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Sustainable Wetland Garden
Plant list courtesy of Temple University.
| Botanical Name | Common Name | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Acorus calamus | Sweet Flag | N.S. & OR to FL & TX |
| Adiantum pedatum | Maidenhair Fern | Circumboreal except Europe |
| Agastache scrophulariifolia | Purple Giant Hyssop | NH & SD to GA & KS |
| Ageratina altissima var. altissima (Eupatorium rugosum) | White Snakeroot | Que & ND to FL & TX |
| Ageratina altissima var. altissima 'Chocolate' | White Snakeroot | Que & ND to FL & TX |
| Agrostis gigantea | Redtop | Circumboreal |
| Alnus incana ssp. rugosa | Speckled Alder | Nfd. & Sask to VA |
| Alnus serrulata | Hazel, Smooth Alder | ME & Minn. to FL & TX |
| Anaphalis margaritaceae | Pearly Everlasting | ME & WA to NC & CA |
| Anemone canadensis | Meadow Anemone | Que & MT to MD & NM |
| Anemone cylindrica | Candle Anemone | N.B. & B.C. to NJ & AZ |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Red, Wild Columbine | N.S. & Sask to FL & TX |
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Bearberry, Kinnikinick | Nfd. & Que to NH |
| Aronia (Photinia) melanocarpa | Black Chokeberry | N.S. & Minn. to GA & AR |
| Asarum canadense | Wild Ginger | N.B. & Ont to GA & LA |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed | N.B. & ID to FL & NV |
| Asimina triloba | Pawpaw | NY & NE to FL & TX |
| Aster cordifolius (Symphyotrichum cordifolium) | Blue Wood Aster | N.S. & MT to GA |
| Aster divaricatus (Eurybia divaricata) | White Wood Aster | ME & OH to GA & AL |
| Aster (Symphyotrichum) ericoides 'Snow Flurry' | White Heath Aster | ME & ND to Miss. & AZ |
| Aster (Symphyotrichum) laevis | Smooth Blue Aster | PA to GA & Miss |
| Aster (Symphyotrichum) lateriflorus | Calico Aster | N.S. & Ont to GA & AR |
| Aster lateriflorus 'Combe Fishacre' | Calico Aster | N.S. & Ont to GA & AR |
| Aster (Ionactis) linariifolius | Stiff Aster | ME & WI to FL & TX |
| Aster macrophyllus (Eurybia macrophylla) | Bigleaf Aster | N.S. & Minn. to GA |
| Aster (Symphyotrichum) novae-angliae | New England Aster | Que & WA to GA & NM |
| Aster (Symphyotrichum) novi-belgii | New York Aster | Nfd. & Que to GA |
| Aster oblongifolius (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) | Aromatic Aster | PA & MT to AL & NM |
| Aster (Symphyotrichum) puniceum | Purplestem Aster | Nfd. & ND to GA & AL |
| Aster ptarmicoides (Oligoneuron album) | White Aster | NH & MT to GA & CO |
| Baccharis halimifolia | Groundsel-Bush | Mass. to FL to TX |
| Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo | NH & Mich. to GA & TX |
| Betula nigra | River Birch | NH & Minn. to FL & TX |
| Calamagrostis canadensis | Blue-Joint Grass | Nfd. & B.C. to NC & CA |
| Carex laxiculmis | Spreading Sedge | ME & Ont to FL & OK |
| Carex lurida | Sallow Sedge | N.S. & Ont to FL & E.MX |
| Carex pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Sedge | NH & ND to GA & AR |
| Carex plantaginea | Plantainleaf Sedge | N.B. & Man to GA & AL |
| Carex platyphylla | Broadleaf Sedge | Que & Ont to GA & MO |
| Carex stricta | Tussock Sedge | N.B. & Ont to NC & IL |
| Carex vulpinoidea | Fox Sedge | Que & WA to FL & CA |
| Carya cordiformis | Bitternut Hickory | Que & Minn. To FL & TX |
| Carya tomentosa | Mockernut Hickory | NH &Ont to FL &TX |
| Castanea pumila | Allegheny Chinkapin | PA & OK to FL & TX |
| Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea | ME & Man to FL & TX |
| Chamaecyparis thyoides | Atlantic White Cedar | ME to FL & Miss. |
| Chamaedaphne calyculata var. angustifolia | Leatherleaf | Nfd. & AK to GA |
| Chasmanthium latifolium | Northern Sea Oats | NJ & Wis. to FL & AZ |
| Chelone glabra | White Turtlehead | Nfd & Minn. to GA & Miss. |
| Chelone lyonii | Pink Turtlehead | ME to SC & Miss. |
| Cinna latifolia | Drooping Woodreed | Nfd. & AK to SC & CA |
| Clematis occidentalis var. occidentalis | Western Blue Virginsbower | ME & B.C. to NC |
| Clematis virginiana | Devil's Darning Needles | N.S. & Man to FL & TX |
| Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' | Sweet Pepperbush | ME to FL & TX |
| Clintonia umbellulata | White Clintonia | Que & Ont to GA & TN |
| Comptonia peregrina | Sweet Fern | N.S. & Minn. to GA |
| Cornus amomum | Silky Dogwood | NH & IA to N.FL & Miss. |
| Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood | ME & Ont to FL & TX |
| Cornus racemosa | Gray Dogwood | ME & Ont to GA & TX |
| Cornus sericea | Redosier Dogwood | Nfd. & AK to VA & CA |
| Corylus americana | American Hazelnut | N.E. & Sask to FL & OK |
| Cunila origanoides | Wild Dittany, Stonemint | Que & KS to GA & TX |
| Diervilla lonicera | Northern Bush Honeysuckle | Nfd. & Sask to GA & AL |
| Disporum maculatum | Nodding Mandarin | Ont. & Mich. To NC & AL |
| Dryopteris celsa | Log Fern | NY & Mich. to GA & LA |
| Dryopteris marginalis | Marginal Shield-Fern | N.S. & Minn. to GA & OK |
| Eleocharis sp. | Spike Rush | |
| Elymus hystrix | Eastern Bottlebrush Grass | Que & Sask to GA & NM |
| Elymus virginicus | Virginia Wildrye | Nfd. & UT to FL & AZ |
| Epilobium sp. | Willow Herb | |
| Eupatorium dubium | Coastal Joe-Pye Weed | N.S. & NY to SC |
| Eupatorium fistulosum | Hollow-Stem Joe-Pye | Que & IL to FL & TX |
| Eupatorium hyssopifolium | Hyssop-Leaf Thoroughwort | NY & IL to FL & TX |
| Eupatorium maculatum | Spotted Joe-Pye Weed | Nfd. & B.C. to NC & AZ |
| Eupatorium perfoliatum | Common Boneset | N.B. & ND to FL & TX |
| Eupatorium purpureum | Sweet-Scented Joe-Pye | ME & NE to FL & TX |
| Fragaria virginiana | Virginia Strawberry | Nfd. & N.S. to GA & OK |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash | N.S. & Man to N.FL & N.TX |
| Gaylussacia baccata | Black Huckleberry | Nfd. & Man to GA & Miss |
| Geranium maculatum | Spotted Geranium | ME & Man. to GA & OK |
| Helianthus angustifolius | Swamp Sunflower | NY & IL to FL & TX |
| Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimson-eyed Rosemallow | Mass. & WI to FL & NM |
| Hydrangea arborescens | Smooth Hydrangea, Sevenbark | NY & IL to FL & OK |
| Hydrastis canadensis | Goldenseal | VT & Minn. to GA & KS |
| Hypericum densiflorum | Dense Flowered St. Johnswort | L.I. & Mo. to FL & TX |
| Hypericum frondosum | Cedarglade St. Johnswort | NY to FL & TX |
| Iris prismatica | Slender Blueflag Iris | N.E. to GA |
| Iris versicolor | Tall Blueflag Iris | Nfd. & Man. to VA |
| Itea virginica | Virginia Sweetspire | NJ & IL to FL & TX |
| Juncus tenuis | Path Rush | All of N. America |
| Juniperus communis | Common Juniper | Circumboreal |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Redcedar | Nfd. & Sask to FL & TX |
| Juniperus virginiana 'Blue Mountain' | Eastern Redcedar | Nfd. & Sask to FL & TX |
| Kalmia angustifolia | Lambkill Kalmia | Nfd. & Mich. to GA |
| Leucothoe racemosa | Swamp Doghobble | NY to FL & TX |
| Linaria canadensis | Blue Toadflax | N.S. to B.C. & CA to FL & TX |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Poplar | NH & Mich. to FL & TX |
| Lobelia inflata | Indian-tobacco | Lab. & Minn. to GA & OK |
| Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | ME & ND to GA & TX |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Trumpet Honeysuckle | ME & Mich. to FL & TX |
| Lonicera sempervirens 'John Clayton' | Trumpet Honeysuckle | ME & Mich. to FL & TX |
| Lyonia ligustrina | Maleberry | N.E. & KY to GA |
| Magnolia acuminata | Cucumbertree Magnolia | NY & IL to GA & AR |
| Meehania cordata | Meehan's Mint | PA & IL to NC |
| Mimulus ringens | Allegheny Monkey Flower | Ont & ND to GA & TX |
| Mitchella repens | Partridgeberry | N.S. & Ont to FL & TX |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot | Ont & B.C. to FL & AZ |
| Muhlenbergia schreberi | Nimblewill | S. Ont & Minn. to FL & TX |
| Myrica (Morella) pensylvanica | Northern Bayberry | Nfd. to OH & NC |
| Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive Fern | Nfd. & ND to FL TX |
| Orontium aquaticum | Golden Club | NY to FL & LA |
| Panicum amarum | Bitter Panicgrass | NY to FL & NM |
| Panicum virgatum 'Rostrahlbusch' | Red Switch Grass | N.S. & Sask, FL & AZ to C.Am |
| Panicum virgatum 'Cloud Nine' | Switch Grass | N.S. & Sask, FL & AZ to C.Am |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | NE & SD to FL & TX |
| Peltandra virginica<</i>/td> | Arrow-Arum | Que to FL & TX |
| Penstemon hirsutus | Hairy Beardtongue | ME & WI to AL |
| Physocarpus opulifolius | Poor Man's Bridal Bouquet | Que & ND to N.FL & CO |
| Physocarpus opulifolius [Diablo] | Purple Common Ninebark | Que & ND to N.FL & CO |
| Physostegia virginiana | Obedient Plant | Que & MT to FL & NM |
| Phytolacca americana | Pokeweed, Poke | ME & OR to FL & CA |
| Pinus rigida | Pitch Pine | N.B. & Ont to GA |
| Plantanus occidentalis | American Sycamore | Ont & Minn. to FL & TX |
| Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas Fern | N.S. & Minn. to FL & TX |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerel Weed | N.S. & Ont. to FL & OK |
| Prunella vulgaris | Heal-All | Circumboreal |
| Prunus americana | American Red Plum | Nfd. & Sask to GA & TX |
| Prunus maritima | Beach Plum | ME & Mich. to VA |
| Prunus virginiana | Common Chokecherry | Nfd. & Sask to GA & TX |
| Pycnanthemum incanum | Hoary Mountainmint | NH & Mich. to FL & Miss. |
| Pycnanthemum muticum | Clustered Mountainmint | ME & Mich. to N.FL & TX |
| Pycnanthemum virginianum | Virginia Mountainmint | ME & ND to GA & OK |
| Quercus alba | White Oak | Nfd. & Sask to GA & TX |
| Quercus bicolor | Swamp White Oak | Que & Minn. to GA & AR |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin Oak | VT & Minn. to FL & NM |
| Quercus palustris | Pin Oak | Nfd. & Sask to GA & TX |
| Quercus rubra | Northern Red Oak | N.S. & Minn. to FL & TX |
| Quercus velutina | Black Oak | Nfd. & Sask to GA & TX |
| Rhexia mariana | Maryland Meadowbeauty | NY & Mich. to FL & TX |
| Rhododendron viscosum | Swamp Azalea | ME to FL & TX |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac | NH & SD to FL & TX |
| Rosa carolina | Carolina Rose | ME & Minn. to FL & TX |
| Rosa nitida | Shining Rose | Nfd. to OH to CT |
| Rosa virginiana | Virginia Rose | Nfd. to AL |
| Rubus allegheniensis | Allegheny Blackberry | E. Canada & Minn. to GA & OK |
| Rubus hispidus | Bristly Dewberry | N.S. & Minn. to SC & IA |
| Rubus odoratus | Purple Flowering Raspberry | N.S. & WI to GA & AL |
| Rubus occidentalis | Black Raspberry | ME & ND to GA & CO |
| Rubus occidentalis for. pallidus | Golden Caned Black Raspberry | ME & ND to GA & CO |
| Salix discolor | Pussy Willow | N.S. & Man to NC & WY |
| Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | American Black Elderberry | N.S. & Man to FL & CA |
| Sassafras albidum | Sassafras | ME & WI to FL & TX |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem | N.S. & Alb. to FL & MX & CA |
| Schoenoplectus (Scirpus) americanus | Chairmaker's Bulrush | Ont & WA to FL & CA |
| Scirpus atrovirens | Green Bulrush | Que & Sask. To GA & TX |
| Scirpus cyperinus | Wool Grass | Nfd. & WA to FL & TX |
| Sedum ternatum 'Larinem Park' | Larinem Park Stonecrop | NY & Mich. to GA & Miss. |
| Sedum telephioides | Allegheny Stonecrop | NY & IL to SC |
| Sedum ternatum | Wild Stonecrop | ME & Mich. to GA & Miss. |
| Solanum carolinense | Carolina Horsenettle | ME & WA to FL & CA |
| Solidago bicolor | Silverrod | N.B. & Ont to GA & LA |
| Solidago caesia | Bluestem Goldenrod | N.S. & Ont. To FL & TX |
| Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod | N.S. & MT to FL & NM |
| Solidago puberula | Downy Goldenrod | ME & Que to N.FL & AL |
| Solidago (Oligoneuron) riddellii | Riddell's Goldenrod | Ont & ND to OH & AR |
| Solidago rugosa | Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod | Nfd. & Ont to FL & TX |
| Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod | NH & ND to GA & NM |
| Spartina pectinata 'Variegata' | Variegated Prairie Cordgrass | Nfd. & WA to NC & NM |
| Spiraea alba var. latifolia | Broad-leaved Meadowsweet | Nfd. & Man to NC |
| Spiraea tomentosa | Steeplebush | N.S. & Man to GA & LA |
| Staphylea trifolia | American Bladdernut | Que & Ont to N.FL & OK |
| Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Indian Current, Coral-berry | VT & SD to FL & TX |
| Taxodium distichum | Bald Cypress | NY & IL to FL & TX |
| Anemonella (Thalictrum) thalictroides | Rue Anemone | ME & Minn. to FL & OK |
| Tiarella cordifolia | Allegheny Foam Flower | N.S. & Sask to FL & TX |
| Tradescantia virginiana 'Mrs. Loewer' | Virginia Spiderwort | ME & Wis. to GA & LA |
| Ulmus americana | American Elm | Nfd. & MT to FL & TX |
| Ulmus americana [Liberty] | American Elm | Nfd. & MT to FL & TX |
| Vaccinium angustifolium | Lowbush Blueberry | Nfd. & Sask to TN |
| Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush Blueberry | ME & Minn. to GA & TX |
| Vaccinium fuscatum (atrococcum) | Black Highbush Blueberry | ME & Ont to FL & TX |
| Vaccinium macrocarpon | Large-Fruited Cranberry | Nfd. & Sask to NC |
| Vernonia glauca | Tawny Ironweed | PA to Ga & Miss. |
| Viburnum dentatum var. lucidum | Southern Arrowwood | N.B. & Minn. to GA & AR |
| Viburnum dentatum var. venosum | Southern Arrowwood | NY & OH to VA |
| Viburnum nudum | Smooth Wild Raisen | ME & WI to N.FL & CA |
| Viburnum trilobum | American Cranberry Bush | N.B. & B.C. to W.VA & MO |
| Viburnum prunifolium | Blackhaw Viburnum | NY & WI to GA & TX |
| Viola labradorica | Dog Violet | Lab. & Sask to NJ |
| Viola sororia | Common Blue Violet | Que & ND to FL & TX |
| Woodwardia areolata | Netted Chain-Fern | ME & Mich. to FL & TX |