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American hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: Yellow/green
Riparian Database
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Trees
American larch
Larix laricina
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: Non-showy
American linden
Tilia americana
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACU
- Bloom Color: Cream/tan
American sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: Non-showy
Atlantic white cedar
Chamaecyparis thyoides
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Produces small cones
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Bitternut hickory
Carya cordiformis
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: Green/yellow catkin
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Black willow
Salix nigra
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Yellow/green catkin; non-showy
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Common hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACU
- Bloom Color: Non-showy
Eastern cottonwood
Populus deltoides
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: Non-showy
Eastern hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACU
- Bloom Color: conifer; non-flowering, cones
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Eastern white pine
Pinus strobus
- Planting Location: Zone 3
- Wetland Status: FACU
- Bloom Color: Produces cones
Gray birch
Betula populifolia
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: Green/yellow/brown catkin
Northern red oak
Quercus rubra
- Planting Location: Zone 3
- Wetland Status: FACU
- Bloom Color: Yellow/green catkin; non-showy
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Northern white cedar
Thuja occidentalis
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: conifer; non-flowering, cones
Pin oak
Quercus palustris
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: Yellow/green catkin; non-showy
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Quaking aspen
Populus tremuloides
- Planting Location: Zone 3
- Wetland Status: FACU
- Bloom Color: Non-showy
Silver maple
Acer saccharinum
- Planting Location: Zone 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: Red; yellow/green
Swamp white oak
Quercus bicolor
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: Yellow/green catkin; non-showy
Sweet or black birch
Betula lenta
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACU
- Bloom Color: Green/yellow catkin
Tulip tree, tulip poplar
Liriodendron tulipifera
- Planting Location: Zone 3
- Wetland Status: FACU
- Bloom Color: Yellow/gold with orange
Yellow birch
Betula alleghaniensis
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: Yellowish Catkin
Shrubs
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Alternate-leafed dogwood
Swida alternifolia (Cornus alternifolia)
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACU
- Bloom Color: white
American hazelnut
Corylus americana
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACU
- Bloom Color: Green/brown catkins
American witch hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACU
- Bloom Color: yellow
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Beaked hazelnut
Corylus cornuta
- Planting Location: Zone 3
- Wetland Status: FACU
- Bloom Color: yellow/red catkin
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: white, pink
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Black elderberry
Sambucus nigra
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: white
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Canada serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: white
Choke cherry
Prunus virginiana
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACU
- Bloom Color: white, pink
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Clammy or Swamp azalea
Rhododendron viscosum
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: white, pink
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Coastal sweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: White
Common buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: white
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Common serviceberry, Shadbush
Amelanchier arborea
- Planting Location: Zone 3
- Wetland Status: FACU
- Bloom Color: white
Common winterberry
Ilex verticillata
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: white, pink
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Early azalea
Rhododendron prinophyllum
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: pink
Flowering dogwood
Benthamidia florida
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACU
- Bloom Color: white, pink
Gray dogwood
Swida racemosa (Cornus racemosa)
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: white
Great laurel
Rhododendron maximum
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: white, pink
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Heart-leaved willow
Salix eriocephala
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: green catkin
Highbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: white, light pink
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Highbush cranberry
Viburnum opulus
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: white
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Mountain holly
Ilex mucronata
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Greenish/white
Nannyberry
Viburnum lentago
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: cream, white
Northern spicebush
Lindera benzoin
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: yellow
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Pink azalea
Rhododendron periclyminoides
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: white, pink
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Pussy willow
Salix discolor
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: yellow/green catkin
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Red chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: white, pink
Red-osier dogwood
Swida sericea (Cornus sericea)
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: cream, white
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Shining willow
Salix lucida
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: yellow/green catkin
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Shrubby cinquefoil
Dasiphora floribunda
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: yellow
Silky dogwood
Swida amomum (Cornus amomum)
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: cream, white
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Silky willow
Salix sericea
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: yellow/green catkin
Smooth alder
Alnus serrulata
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: red/brown catkins
Smooth arrowwood
Viburnum dentatum
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: white, pink
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Smooth serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
- Planting Location: Zone 3
- Wetland Status: NC
- Bloom Color: white
Speckled alder
Alnus incana
- Planting Location: Zone 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: Green/brown catkins
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Steeplebush
Spiraea tomentosa
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: pink, purple
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Swamp doghobble
Eubotrys racemosa
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: white, pink
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Sweetgale
Myrica gale
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: yellow/brown catkins
White meadowsweet
Spiraea alba
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: white
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Herbaceous Perennials
Allegheny monkey flower
Mimulus ringens
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: blue/purple
Blue lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: blue/purple
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Blue marsh violet
Viola cucullata
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: blue/purple/white
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Blue vervain
Verbena hastata
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: blue/purple
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Cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: red
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Coastal plain Joe-Pye Weed
Eutrochium dubium
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: pink; purple
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Common arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
- Planting Location: Zone 1
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: white
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Common boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: white
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Common wrinkle-leaved goldenrod
Solidago rugosa
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: yellow
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Fall sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: gold/yellow/orange
Green arrow arum
Peltandra virginica
- Planting Location: Zone 1
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: green/white/yellow spadix
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Green-headed coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: yellow
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Hollow Joe-Pye Weed
Eutrochium fistulosum (Eupatorium fistulosum)
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: pink; purple
Jack in the pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: green/purple/white/brown
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Lance-leaved violet
Viola lanceolata
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: white with purple
Marsh marigold
Caltha palustris
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: yellow
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New England American aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (Aster novae-angliae)
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: purple/lavender
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New York American aster
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii (Aster novi-belgii)
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: purple/blue with yellow
New York ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
- Planting Location: Zones 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: purple
Pickerel weed
Pontederia cordata
- Planting Location: Zone 1
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: blue/purple
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Slender blue iris
Iris prismatica
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Blue
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum (Eupatorium maculatum)
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: pink; purple
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Swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: pink
Swamp rose-mallow
Hibiscus moscheutos
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: pink;/red/white
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Tall white aster
Doellingeria umbellata (Aster umbellatus)
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: white
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Turk’s-cap lily
Lilium superbum
- Planting Location: Zone 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: yellow/orange
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White turtlehead
Chelone glabra
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: white
Ferns
Cinnamon fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: Non-flowering
Interrupted fern
Osmunda claytoniana
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: Non-flowering
Marsh fern
Thelypteris palustris
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: Non-flowering
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Ostrich fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
- Planting Location: Zone 2
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: Non-flowering
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River horsetail
Equisetum fluviatile
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Non-flowering
Royal fern
Osmunda regalis
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Non-flowering
Sensitive fern
Onoclea sensibilis
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: Non-flowering
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Tall scouring-rush
Equisetum hyemale
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: Non-flowering
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Virginia chain fern
Woodwardia virginica
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Non-flowering
Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
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Awl-fruited sedge
Carex stipata
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Yellow/green; non-showy
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Bluejoint
Calamagrostis canadensis
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Green; seed heads purplish to brown
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Canada rush
Juncus canadensis
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Green; seed heads brown
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Common eastern wild-rye
Elymus virginicus
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: Green; seed heads golden brown
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Common fox sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Green; seed heads brown
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Common soft rush
Juncus effusus
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Gold/brown
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Common spikesedge
Eleocharis palustris
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Green/brown
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Eastern riverbank wild-rye
Elymus riparius
- Planting Location: Zone 2
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: Green; seed heads brown
Fringed sedge
Carex crinita
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Green; seed heads gold to brown
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Hop sedge
Carex lupulina
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Green; seed heads golden brown
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Lakeside sedge
Carex lacustris
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Green; seeds heads brown
Pennsylvania sedge
Carex pensylvanica
- Planting Location: Zone 3
- Wetland Status: Not Classified
- Bloom Color: Green/brown, non-showy
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Pointed broom sedge
Carex scoparia
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FACW
- Bloom Color: Green; seed heads brown
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Rattlesnake manna grass
Glyceria canadensis
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Green; seed heads brown
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Rice cut grass
Leersia oryzoides
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Green; seed heads brown
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Sallow sedge
Carex lurida
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Green; seeds heads brown
Switch panic grass
Panicum virgatum
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2, 3
- Wetland Status: FAC
- Bloom Color: Green to cream with seed heads becoming gold/pink/purple
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Three-way sedge
Dulichium arundinaceum
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Green; seed heads brown
Tussock sedge
Carex stricta
- Planting Location: Zones 1, 2
- Wetland Status: OBL
- Bloom Color: Green; seed heads brown