Intermittent Wetland Plant List

Graminoids

• ticklegrasses (Agrostis hyemalis and A. scabra)
• blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
• wiregrass sedge (Carex lasiocarpa)
• few-seed sedge (Carex oligosperma)
• twig-rush (Cladium mariscoides)
• Eaton’s panic grass (Dichanthelium spretum)
• three-way sedge (Dulichium arundinaceum)
• bright green spike-rush (Eleocharis flavescens)
• Robbin’s spike-rush (Eleocharis robbinsii)
• autumn sedge (Fimbristylis autumnalis)
• northern manna grass (Glyceria borealis)
• Canadian rush (Juncus canadensis)
• brown-fruited rush (Juncus pelocarpus)
• beak-rushes (Rhynchospora capitellata and R. fusca)
• Pursh’s tufted bulrush (Schoenoplectus purshianus)
• Smith’s bulrush (Schoenoplectus smithii)
• Torrey’s bulrush (Schoenoplectus torreyi)

Forbs

• water-shield (Brasenia schreberi)
• spatulate-leaved sundew (Drosera intermedia)
• slender goldentop (Euthamia caroliniana)
• pipewort (Eriocaulon aquaticum)
• grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
• northern St. John’s wort (Hypericum boreale)
• wild blue flag (Iris versicolor)
• swamp candles (Lysimachia terrestris)
• variegated yellow pond-lily (Nuphar variegata)
• sweet-scented waterlily (Nymphaea odorata)
• smartweeds (Persicaria spp.)
• pondweeds (Potamogeton spp.)
• hyssop hedge nettle (Stachys hyssopifolia)
• bushy aster (Symphyotrichum dumosum)
• horned bladderwort (Utricularia cornuta)
• humped bladderwort (Utricularia gibba)
• purple bladderwort (Utricularia purpurea)
• small purple bladderwort (Utricularia resupinata)
• lance-leaved violet (Viola lanceolata)

Mosses

• sphagnum mosses (Sphagnum spp.)

Shrubs

• leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata)
• meadowsweet (Spiraea alba)
• steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa)

Trees

• tamarack (Larix laricina)
• black spruce (Picea mariana)
• jack pine (Pinus banksiana)
• red pine (Pinus resinosa)
• white pine (Pinus strobus)