Plants for Wet Soil
Botanical name Common name Botanical name Common name
TREESPERENNIALS
Acer rubrumRed maple AconitumMonkshood
A. saccharinumSilver maple Acorus calamusSweet flag
AlnusAlderAlthaea officinalis Marsh mallow
Amelanchier
   arborea
Serviceberry Aster novae-angliaeNew England aster
Betula nigraRiver birch Astilbe
CasuarinaHorsetail tree Caltha palustrisMarsh marigold
   equisetifoliaCimicifuga racemosa Black snakeroot
Ilex cassineDahoon holly Colocasia esculentaElephant's ear
I. opacaAmerican holly CyperusSedge
Larix laricinaAmerican larch EupatoriumJoe-Pye weed
LiquidambarSweet gum     maculatum
   styraciflua HydrophyllumVirginia waterleaf
MagnoliaSweet bay     virginianum
    virginianaIris kaempferi Japanese iris
Nyssa sylvaticaSour gum I. sibiricaSiberian iris
PlatanusPlane tree, sycamore Lilium canadense Canada lily
PopulusPoplarLobelia cardinalisCardinal flower
Quercus bicolorSwamp white oak L. siphiliticaGreat lobelia
Q. palustrisPin oak Lysimachia    nummulariaMoneywort,
   creeping Charlie
SalixWillow MenthaMint
Taxodium
    distichum
Bald cypress MimulusMonkey flower
Tristania laurinaKanooka tristania Myosotis scorpioides Forget-me-not
Phalaris arundinacea
   
var. picta
Ribbon grass
PolypodiaceaeFern family
SHRUBSPrimula japonicaJapanese primrose
Aronia arbutifoliaRed chokeberry Ranunculus
Bambusa distichaFernleaf bamboo Sanguinaria
    canadensis
Bloodroot
Betula occidentalisWater birch Sisyrinchium    californicumGolden-eyed grass
CalycanthusSweet shrub Tolmiea menziesiiPiggyback plant
Cephalanthus
   occidentalis
Buttonbush TrolliusGlobeflower
Cornus sericeaRed-osier dogwood Typha latifoliaCommon cattail
Ilex glabraGallberry Viola blandaSweet white violet
I. verticillataWinterberry V. lanceolataLance-leaved violet
Lindera benzoinSpicebush ZantedeschiaCalla
Myrica
    pensylvanica
Bayberry
Rhododendron
    arborescens
Smooth azalea
R. vaseyiPink-shell azalea
Rosa palustrisSwamp rose
SalixWillow
ThujaArborvitae
Viburnum trilobumCranberry bush