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APPENDIX A 



Glossary of Common and Scientific Names 

 of Wetland Plants 



Common Name 



Alkaligrass 



Alders 



Arrowheads 



Ashes 



Asters 



Atlantic White Cedar 



Bald Cypress 



Balsam Fir 



Balsam Poplar 



Baltic Rush 



Beech 



Beggar" s-ticks 



Big Cordgrass 



Black Grass 



Black Gum 



Black Mangrove 



Black Needlerush 



Black Spruce 



Black Walnut 



Black Willow 



Bluegrass 



Bog Laurel 



Bog Rosemary 



Box Elder 



Bulrushes 



Burreeds 



Buttonbush 



California Cordgrass 



Cotton Grasses 



Cottonwood 



Cranberry 



Dogwoods 



Eelgrass 



Elm 



Eurasian Milfoil 



False Aster 



Fetterbush 



Giant Cutgrass 



Glassworts 



Green Ash 



Hairgrass 



Hardstem Bulrush 



High-tide Bush 



Inkberry 



Jaumea 



Labrador Tea 



Larch 



Laurel Oak 



Leatherleaf 



Loblolly Bay 



Scientific Name 



Puccinellia spp. 

 Alnus spp. 

 Sagiitaria spp. 

 FrcLxinus .spp. 

 Aster spp. 



Chamaecyparis thyoides 

 Ta.xodiiim distichum 

 Allies balsamea 

 Populus balsamifera 

 Juncus balticus 

 Fagus grandifolia 

 Bide lis spp. 

 Spartina eynosuroides 

 Juncus gerardi 

 Nysso sylvatica 

 Aviceniiia germinans 

 Juncus roemerianus 

 Picea mariana 

 Juglans nigra 

 Salix nigra 

 Poa palustris 

 Kahnia polifolia 

 Andromeda glaucophylla 

 Acer negundo 

 Scirpus spp. 

 Sparganium spp. 

 Cephalanthus occidentalis 

 Spartina foliosa 

 Eriophorum spp. 

 Populus fremontii 

 Vaccinium macrocarpon 



and V . o.xycoccos 

 Cornus spp. 

 Zostera marina 

 Ulmus spp. 



MyriophyUum spicatum 

 Boltonia latisquama 

 Lyonia lucida 

 Zizaniopsis miliacea 

 Salicornia spp. 

 Fra.ximis penn.syl\anica 

 Deschampsia caespitosa 

 Scirpus paludosus 

 Iva frutescens 

 lle.x glabra 

 Jaumea carnosa 

 Ledum groenlandicum 

 Lari.x laricina 

 Quercus laurifolia 

 Chamaedaphne calyculata 

 Gordonia lasianthus 



Common Name 



Loblolly Pine 



Lodgepole Pine 



Lyngbye's Sedge 



Maidencane 



Marsh Mallow 



Muskgrass 



Naiads 



Narrow-leaved Cattail 



Northern White Cedar 



Overcup Oak 



Peat Mosses 



Pickerelweed 



Pignut Hickory 



Pin Oak 



Pond Pine 



Pondweeds 



Prairie Cordgrass 



Red Alder 



Red Bay 



Redhead Grass 



Red Mangrove 



Red Mapl^ 



Reed 



Reed Canary Grass 



Rice Cutgrass 



Saltgrass 



Saltwort 



Salt Hay Cordgrass 



Salt Marsh Aster 



Sea Myrtle 



Sea Ox-eye 



Sedges 



Silver Maple 



Slash Pine 



Slender Bulrush 



Smartweeds 



Smooth Cordgrass 



Spikegrass 



Spikerushes 



Sweet Bay 



Sweet Gale 



Sweet Gum 



Switchgrass 



Sycamore 



fiti 



Tulip Poplar 



Water Hickory 



Water Oak 



Water Tupelo 



Waterweed 



Wax Myrtle 



Scientific Name 



Pinus taeda 

 Pinus contorta 

 Care.x lyngbyei 

 Panicum hemitomum 

 Hibiscus moscheutos 

 Chara spp. 

 Najas spp. 

 Typha angustifolia 

 Thuja occidentalis 

 Quercus lyrata 

 Sphagnum spp. 

 Ponlederia cordata 

 Carya glabra 

 Quercus palustris 

 Pinus serotina 

 Potamogeton spp. 

 Spartina pectinata 

 Alnus oregona 

 Per sea borbonia 

 Potamogeton perfoliatus 

 Rhizophora mangle 

 Acer rubrum 

 Phragmiles australis 

 Phalaris arundinacea 

 Leersia oryzoides 

 Distichlis stricta 

 Satis maritima 

 Spartina patens 

 Aster tenuifolius 

 Baccharis halimifolia 

 Borrichia frutescens 

 Care.x spp. 

 Acer saccharinum 

 Pinus elliottii 

 Scirpus heterochaetus 

 Polygonum spp. 

 Spartina alterniflora 

 Distichlis spicata 

 Eleocharis spp. 

 Magnolia virginiana 

 Myrica gale 

 Liquidambar styraciflua 

 Panicum virgatum 

 Platanus occidentalis 

 Cyrilla racemiflora 

 Liriodendron tulipifera 

 Caiya aquatica 

 Quercus nigra 

 Nyssa aquatica 

 Elodea canadensis 

 Myrica cerifera 



