Plants for Wet Sites

Trees

Abies b. phan. (Canaan Fir)
Acer rubrum (Red Maple)
Amelanchier (Shadblow)
Betula nigra (River Birch)
Cercidiphyllum japonicum (Katsura)
Chionanthus virginicus (Fringe Tree)
Cryptomeria japonica (Japanese Cedar)
Hamamelis virginiana (Witchhazel)
Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweetgum)
Magnolia virginiana (Sweetbay Magnolia)
Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Dawn Redwood)
Nyssa sylvatica (Black Gum)
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak)
Salix (Willow)
Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress)
Thuja occidentalis (American Arborvitae)
Thuja plicata (Western Arborvitae)

Grasses

Acorus (Sweet Flag)
Carex (Sedge)
Chasmanthium (Northern Sea Oats)
Juncus (Rush)
Miscanthus (Maiden Grass)
Panicum (Switchgrass)

Shrubs

Aronia arbutifolia (Chokeberry)
Azalea viscosum (Swamp Azalea)
Calycanthus floridus (Sweet Shrub)
Clethra alnifolia (Summersweet)
Cornus sericea (Red Twig Dogwood)
Cornus amomum (Silky Dogwood)
Ilex glabra (Inkberry)
I. verticillata (Winterberry)
Itea virginiana (Virginia Sweetspire)
Lindera benzoin (Spicebush)
Myrica pensylvanica (Bayberry)
Salix (Willow)
Sambucus canadensis (Elderberry)
Vaccinium corymbosum (Highbush Blueberry)
Viburnum dentatum (Arrowwood Viburnum)
Viburnum lentago (Nannyberry)
Viburnum trilobum (American Cranberry Bush)
Viburnum opulus (European Cranberry Bush)

Ferns

Most varieties of ferns

Perennials