Fountainville, PA 18923
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Wetland Plants Grown For Landscaping
Native trees tolerant of wet soils:
Native herbaceous and flowering plants for sunny moist or boggy conditions:
Native herbaceous and flowering plants for shady moist or boggy conditions:
Many other native wetland species are available in most areas. There are also a lot species that have now been naturalized in North America and are often considered native plants. Unfortunately, some of these species are more competitive and are now considered invasive, crowding out our native species that provide habitat for native wildlife.
H. virginiana, or common witch hazel is found growing in its native form from Nova Scotia south to central Florida, and west to Minnesota in the north and Texas in the south. Vernal witch hazel, or Ozark witch hazel, is more Midwest in its range, which extends from Missouri and Arkansas southwest into the states of Oklahoma and Texas.
Many landscapers have turned their attention to the Chinese species (H. mollis) or the hybrid between the Chinese and Japanese species (H. x intermedia) for their great ornamental attributes such as durable summer foliage, beautiful fall color, pleasant fragrance and bright flowers in late winter to early spring. These plants are relatively care-free additions to Eastern landscapes, and deserve more attention and use.
In addition to its ornamental attributes, witch hazel has several medicinal properties including use as an astringent and an anti-inflammatory. Witch hazels are one of the very few American medicinal plants approved as an ingredient in non-prescription drugs by the US Government.
Wetlands are those areas inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands can include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas (33 CFR 328).
