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Water Plants

American lotus Nelumbo lutea

 

 

 

 

Angelica atropurpurea

Angelica Angelica atropurpurea
Arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia
Blue flag iris Iris versicolor
Monkeyflower Mimulus ringens
Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata
Sedges Carex sp.
Smartweed Polygonum sp.
Sweet flag Acorus calamus
Water dock Rumex orbiculatus Gray
Water plantain Alisma plantgo-aquatica; A. subcordatum
Water shield Brasenia schreberi
Wild calla Calla palustris
Yellow pond lily Nuphar lutea
Yellow water buttercup Ranunculus flabellaris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water’s Edge Plants

Trees

Balsam poplar Populus balsamifera

 

 

 

Quercus bicolor

Green/Red ash Fraxinus pensylvanica
Swamp white oak Quercus bicolor
Black walnut Juglans nigra
Sycamore Platanus occidentalis
Green alder Alnus viridis spp. Crispa
Speckled alder Alnus rugosa
Silver maple Acer saccharinum
Red maple Acer rubrum
Birches Betula spp.
Black chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa
Black spruce Picea mariana

                                                      

Baptisia australis

Bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia
Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis
Balsam fir Abies balsamea
False Indigo Baptisia australis
Labrador tea Ledum groenlandicum
Leather-leaf Chamaedaphne calyculata
Meadowsweet Spiraea alba

Northern white cedar Tsuja occidentalis
Red maple Acer rubrum
Red-osier dogwood Cornus stolonifera
Silky dogwood Cornus amomum
Swamp white oak Quercus bicolor
Tamarack/Larch Larix laricina
Willows Salix sp.

 

Understory Trees and Large Shrubs

                                               

 

Cercis canadensis

 

Bunchberry Cornus Canadensis
Winterberry Ilex verticillata
Alternate-leaf dogwood Cornus alternifolia
Redbud Cercis Canadensis
Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea
Nannyberry Viburnum lentago
Highbush-cranberry Viburnum trilobum
Black chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa

 

Wildflowers and Groundcovers for Shade

Common violet Viola sp.

 

 

Jack-in-the pulpit

Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum
Wild ginger Asarum canadense
Bloodroot Sanguinaria Canadensis
Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
Trillium Trillium grandiflorum
Wild geranium Geranium manculatum
Woodland phlox Phlox divaricata
Marsh marigold Caltha palustris
Dutchman’s breeches Dicentra cucullaria

 

Wildflowers for Sunny Wet Areas

New England aster Aster novae-angliae

 

Aster novae-angliae

Boltonia Boltonia asteroides
Turtlehead Helone glabra
Cow parsnip Heracleum lanatum
Joe-pye-weed Eupatorium maculatum
Boneset Eupatorum perfoliatum

        

Lilium michiganense

Sawtooth sunflower Helianthus grosseserratus
Michigan lily Lilium michiganense
Obedient plant Physostegia virginiana
Ironweed Vernonia fasciculate
Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis
Swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnate

 

Wildflowers for Sunny Dry Areas

Blazing-star Liatris ligulistylis

 

 

Black-eyed Susan

Beebalm Monarda fistulosa
Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
Yellow coneflower Ratibida pinnata
Stiff goldenrod Solidago rigida
Showy goldenrod Solidago speciosa
Wild strawberry Fragaria virginiana
Evening primrose Camissonia subacaulis
Coreopsis Coreopsis atkinsoniana

 

 

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