Freshwater Wetlands                  
(Flooded deciduous, bottomlands, erengent marshes, fens, etc.)
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Common Name Species Name Ever- Deep Edges Aqua- Max Abund Availa- Notes
Form green In Openings   tics Ht Freq bility
Acuminate Panic Grass Panicum acuminatum G x 20" C SA
American Hazel Corylus americana T x 12' R MA
American Germander Teucrium canadense WF x 30" UC MA
Arrow-leaved Tearthumb Polygonum sagittatum V,WF x 6' UC UA
Beggar-Ticks Bidens frondosa WF x 30" UC SA
Black Chokeberry Aronia floribunda S x 10' C SA
Blue Flag Iris versicolor WF x 30" UC MA
Bristly Dewberry Rubus hispidus GC x x 3" C MA
Broom-Sedge Andropogon virginicus G x 3.5' C VA
Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis S x x 7' UC SA
Canada Burnet Sanguisorba canadensis WF x 30" UC SA
Canada Rush Juncus canadensis G x 30" C SA
Canada St.Johnswort Hypericum canadensis WF x 12" UC UA
Cardinal Flower Lobelia WF x x x 4' R MA
Catbriar Smilax rotundifolia V x x 20' UC UA
Chairmaker's Rush Scirpus americanus G x x 3.5' C MA
Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnamomea F x 4' C VA
Clandestine Panic Grass Panicum clandestinum G x 30" C SA
Clayton's Bedstraw Galium tinctorium WF x 18" UC UA
Common Arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia WF x 30" UC MA
Common Spicebush Lindera benzoin S x 10' UC MA
Common Woodreed Cinna arundinacea G x x 4' UC SA
Creeping St.John's-wort Hypericum adpressum WF x 12" R UA NYS listed
Dangleberry Gaylussacia frondosa SS x x 5' C SA
Ditch Reed Phragmites australis G x x 12' C VA Invasive weed
Dodder Cuscuta compacta V x 5' UC UA
Dotted Smartweed Polygonum punctatum WF x 24" UC SA
Dwarf St.Johnswort Hypericum mutilum WF x x 8" R UA
Early Meadow-Rue Thalictrum dioicum WF x x x 36" UC SA
Emmon's Sedge Carex emmonsii G x x 10" R UA
False Pimpernel Lindernia dubia WF x x 12" UC SA
False Water-Pepper Polygonum hydropiperooides WF x 30" UC SA
Flat-topped White Aster Aster umbellatus WF x 5' R SA
Folliculate Sedge Carex folliculata G x 36" UC SA
Fowl Mannagrass Glyceria striata G x 20" UC SA
Fox Grape Vitis labrusca V x x 50' UC MA
Freshwater Cordgrass Spartina pectinata G x 6' UC MA
Golden Pert Gratiola aurea WF x 4" UC SA
Gray Birch Betula populifolia T x 30' UC MA
Grass-Pink Calopogon pulchellus WF x 24" R SA
Green Wood Orchis Habenaria clavellata WF x x 12" R SA
Ground-Nut Apios americana V x 8' R SA
Halberd-leaved Tearthumb Polygonum arifolium V x 6' UC UA
Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum S x x 7' C VA
Hyssop Hedge-Nettle Stachys hyssopifolia WF x 30" UC SA
Indian Cucumber-Root Mediola virginiana WF x x 15" VR SA
Inkberry Ilex glabra S x x x 6' C VA
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema atrorubens WF x x 12" R MA
Lady Fern Athyrium felix-femina F x 3' UC MA
Lance-leaved Violet Viola lanceolata WF x 5" UC SA
Leatherleaf Chamaedaphne calyculata S x x x 5' UC MA
Lesser Bur Reed Sparganium americanum WF x 30" UC MA
Lilaeopsis Lilaeopsis chinensis WF x x 4" R UA
Lurid Sedge Carex lurida G x 30" C UA
Mad-Dog Skullcap Scutellaria lateriflora WF x 24" UC SA
Maleberry Lyonia ligustrina S x x 8' C SA
Marsh Fern Thelypteris palustris F x 18" C SA
Marsh St.John's-wort Triadenum virginicum WF x 20" UC SA
Marsh Scullcap Scutellaria galericulata WF x 24" R SA
Marsh Willow-Herb Epilobium palustre WF x 24" UC UA
Mermaid-Weed Proserpinaca palustris WF x 12" UC SA
Mock Bishop-Weed Ptilimnium capillaceum WF x 18" UC UA
New England Aster Aster novae-angliae WF x 4' R VA
New York Aster Aster novae-belgii WF x 4' UC MA
New York Ironweed Veronia noveboracensis S x 8' R SA
Nodding Bur Marigold Bidens cernua WF x 30" UC SA
Northern Arrowwood Viburnum recognitum S x 12' C VA
Northern Bugleweed Lycopus uniflorus WF x 24" UC UA
Northern Mannagrass Glyceria borealis G x 20" UC UA
Northern St.Johnswort Hypericum boreale WF x 12" R UA
Northern White Violet Viola macloskeyi var.pallens WF x x 5" R SA
Oblong-leaf Shad Amelanchier canadensis S,ST x 20' UC VA
Panicled Aster Aster lanceolatus var.simplex WF x 5' C MA
Persimmon Dyospyros virginiana T x 35' R VA
Pilewort Erechtites hieracifolia WF x 5' UC UA
Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans S,V x x 40' C SA
Poison sumac Toxicodendron vernix S x x 15' R UA
Princess-Pine Lycopodium obscurum GC x x 8" UC SA
Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides T x 60' UC MA
Red-berried Chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia ST x x 20' UC VA
Red Maple Acer rubrum T x 65' C VA
Red-Osier Dogwood Cornus stolonifera S x 10' R VA
Rose Pogonia Pogonia ophioglossides WF x 18" R SA
Round-leaved Pyrola Pyrola rotundifolia WF x x 5" UC SA
Royal Fern Osmunda regalis F x x 36" UC VA
Seedbox Ludwigia alternifolia WF x 30" UC SA
Sensitive Fern Onoclea sensibilis F x 24" C SA
Seorse Sedge Carex serorsa G x 12" UC SA NYS listed
Sheep Laurel Kalmia angustifolia SS x x 3' UC SA
Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus WF x x 20" UC SA
Slender-leaved Goldenrod Euthamia tenuifolia WF x 30" C MA
Slender Marsh-Pink Sabatia campanulata WF x 24" VR SA NYS listed
Soft Rush Juncus effusus G x 4' C SA
Spaghnum Moss Spaghnum spp. Moss x x 4" C SA
Spatulate-leaved Sundew Drosera intermedia WF x 3" R SA
Speckled Alder Alnus incana var.rugosa S,ST x 20' UC SA
Spotted Touch-me-not Impatiens capensis WF x 6' C MA
Staggerbush Lyonia mariana S x x 8' UC SA
Sundrops Oenothera fruticosa WF x x 30" UC VA
Swamp Beggar-Ticks Bidens connata WF 24" UC SA
Swamp Azalea Rhododendrom viscosum S x 10' C MA
Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata WF x x 5' UC MA
Swamp Rose Rosa palustris S x x 8' UC SA
Sweet Gale Myrica gale SS x x 4' R MA
Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia S x 10' C VA
Swollen Sedge Carex intumnescens G x 4' UC SA
Three-way Sedge Dulichium arundinaceum G x 30" UC SA
Tupelo Nyssa sylvatica T x 75' C MA
Turk's-Cap Lily Lilium superbum WF x 4' R MA
Usnea Lichen Usnea sp. EPI x x NA UC UA
Virginia Bugleweed Lycopus virginicus WF x 24" UC SA
Virginia Meadow Beauty Rhexia virginica WF x 15" UC SA
Water Hemlock Cicuta maculata WF x 6' UC UA
Water Horehound Lycopus americanus WF x 24" R SA
Water-Parsnip Sium suave WF x x 30" UC SA
Water Pimpernel Samolus parviflorus WF x 15" UC UA
Water-Purslane Ludwigia palustris WF x 3" UC SA
Water-Willow Decodon verticillatus S x 40" UC SA
Weak Sedge Carex debilis GC x x 6" UC UA
White Fringed Orchis Habenaria blephariglottis WF x x 2' R MA
White Pine Pinus strobus T x x 100' VC VA
Whorled Milkwort Polygala verticillata WF x 12" UC SA
Whorled Pogonia Isotria verticillata WF x 12" VR SA
Wild Lettuce Lactuca canadensis WF x 6' UC SA
Wild Rose Rosa virginiana S 6' C VA
Winterberry Ilex verticillata S x x 12' C VA
Witch-Hazel Hamamelis virginiana T x 50' R MA
Wooly Grass Scirpus cyperinus G x 5.5' UC SA
Yellow Fringed Orchis Habenaria ciliaris WF x 15" R SA NYS listed
T = Tree VC = Very Common VA = Very Available
ST = Small Tree C = Common MA = Moderately Available
S = Shrub MC = Moderately Common SA = Somewhat Available
SS = Subshrub UC = Uncommon UA = Unavailable
GC = Ground Cover R = Rare
WF = Wildflower VR = Very Rare
F = Fern
H = Horsetail
G = Grass (Includes sedeges, rushes, spike rushes and other grass like plants)