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Stormwater Management
Acorus americanus
Common Name: Sweet flag
Scented, Iris-like foliage. Flowers are inconspicuous
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Acorus calamus
Common Name: Sweet flag
Iris-like foliage-does well in any open area that is moist.
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Amorpha fruticosa
Common Name: Indigo bush
Tolerates wide range of conditions, dry sand to pond's edge. Fragrant blooms provide nectar to scores of insects including bees and butterflies.
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Andropogon gerardii
Common Name: Big bluestem
Classic grass of the tall grass prairies, tolerates a wide variety of soils in full sun, good livestock forage.
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Andropogon virginicus
Common Name: Broom sedge
Short, warm season bunch grass, with golden fall color. Tolerates drought and poor soils.
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Asclepias incarnata
Common Name: Swamp milkweed
Food source for monarch butterfly larvae, does well in any open, moist location.
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Aster novae-angliae
Common Name: New England aster
Lovely tall aster of wet spaces; for me its blooming means fall is coming.
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Aster novi-belgii
Common Name: New York aster
Rhizomatous species with violet or blue flowers.
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Aster puniceus
Common Name: Purple stemmed aster
Found along creeks, pond's edge. Great naturalizer for moist areas.
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Boltonia asteroides
Common Name: Thousand-flowered aster
Explodes into bloom in late summer, lives up to its common name.
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Calamagrostis canadensis
Common Name: Canada Bluejoint
Cool season, strong aggressive grower. Great for soil stabilization, quickly forms dense stands.
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Carex comosa
Common Name: Bristly sedge
Erect clumps of triangular stems form from short rhizomes. Drooping spikelets impart a bottlebrush effect. Found along ponds, lakes, in wetlands and wet meadows, providing food and cover for water fowl.
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Carex crinita
Common Name: Fringed sedge
This sedge is suited for shaded wetlands, it has blue/green foliage and drooping seed heads.
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Carex muskingumensis
Common Name: Palm sedge
This distinctive sedge resembles a miniature palm. Slow, creeping.
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Carex stipata
Common Name: Awl-fruited sedge
Common and very adaptable sedge, good choice for use in wetlands restoration.
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Carex stricta
Common Name: Tussock sedge
This beautiful sedge deserves a spot in the ornamental water garden, great form.
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Carex vulpinoidea
Common Name: Fox sedge
Tough and adaptable, should be used in all wetlands restoration projects.
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Elymus hystrix
Common Name: Bottlebrush grass
A woodland species with bottle brush-like flowers, tolerates dry shade.
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Elymus virginicus
Common Name: Virginia wild rye
Great for soil stabilization, provides food and cover for wildlife.
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Helenium autumnale
Common Name: Common sneezeweed
It doesn't make you sneeze. Occurs in wet meadows and moist places.
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Helianthus angustifolia
Common Name: Swamp sunflower
Numerous, bright blooms, narrow shiny deep green leaves. A spectacular show. Should be kept moist for best performance.
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Common Name: Swamp mallow
The large blossoms grab your attention, found in swamps and wet meadows, this plant is great for ponds.
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Iris versicolor
Common Name: Blue flag
An emergent aquatic, beautiful blue flowers with yellow throat, moisture is required.
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Iris virginica
Common Name: Southern blue flag
Easy to grow. Will do well in average garden soil, but is more at home in wetter conditions, even shallow water and brackish tidal marshes. The roots provide excellent soil stabilization.
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Juncus effusus
Common Name: Soft rush
Tight clumping growth habit, prefers saturated soils or shallow water, good for the ornamental water garden.
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Juncus tenuis
Common Name: Path rush
Thrives on abuse, great for pathways or any compact soil, tolerant of sun, shade, flooding, and drought.
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Lobelia cardinalis
Common Name: Cardinal flower
Vibrant red flowers, a favorite of hummingbirds, needs a moist site.
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Lobelia siphilitica
Common Name: Great blue lobelia
This plant prefers wet feet and some shade, blue spikes appear over a stout stem.
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Mimulus ringens
Common Name: Square stem monkey flower
Blue snapdragon-like flowers. Needs adequate moisture and full sun.
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Monarda didyma
Common Name: Bee balm
Scented foliage, spreads rapidly. A hummingbird favorite.
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Panicum amarum 'Dewey Blue'
Common Name: Atlantic coastal panic grass
Stunning selection, powder-blue foliage with beige seed heads.
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Panicum rigidulum v. stipatum
Common Name: Red-top panicum
Clump forming species, open in habit with rosy red seed panicles. Likes wet feet.
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Panicum virgatum
Common Name: Switch grass
Attractive clump forming grass with airy panicles, outstanding for erosion control and wildlife cover.
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Physostegia virginiana
Common Name: Obedient plant
The not-so-obedient plant, pink snapdragon-like flowers, rampant, aggressive, spreader.
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Rudbeckia laciniata
Common Name: Green-headed coneflower
Deeply cut leaves, with drooping yellow ray flowers on 4-foot stems, likes wet feet. NAO
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Scirpus acutus
Common Name: Hard stem bulrush
This one is a tall, stout bulrush that would typically be found in fresh and tidal marshes.
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Scirpus atrovirens
Common Name: Green bulrush
A moist meadow, pond shore, and wet ditch rush with interesting flowers.
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Scirpus cyperinus
Common Name: Wool grass
Clumping species that provides food and cover for wildlife.
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Scirpus pungens
Common Name: Common three-squared bulrush
Excellent shallow water emergent, spreads by rhizomes, good for erosion control.
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Scirpus validus (tabernaemontani)
Common Name: Soft stemmed bulrush
Gracefully arching foliage makes this a good choice for ornamental water gardens.
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Sedum ternatum
Common Name: Three-leaved stone crop
Delicate star shaped white flowers over whorled evergreen foliage, tolerates shade and moist soils.
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Senecio aureus
Common Name: Golden ragwort
Nearly evergreen foliage, with small, golden daisy blossoms. Good ground cover, completely under used.
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Solidago graminifolia
Common Name: Grass-leaved goldenrod
This flat-topped goldenrod is great with eupatorium and vernonias.
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Sorghastrum nutans
Common Name: Indian grass
A beautiful native grass with golden feather-like seed heads, good fall color, great with taller wildflowers.
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Spartina pectinata
Common Name: Prairie cord grass
Aggressively spreading warm season grass, great for stabilization, tolerates periods of standing water.
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Verbena hastata
Common Name: Blue vervain
Purple candelabra blooms on tall stems, self-sows freely.
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Vernonia noveborecensis
Common Name: New York ironweed
Common in old fields, wet meadows, brings the butterflies in droves. Great with eupatorium.
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Veronicastrum virginicum
Common Name: Culver root
Tall, white blooms above whorled foliage give this native an elegant look.
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Zizia aureus
Common Name: Golden Alexander's
Great early spring color for the naturalized garden, often seen in flood plains and wooded bottom lands.
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