PLANTS FOR WET SITES
TREES PERENNIALS
Botanical name Common name Botanical name Common name
Acer rubrum red maple Arisaema Jack-in-the-pulpit
Quercus palustris pin oak Aruncus goatsbeard
Salix sp. willow Aster novae-angliae New England aster
Chamaecyparis thyoides Atlantic white cedar Astilbe false spiraea
Betula alleghaniensis yellow birch Astrantia masterwort
Betula nigra river birch Bergenia pigsqueak
Ulmus americana American elm Calla palustris
Caltha palustris marsh marigold
SHRUBS Chelone obliqua turtlehead
Alnus sp. alder Cimicifuga black snakeroot
Amelanchier serviceberry Dicentra bleeding heart
Andromeda polifolia bog rosemary Erythronium trout lily
Aronia arbutifolia chokecherry Filipendula meadowsweet
Azalea arborescens azalea Galium oderatum sweet woodruff
Calluna heather Helenium autumnale sneeze weed
Clethra summersweet Iris sp. iris
Cornus alba Tartarian dogwood Ligularia golden-ray
Cornus sericea redosier dogwood Lilium canadense lily
Enkianthus redvein Lobelia lobelia
Forsythia forsythia Lysimachia clethroides loosestrife
Hamamelis witch-hazel Lythrum
Ilex verticillata winterberry Monarda bee balm
Kolkwitzia beauty bush Podophyllum mayapple
Ledum groenlandicum Labroador tea Physotegia obedient plant
Myrica northern bayberry Polygonatum Solomon's seal
Rhododendron  rhododendron Primula primrose
Salix caprea French pussy willow Pulmonaria lungwort
Sambucus elderberry Trandescantia spiderwort
Vaccinium corymbosum highbush blueberry Tricyrtis toad lily
Vaccinium macrocarpa cranberry Trillium wake-robin
Viburnums viburnum Trollius globe flower
Uvularia merrybells
Viola violets
Nymphaea water lily
Ferns - most
Carex sedge
Heloitrichon oat grass
Miscanthus eulalia grass
Panicum virgatum switchgrass


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