Some Recommended Native Plants and Trees for Residential Wet Areas*

Perennials, Sedges & Perennials, Sedges & Perennials, Sedges, Shrubs Sun/PS Shrubs Trees (Sun & PS) Grasses/Sun Grasses/Part-shade (PS) Grasses and Ferns-Shade Shade/PS mature size estimated Allium cernuium, Nodding Wild Allium cernuium, Nodding Wild Onion Adiantum perdatum, Maidenhair Amorpha fructicosa, Amorpha fructicosa, Oaks are in danger for Onion Aquilegia canadensis, Columbine fern Indigo- Bush Indigo- Bush our Region-Top Priority Asclepias incarnata, Swamp Aster umbellatus, Flat-top Aster Arisaema triphyllum, Jack-in-the- Aronia melanocarpa, Aronia arbutifolia, (Chicagoland Tree Milkweed Asclepias incarnata, Swamp Milkweed Pulpit Black Chokecherry Red Chokecherry Initiative) Asclepias tuberosa, Butterfly -Weed Bouteloua curtipendula, Side Oats Aster macrophyllus, Big Leaf Aster Cephalanthus Cephalanthus Aster novae-angliae, New England Gramma Carex species, Sedges occidentalis, Buttonbush occidentalis, Swamp White Oak (55’ Aster Campanulastrum americanum, Elymus hystrix, Bottlebrush Grass Ceanothus americanus, Buttonbush tall by 55’ wide) Bouteloua curtipendula, Side Oats American Bellflower Mertensia virginica, Bluebells New Jersey Tea Cornus racemosa, Bur Oak (75x75) Gramma Carex species, Sedges Onoclea sensibilis, Sensitive Fern Cornus sericea, Red Grey Dogwood Northern Red Oak Calamagrostis canadensis, Blue Chasmanthium latifolium, Northern Sea Osmunda cinnamonea, Cinnamon Osier Dogwood Cornus sericea, Red (65x65) Joint Grass Oats fern Hypericum kalmianum, Osier Dogwood Shumard’s Oak (50x50) Carex species, Sedges Chelone glabra, White Turtlehead Osmunda regalis, Regal Fern St. John’s Wort Hypericum Chasmanthium latifolium, Northern Chelone obliqua, Pink Turtlehead Hypericum prolifium, kalmianum, St. Baldcypress (60x25) Sea Oats Coreopsis palmata, Prairie Coreopsis Shrubby St. John’s Wort John’s Wort Sweetgum (70x 50) Chelone glabra, White Turtlehead Helenium autumnale, Sneezeweed Ilex verticillate, Ilex verticillate, Sycamore (90x60) Coreopsis palmata, Prairie Iris cristata, Crested Iris Winterberry Holly Winterberry Holly Tupelo Tree (40x25) Coreopsis Liatris species, Blazing Star Lindera benzoin, Lindera benzoin, Persimmon (50x30) Echinacea purpurea, Coneflower Lobelia cardinalis, Cardinal Flower Spicebush Spicebush Kentucky Coffee Tree Eryngium yuccafolium, Rattlesnake Lobelia siphilitica, Great Blue Lobeilia Physocarpus opulifolius, Physocarpus (65x45) Master Mimulus cardinalis, Monkey Flower Common Ninebark opulifolius, Common Ohio Buckeye (30x30) Eupatorium purpureum, Joe Pye Mimulus ringens, Monkey Flower Ribes americanum, Ninebark River Birch (35x250 Weed Monarda fistulosa, Wild Bergamont American Black Current Ribes americanum, American Hornbeam Helenium autumnale, Sneezeweed Phlox divaricata, Blue Phlox Sambucus canadensis, American Black (25x25) Iris virginica var shrevei, Blueflag Phlox paniculata, Garden Phlox Common Elderberrry Current Hackberry (50x50) Iris Koeleria macrantha, June Grass Physostegia virginiana, Obedient Plant Viburnum lentago, Sambucus Northern Catalpa Liatris species, Blazing Star Polygonatum commutatum, Solomon’s Nannyberry Viburnum canadensis, Common (50x30) Mimulus cardinalis, Monkey Flower Seal Viburnum opulus var. Elderberrry Mimulus ringens, Monkey Flower Polemonium reptans, Jacob’s ladder americanum, American Viburnum lentago, Monarda fistulosa, Wild Bergamont Ratibida pinnata, Yellow Coneflower Cranberry-bush Nannyberry Pycnanthemum virginianum, Schizachyrium scoparium, Little Viburnum Mountain Mint Bluestem Viburnum opulus var. Rubeckia species, Black Eye Susan Tradescantia ohioensis, Ohio americanum, Schizachyrium scoparium, Little Spiderwort American Cranberry- Bluestem Vernonia species, Ironweed bush Solidago rigida, Stiff Goldenrod Verbena hastate, Blue Vervain Vernonia species, Ironweed Veronicastrum virginicum, Culver’s Root Zizia aurea, Golden Alexander

*NOTE: Many moisture-loving native plants can be used, and the above list is only a sample. Check with your nursery to verify if plants are native and always factor overhead or underground obstacles; mature plant height and spread; sun requirements; and moisture preferences of plants. Prairie Moon Eco Grass is one recommended turf seed that thrives in moist areas either sun or shade.