watergardens part 1

Wetland Cross SectionSoil Moisture Gradient

Container Plants

Rain Gardens

Submersible Plants

Ceratophyllum demersumHornwort

~Native

Egria densaAnachris

Floating Water Plants

Eichhornia azureaWater Hyacinth

~Good for filtration

Pistia stratoitesWater Lettuce

~Part shade

Marginal Water Plants

Acorus calamus Sweet Flag

~Marginal~Part shade~Water Fowl~Native

Adiantum pedatum Maidenhair Fern

Likes to be damp Native Good for waterfalls

Arisacma triphyllum Small Jack in the Pulpit

~Full Shade~Bogs, Forested Seasonal Wetlands~Wildlife (Wood Thrush & Turkey)~Native

Asclepiascurassavica

Blood flower

Soil up to 1in underwater

Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed

Butterflies

Aster novae-angliae New England Aster

~Moist soil~Forested ~Wetlands and Shores~Native Small ~Game

Alisima lanceolatum Round-leafed water plantain

Aruncus dioicus Goat’s Beard

Moisture loving

Bowles golden sedge

Bergenia cordifolia Pigsqueak

Early spring flowers

Caltha palustris Marsh Marigold ~Streamside~Upland Game Birds~Native

Carex comosa Bottle Brush Sedge ~Good for Wet ~Meadows,Swamps, Pond ~Edges

~Wildlife-Lincoln Sparrows, ~Grouse, Snipe, Seed ~Eating Songbirds, ~Larkspurs, Redpoll,and ~Ruffled Grouse

~Native

Carex elata ~Moist to wet~Marginal~Native

Bowles golden sedge

Carex muskingumenis Palm Sedge

~Sun or Shade~Pin Wheel Shape~2’ Tall Ground Cover~Native

Carex platyphylla Silver Blue Sedge

Deep ShadeNative

Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge

~Graceful Plant~Wet to shallow water

Bowles golden sedge~Marginal~Ideal for wildlife

Carex stricta Sedge

Plant Near WaterlineNative

Chasmanthium latifolia River

Oats

~Beautiful seed heads~Bamboo Like~Sun or Shade~Wet or Dry~Native

Chelone glabra Turtle Head ButterfliesWet to Moist Soil

Eupatorium perfoliatum Boneset

Moist meadows.

Eupatorium purpureum Joe Pye Weed

Good Bog Plant

Hibiscus moscheutos Marsh

Hibiscus Part ShadeGood for MarshesHummingbirdsNative

Hottonia palustris‘Water violet’

Houttuynia cordata plena

~Moist soil~Creeping plant for shallows of pool

Iris pseudacorus Yellow Flag

Iris versicolor Wild Iris, Blue Flag

~Moist to wet soil

~Native

Iris virginiana

Juncus effuses “Frenzy” Variegated Corkscrew Rush

Ligularia The Rocket ~Mid to late summer

~Good rain garden plant

Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal

Flower

~Good luck

~Native~Moist well drained soil~Tolerates wet

Lysimachia clethroides‘Gooseneck Loosestrife’

Lysmachia nummularia Moneywort, Pennywort

~Summer bloom-Yellow~Native

Mentha aquatica‘Aquatic Mint’

Mimulus alatus‘Sharp-winged Monkey Flower’

Mimulus ‘Lothian Fire’

Myosotis scorpioides Forget Me Not

Moist and boggy soil by stream

Myriophyllum aquaticumParrot feather

Onoclea sensibilis Sensitive Fern

~Ground cover~Streamside~Native

Osmunda cinnamonea Cinnamon Fern

Parnassia palustris Grass of Parnassus

~Flowers late in spring and summer~Seed in fall

Primula prolifera~Part shade (dry) ~Plant by streams in masses

Primula bulleyanaGood ground cover in moist shade

Ranunculus acris

Solidago graminifolia (Eothamia) Grass Leafed Goldenrod

Butterflies

Veratrum album White False Helleborine

~Moist Shade

~Woodland

Thelypteris palustris Marsh

Fern

FAC WetFull Shade

Typha minima Miniature Cattail