Recommended List of Suitable Plants for Lakefront Planting at Taunton Lake

Recommended List of suitable plants for lakefront planting at Taunton Lake

In response to residents questions about what types of plants are appropriate to plant along the lakefront, the OTCC has prepared the following list of recommended plants. All of the plants have some form of aesthetic characteristic, including: flower, berry or fruit, or fall color.

Common Name Botanical Name Additional Information

Trees Black Gum Nyssa sylvatica Red Maple Acer rubrum D Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana D Gray Birch Betula populifolia Sassafras Sassafras albidum D

Shrubs Red Chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia Summersweet Clethera alnifolia Winterberry Holly Ilex verticillata Swamp Azalea Rhododendron viscosum Highbush Blueberry Vaccubuyn corymbosum Virginia Sweetspire Itea virginica Inkberry Holly Ilex glabra E, D Bayberry Myrica pensylvanica E, D

Herbaceous Royal fern Osmunda regalis

E= Evergreen D= Will tolorate drier conditions than other plants listed

Note: 1. All plants are native to the Pinelands 2. Hybrids or Cultivars of each type of plant should be avoided. For example “Red Sunset” or “October Glory” are cultivars of red maple. They should be avoided and the “unimproved” version of the plant should be used; just use straight Red Maple. 3. Some plants may not be available at neighborhood garden centers, however they are available at many larger plant nurseries. 4. Please contact any member of the Lakefront and Dock Committtee with any questions.