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Emergent Plants

Emergent plants grow on the shoreline and can withstand fluctuations in water level.

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Acmella oppositifolia

oppositeleaf spotflower

 

Flower Color: yellow 

Bloom Time: May-Aug

Plant Height: 6-12"

Water Depth: wet soil-3”

Light: full sun/shade

Benefits: ground cover, flowers

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Bacopa monnieri

water hyssop

 

Flower Color: white

Bloom Time: May-September

Plant Height: 6"

Water Depth: wet soil-6”

Light: full sun/part shade

Benefits: ground cover

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Crinum americanum

seven sisters

 

Flower Color: white, blush

Bloom Time: Jun-Nov

Plant Height: 2’-3’

Water Depth: wet soil-6”

Light: full sun/part shade

Benefits: showy and fragrant flower

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Hibiscus moscheutos

crimsoneyed rosemallow

 

Flower Color: white

Bloom Time: Jul - Sep

Plant Height: 3’-7’

Water Depth: moist soil- 6”

Light: full sun, part shade

Benefits: attracts hummingbirds

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Iris fulva

copper iris

 

Flower Color: red/orange

Bloom Time: Mar-May

Plant Height: 3'-4'

Water Depth: wet soil-6”

Light: full sun/part shade

Benefits: ornamental

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Justicia americana

American water-willow

 

Flower Color: white and purple

Bloom Time: Apr-Oct

Plant Height: 2'-4'

Water Depth: wet soil-36”

Light: full sun/part shade

Benefits: erosion control, underwater structure and habitat

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Panicum hemitomon

maidencane

 

Flower Color: yellow 

Bloom Time: May-Aug

Plant Height: 2'-3'

Water Depth: wet soil-24”

Light: full sun/shade

Benefits: erosion control, livestock forage

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Sagittaria lancifolia

bulltongue arrowhead

 

Flower Color: white and yellow 

Bloom Time: Jun-Oct

Plant Height: 2'-3'

Water Depth: wet soil-12”

Light: full sun

Benefits: tubers provide food for ducks

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Saururus cernuus

lizard's tail

 

Flower Color: white 

Bloom Time: May-Aug

Plant Height: 2'-4'

Water Depth: wet soil-6”

Light: full sun/shade

Benefits: ornamental

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Tripsicum dactyloides

Eastern gamagrass

 

Flower Color: yellow 

Bloom Time: Apr-Aug

Plant Height: 4'-7'

Water Depth: dry - wet soil

Light: full sun/ partshade

Benefits: erosion control, ground cover, host plant for Problema byssus caterpillars

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Asclepias incarnata

swamp milkweed

 

Flower Color: pink-purple

Bloom Time: Jun-Oct

Plant Height: 2’-4.5’

Water Depth: wet soil-3”

Light: full sun/part shade

Benefits: attracts butterflies, host plant for Danaus plexippus and Danaus gilippus caterpillars

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Cephalanthus occidentalis

buttonbush

 

Flower Color: white

Bloom Time: Jun-Sep

Plant Height: generally 3'-6' can grow up to 15'

Water Depth: wet soil-12”

Light: full sun/part shade

Benefits: erosion control pollinator plant​​

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Equisetum hyemale

scouringrush horsetail

 

Plant Height: 3’

Water Depth: wet soil-6”

Light: full sun/part shade

Benefits: ornamental evergreen

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Hydrolea ovata

blue waterleaf

 

Flower Color: blue 

Bloom Time: Jun - Sep

Plant Height: 1'-2'

Water Depth: moist soil - 6"

Light: full sun, part shade

Benefits: showy flowers, erosion control

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Iris virginica

Virginia iris

 

Flower Color: blue/purple 

Bloom Time: Mar-Jun

Plant Height: 4'-5'

Water Depth: wet soil-3”

Light: full sun/ part shade

Benefits: ornamental

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Kosteletzkya virginica

Virginia saltmarsh mallow

 

Flower Color: pink 

Bloom Time: Jun - October

Plant Height: 3'-5'

Water Depth: moist soil-6”

Light: full sun/ part shade

Benefits: buffer plant, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, seeds are a food source for small mammals and migratory birds

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Pontederia cordata

pickerelweed

 

Flower Color: purple

Bloom Time: Apr - Oct

Plant Height: 3'-4'

Water Depth: wet soil-36”

Light: full sun/part shade

Benefits: ornamental, filter plant, pollinator plant

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Sagittaria latifolia

broadleaf arrowhead

 

Flower Color: white and yellow 

Bloom Time: Jun-Sep

Plant Height: 3'-5'

Water Depth: wet soil-24”

Light: full sun/ part shade

Benefits: underwater habitat, tubers provide food for ducks

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Scirpus tabernaemontani

softstem bulrush

 

Plant Height: 4'-6'"

Water Depth: wet soil-36”

Light: full sun

Benefits: erosion control, buffer against wind and wave action

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Asclepias perennis

aquatic milkweed

 

Flower Color: white

Bloom Time: Jun-Oct

Plant Height: 2’-4.5’

Water Depth: wet soil-3”

Light: full sun/part shade

Benefits: attracts butterflies, host plant for Danaus plexippus and Danaus gilippus caterpillars

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Chasmanthium latifolium

inland sea oats

 

Flower Color: green

Bloom Time: Jun-Oct

Plant Height: 2’-4’

Water Depth: wet soil-6”

Light: part shade/shade

Benefits: erosion control, seeds are food for wildlife

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​Helianthus angustifolius

swamp sunflower

 

Flower Color: yellow
Bloom Time: Aug - Oct
Plant Height: 2' - 4'
Water Depth: moist soil-6"
Light: full sun, part shade
Benefits: showy flowers, attracts birds

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Hymenocallis liriosme

Texas spiderlily

 

Flower Color: white 

Bloom Time: Apr-Jun

Plant Height: 6-12"

Water Depth: wet soil - 3"

Light: full sun/shade

Benefits: fragrant and showy flowers

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Juncus effusus

common rush

 

Plant Height: 4'-5'

Water Depth: wet soil-6”

Light: full sun

Benefits: seeds are a wildlife food source

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Lobelia cardinalis

cardinal flower

 

Flower Color: red 

Bloom Time: Jun - Nov

Plant Height: 2'-4'

Water Depth: wet soil-3”

Light: part shade

Benefits: attracts butterflies and hummingbirds

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Sagittaria graminae

grassy arrowhead

 

Flower Color: white and yellow 

Bloom Time: Apr-Sep

Plant Height: 1'-2'

Water Depth: wet soil-12”

Light: full sun

Benefits: tubers provides food for ducks

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Sagittaria platyphylla

delta arrowhead

 

Flower Color: white and yellow 

Bloom Time: Apr-Oct

Plant Height: 1'-3'

Water Depth: wet soil-12”

Light: full sun

Benefits: tubers provide food for ducks, underwater habitat

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Thalia dealbata

powdery alligator-flag

 

Flower Color: purple 

Bloom Time: May-Oct

Plant Height: 3'-6'

Water Depth: wet soil-24”

Light: full sun/ part shade

Benefits: erosion control, showy flowers, ducks will eat seeds

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