleocharis obtusa

blunt spike rush

P



Eleocharis smallii

creeping spike rush

P



Juncus nodosus

joint rush

P



Leersia oryzoides

rice cut grass

P



Nuphar advena

spadder dock

P


Water's Edge - mature size from 2 to 4 feet


Alisma subcordatum

common water plantain

P



Carex aquatilis var.altior

long-bracted tussock sedge

P



Carex lacustris

common lake sedge

P



Carex pellita

broad-leaved wooly sedge

P



Carex stricta

common tussock sedge

P



Iris virginica var. shrevel

blue flag

P



Juncus effusus

common rush

P



Juncus torreyi

Torrey's rush

P



Pontederia cordata

pickerel weed

P



Sagittaria latifolia

common arrowhead

P


Water's Edge - mature size over 4 feet


Acorus calamus

sweet flag

P



Scirpus acutus

hard-stemmed bulrush

P



Scirpus arrovirens

dark green rush

P



Scirpus cyperinus

wool grass

P



Scirpus fluviatilis

river bulrush

P



Scirpus pendulus

red bulrush

P



Scirpus validus var. creber

great bulrush

P



Sparganium eurycarpum

common bur reed

P



Spartina pectinata

prairie cordgrass

P



Zizania aquatica

wild rice

P


Swale/Wetland Fringe - mature size less than 2 feet

Bidens cernua

nodding bur marigold

P

S


Bidens comosa

swamp tickseed

P

S


Carex cristatella

crested oval sedge

P



Carex hystericina

porcupine sedge

P



Carex lurida

bottlebrush sedge

P



Carex tribuloides

awl-fruited oval sedge

P



Carex vulpinoidea

brown fox sedge

P

S/E


Lobelia spicata

pale spiked lobelia

P

S/E


Lycopus americanus

common water horehound

P



Lysimachia quadriflora

narrow-leafed loosestrife

P



Lythrum alatum

winged loosestrife

P



Mentha arvensis var. villosa

wild mint

P

S


Scutellaria lateriflora

mad-dog skullcap

P

S

Swale/Wetland Fringe - marture size from 2 to 4 feet

Asclepias incarnata

swamp milkweed

P

S


Aster puniceus var. firmus

shining aster

P

S


Aster simplex

panicled aster

P

S


Calamagrostis canadensis

blue joint grass

P

S/E


Chelone glabra

turtlehead

P

S


Gentiana andrewsil

bottle gentian

P



Helenium autumnale

sneezeweed

P

S


Juncus dudleyi

Dudley's rush

P



Lobelia cardinalis

cardinal flower

P

S


Lobelia siphilitica

great blue lobelia

P

S


Mimulus ringens

monkey flower

P



Phlox glaberrima var. interior

marsh phlox

P



Physostegia virginiana

obedient plant

P

S


Rudbeckia subtomentosa

sweet black-eyed Susan

P



Solidago riddellii

Riddell's goldenrod

P


Swale/Wetland Fringe - mature size greater than 4 feet

Boltonia latisquama var. recognita

false aster

P



Eupatorium perfoliatum

common joe pye weed

P



Eupatorium maculatum

spotted joe pye weed

P



Heliantus grosseserratus

sawtooth sunflower

P



Spartina pectinata

prairie cord grass

P



Verbena hastata

blue vervain

P



Vernonia fasciculata

common ironweed

P


Mesic Prairie - mature size less than 2 feet


Allium canadense

wild onion




Allium cernuum

nodding wild onion




Amorpha canescens

lead plant




Asclepias verticillata

whorled milkweed




Aster azureus

sky-blue aster




Aster ericoides

heath aster




Aster laevis

smooth blue aster




Bouteloua curtipendula

side-oats grama




Dodecatheon meadia

shooting star




Echinacea pallida

pale purple coneflower




Echinacea purpurea

broad-leafed purple coneflower




Euphorbia corollata

flowering spurge




Heuchera richardsonii

prairie alum root




Rosa carolina

pasture rose




Rudbeckia hirta

black-eyed susan




Viola pedatifida

prairie violet



Mesic Praire - mature size from 2 to 4 feet


Andropogon scoparius

little bluestem grass




Aster novae-angliae

new England aster




Astragalus canadensis

Canada milk vetch




Baptisia leucantha

white wild indigo




Baptisia leucophaea

cream wild indigo




Coreopsis palmata

prairie coreopsis




Desmodium canadense

showy tick trefoil




Eryngium yuccifolium

rattlesnake master




Helianthus mollis

downy sunflower




Heliopsis helianthoides

false sunflower




Lespedeza capitata

round-headed bush clover




Liatris htmlera

gayflower




Liatris cylindracea

cylindrical blazing star




Liatris pycnostachya

blazing star




Liatris spicata

marsh blazing star




Monarda fistulosa

wild bergamot




Parthenium integrifolium

wild quinine




Penstemon digitalis

foxglove beard tongue




Physostegia virginiana

obedient plant




Ratibida pinnata

yellow coneflower




Solidago graminifolia

grass-leaved goldenrod




Solidago rigida

stiff goldenrod




Solidago speciosa

showy goldenrod




Veronicastrum virginicum

Culver's root




Zizia aurea

golden Alexanders



Mesic Prairie - mature size greater than 4 feet


Andropogon gerardii

big bluestem grass




Coreopsis tripteris

tall coreopsis




Elymus canadensis

wild canada rye




Lilium michiganense

Michigan lily




Panicum virgatum

switch grass




Silphium integrifolium var. deamii

Deam's rosin weed




Silphium laciniatum

compass plant




Silphium terebinthinaceum

prairie dock




Sorghastrum nutans

indian grass




Thalictrum dasycarpum

purple measow rye




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