rain garden + damp area plants
herbaceous perennials and vines
*can tolerate shade
*Adiantum pedatum (Maidenhair Fern)
Agastache foeniculum (Fragrant Hyssop)
Allium stellatum (Prairie Wild Onion)
Anaphalis margaritacea (Pearly Everlasting)
*Anemone Canadensis (Canada Anemone)
Aquilegia canadensis (Wild Columbine)
*Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-In-The-Pulpit)
*Asarum canadense (Wild Ginger)
Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed)
Aster novae-angliae (New England Aster)
*Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern)
Boltonia asteroids (Boltonia)
Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold)
*Chelone glabra (Turtlehead)
Clematis virginiana (Wild Clematis)
*Dicentra eximia (Fringed Bleeding Heart)
Echinacea angustifolia (Purple Coneflower)
Eupatorium coelestinum (Hardy Ageratum)
Eupatorium dubium (Joe-Pye Weed)
Gentiana andrewsii (Bottle Gentian)
Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian Sunflower)
Heliopsis helianthoides (Oxeye Sunflower)
Hibiscus moscheutos (Rose Mallow)
Hosta spp. (Hosta)
Iris versicolor (Blueflag)
Iris siberica (Siberian Iris)
Liatris pychnostachya (Prairie Blazing Star)
Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
Monarda didyma (Bee balm, Bergamot)
Monarda fistulosa (Wild bergamot)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia Creeper)
Penstemon digitalis (Beardtongue)
Phlox maculate (Meadow Phlox)
Phlox paniculata (Summer Phlox)
*Pholx divaricata (Woodland Phlox)
Physostegia virginiana (Obedient Plant)
*Polemonium reptans (Jacob’s Ladder)
*Polygonatum biflorum (Solomon’s Seal)
Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan)
Rudbeckia laciniata (Wild goldenglow)
Salvia lyrata (Lyre-leaf sage)
Solidago rugosa (Goldenrod)
Thalictrum dasycarpum (Tall meadow rue)
Tiarella cordifolia (Foamflower)
Verbena hastata (Blue vervain)
Veronica noveboracensis (New York Ironweed)
Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s Root)
grasses + sedges + rushes
Acorus calumus (Sweetflag)
Andropogon gerardii (Big bluestem)
Bouteloua curtipendula (Side oats grama)
Bouteloua gracilis (Blue grama)
Calamagrostis spp. (Bluejoint grass)
Carex bebbii (Bebb’s sedge)
Carex comosa (Bottlebrush sedge)
Carex lacustris (Lake sedge)
Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge)
Carex scoparia (Pointed broom sedge)
Carex sprengelii (Sprengel’s sedge)
Carex stricta (Tussock Sedge)
Carex vulpinoidea (Fox sedge)
Eleocharis palustris (Spike rush)
Elymus hystrix (Bottlebrush grass)
Erianthus spp. (Ravenna grass)
Hierochloe odorata (Sweet grass )
Juncus spp. (Rush)
Koeleria macrantha (June grass)
Miscanthus spp. (Maiden grass)
Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass)
Pennisetum spp. (Fountain grass)
Schizachyrium scoparium (Little bluestem)
Scirpus cyperinus (Wool grass)
Sorghastrum nutans (Indian grass)
Spartina pectinata (Cord grass)
shrubs
Amorpha fruticosa (Indigo Bush)
Aronia arbutifolia (Red Chokeberry)
Aronia melanocarpa (Black chokeberry)
Cephalanthus occidentalis (Buttonbush)
Chionanthus virginicus (White fringetree)
Clethera alnifolia (Summersweet)
Cornus spp. (Dogwoods)
Corylus americana (American hazel)
Diervilla lonicera (Bush honeysuckle)
*Ilex glabra (Inkberry)
Ilex verticillata (Winterberry)
Itea virginica (Sweetspire)
Lindera benzion (Spicebush)
Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry)
Rhododendron viscosum (Swamp Azalea)
Salix spp. (Willows)
Sambucus canadensis (Elderberry)
Symphoricarpos albus (Snowberry)
Vaccinium corymbosum (Highbush Blueberry)
Viburnum spp. (Viburnums)
*can tolerate shade
deciduous trees
Acer rubrum (Red maple)
Acer saccharum (Sugar maple)
*Amelanchier spp. (Serviceberry, Juneberry)
Betula nigra (River birch)
Betula papyrifera (paper birch)
Cercis canadensis (Eastern redbud)
Magnolia virginiana (Sweetbay magnolia)
Nyssa sylvatica (Black gum)
Quercus bicolor (Swamp White oak)
Quercus palustris (Pin oak)
Quercus rubra (Red oak)
*can tolerate shade
evergreens
Abies spp. (Firs)
Thuja spp. (Arborvitae)
Tsuga spp. (Hemlocks)