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Appendix B:

Species List of Hydrophytic Plants and Frequency of Occurrence


(1 = very common 2 = common 3 = occasional 4 = infrequent 5 = rare)
note: submerged aquatic species, trees, and agricultural grasses and forbs not included

Typha latifolia (Broadleaf Cattail) - 1 

Typha angustifolia (Narrowleaf Cattail) - 1

Phalaris arundinacea (Reed Canarygrass) - 1 

Scirpus cyperinus (Woolgrass) - 1

Scirpus validus (Soft-stem Bulrush) - 2

Carex vulpinoides (Fox Sedge) - 1

Carex stipata (Awl-fruited Sedge) - 3

Glyceria grandis (Giant Mannagrass) - 2

Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water Plantain) - 1 

Zizania aquatica (Wild Rice) - 4

Juncus dudleyi (Dudley’s Rush) - 2 

Juncus effusus (Soft Rush) - 2

Scirpus fluviatilis (River Bulrush) - 2

Scirpus atrovirens (Dark green Bulrush) - 2

Calamagrostis canadensis (Canada Blue-joint) - 3

Spartina pectinata (Prairie Cordgrass) - 3

Carex lacustris (Lake Sedge) - 2

Carex intumescens (Bladder Sedge) - 5

Carex hystricina (Bottlebrush Sedge) - 3

Sagittaria latifolia (Common Arrowhead) - 3

Sagittaria cuneata (Arum-leaved Arrowhead) - 3

Juncus tenuis ( Path Rush) - 1

Juncus nodosus (Jointed Rush) - 3 

Juncus torreyi (Torrey Rush) - 3

Carex comosa (Bristly Sedge) - 4

Carex stricta (Tussock Sedge) - 2

Carex trichocarpa (Slough Sedge) - 5

Carex bebbii (Bebb’s Sedge) - 4

Carex lasiocarpa (Wire Sedge) - 3

Carex interior - 4

Carex aquatilis (Water Sedge) - 4

Eleocharis spp. (Spike Rushes) -1

Acorus calamus (Sweet Flag) - 5

Glyceria striata (Fowl Manna Grass) - 3

Glyceria canadensis (Rattlesnake Manna Grass) - 3

Sparganium eurycarpum (American Burreed) - 2

Equisetum spp. (Scouring Rush) - 2

Leersia oryzoides (Rice Cut Grass) - 2

Polygonum amphib.(Water Smartweed) - 2

Solidago graminifolia (Grass-leaved Goldenrod) - 3

Chelone glabra (Turtlehead) - 5

Verbena hastata (Blue Vervain) - 1

Eupatorium perfoliatum (Boneset) - 2

Eupatorium maculatum (Joe Pye Weed) - 3

Aster novae-anglia (N.England Aster) - 3

Mimulus ringens (Monkey Flower) - 3

Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed) - 2

Aster puniceus (Swamp Aster) - 2

Circium muticum (Swamp Thistle) - 5

Epilobium spp. (Willow Herb) - 4

Helenium autumnale ( Sneezeweed) - 3

Helianthus grosseratus (Sawtooth Sunfl.) - 2

Impatiens biflora (Orange Jewelweed) - 3

Lobelia siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia) - 4

Polygonum sagittatum ( Tearthumb) - 4

Hypericum pyramid. (G. St. Johns Wort) - 4

Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower) - 5

Lilium michiganense (Turks Cap Lily) - 4

Iris versicolor (Blue Flag Iris) - 3

Lemna spp. (Duckweed) - 1

Solidago canadensis (Canada Goldenrod) - 2

Solidago gigantea (Late Goldenrod) - 2

Stachys palustris (Woundwort) - 4

Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s Root) - 5

Veronia fasciculata (Common Ironweed) - 3

Cicuta maculata (Water Hemlock) - 4

Erigeron philidelphicus (Marsh Fleabane) - 4

Laportea canadensis (Wood Nettle) - 3

Lycopus uniflorus (Bugle Weed) - 3

Lythrium alatum (Winged Loosestrife) - 5

Lythrium salicaria (Purple Loosestrife) - 4

Lysmachia terrestris (Swamp Candles) - 5

Nymphaea tuberosa (White Water Lily) - 5

Penthorum sedoides (Ditch Stonecrop) - 3

Thalictrum dasycarpum ( Meadow Rue) - 4

Oxypolis rigidior (Cowbane) - 3

Ranunculus spp. (Crowfoot) - 3

Potentilla spp. (Cinquefoil) - 4

Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive Fern) - 4

Osmunda cinnamonea (Cinnamon Fern) - 4

Last updated: July 18, 2008