132 THE COMPLETE HOME LANDSCAPE 



PLANTS FOR WET OR MARSHY PLACES 



In the following list are found those trees and plants which prefer low, 

 wet places, like those in which they are found growing in their natural habitats. 

 If planted in high, dry places they will not thrive. 



Trees 



DECIDUOUS 



Swamp Maple, Acer rubrum. 



Speckled Alder, Alnus incana. 



River Birch, Betula nigra. 



Sweet Gum, Liquidambar styraciflua. 



Sour Gum, Nyssa sylvatica. 



Sour Gum, Nyssa aquatica. 



Larch, Larix leptolepis. 



Swamp White Oak, Quercus bicolor. 



Pin Oak, Quercus palustris. 



Water Oak, Quercus aquatica. 



Aspen, Populus tremuloides. 



Weeping Willow, Salix babylonica. 

 Royal Willow, Salix regalis. 

 Pussy Willow, Salix discolor. 

 Goat Willow, Salix caprea. 

 White Willow, Salix alba. 

 American Elm, Ulmus americana. 

 Bald Cypress, Taxodium distichum. 



EVERGREEN 

 Balsam Fir, Abies balsamea. 

 Austrian Pine, Pinus austriaca. 

 Arborvitse, Thuya occidentalis. 



Shrubs 



Clammy Azalea, Azalea viscosa. 

 Rhodora, Azalea canadensis. 

 Button Bush, Cephalanthus occidentalis. 

 Allspice, Calycanthus floridus. 

 Leatherleaf, Chamaedaphne calyculata (ever- 

 green.) 

 Red Osier, Cornus stolonifera. 

 Silky Cornel, Cornus sericea. 

 Sweet Pepper Bush, Clethra alnifolia. 

 Winterberry, Ilex verticillata. 

 Ink Berry, Ilex glabra, (evergreen) 

 Virginian Willow, Itea virginica. 

 Sheep Laurel, Kalmiaangustifolia (evergreen). 



Spice Bush, Laurus Benzoin. 



Blue Honeysuckle, Lonicera coerulea. 



Sweet Gale, Myrica Gale. 



Red Chokeberry, Pyrus arbutifolia. 



Black Chokeberry, Pyrus nigra. 



Swamp Rose, Rosa Carolina. 



Wild Black Currant, Ribes floridum. 



Elderberry, Sambucus canadensis. 



Hardback, Spiraea tomentosum. 



Queen-of-the-Meadow, Spiraea salicifolium. 



Arrowwood, Viburnum dentatum. 



Sheepberry, Viburnum lentago. 



Withe Rod, Viburnum cassinoides. 



Herbaceous Perennials 



Sweet Flag, Acorus calamus. 



Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata. 



Michaelmas Daisy, Aster ordifolius. 



New England Aster, Aster novae-angliae. 



New England Aster, Aster umbellatus. 



New England Aster, Aster puniceus. 



False Chamomile, Boltonia latisquama. 



Marsh Marigold, Caltha palustris. 



Turtlehead, Chelone glabra. 



Water Arum, Calla palustris. 



Bunchberry, Cornus canadensis. 



Blue Joint Grass, Calamagrostis canadensis. 



Snakeroot, Cimicifuga racemosus. 



Boneset, Eupatorium perfoliatum. 



Joe Pye Weed, Eupatorium purpureum. 



Gardener's Garter, Eulalia japonica (and 



varieties) . 

 Marsh Mallow, Hibiscus Moscheutos. 

 Swamp Pink, Helonias buUata. 

 Sneeze Weed, Helenium autumnale. 

 Blue Flag, Iris versicolor. 



Slender Flag, 



Yellow Flag, Iris pseudacorus. 

 Siberian Flag, Iris sibirica. 

 Japanese Iris, Iris Kaempferi. 

 Cardinal Flower, Lobelia cardinalis. 

 Purple Loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria roseum. 

 Buckbean, Menyanthes trifoliatum. 

 Blue Buckbean, Menyanthes syphilitica. 

 Forget-Me-Not, Myosotis palustris. 

 Golden Club, Orontium aquaticum. 

 Royal Fern, Osmunda regalis. 

 False Dragon Head, Physostegia virginica. 

 Buttercup, Ranunculus septembrionalis. 

 Creeping Buttercup, Ranunculus repens. 

 Goldenrod, Solidago canadensis. 

 Evergreen Goldenrod, Solidago sempervirens. 

 Georgian Trumpet, Sarracena flava. 

 Pitcher Plant, Sarracena rubra. 

 Purple Pitcher Plant, Sarracena purpurea. 

 Cattails, Typha latifolia. 

 Narrow-leaf Cattail, Typha angustifolia. 

 False Hellebore, Veratrum viride. 

 Iris prismatica. 



