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Wet Site Plants
Up Shore Plantings Wet Site Plants

Trees and Shrubs for Moist to Wet Sites


The following list contains trees and shrubs which will tolerate sites with moist soil. Those plants preceded with an * are listed in references as growing/tolerating wet or swampy sites. Plants which are evergreen are preceded with (E).

SHRUBS
Botanical Name Common Name Height

  Amelanchier spp.
*(E) Andromeda polifolia
* Aronia arbutifolia
  Calycanthus Iloridus
* Cephalant hue occidentalis
  Chionanthus virginicus
* Clethra alnifolia
  Cornus alba 'Sibirica'
  Cornus racemosa
* Cornus amomum
* Cornus sericea (C. stolonifera)
*(E) Iiexglabra
* hex verticillata
* Itea virginica
  (E) Kalmia latifolia
*(E) Ledum groenlandicum
  Lindera benzoin
  Potentilla fruticosa
  Rhododendron arborescens
  Rhododendron cakndulaceum
  Rhododendron vaseyi
* Rhododendron viscosum
  Sambuscus canadensis
* Salix purpurea
* Salixpurpurea 'Streamco'
* Salix spp.
* Vaccinium corymboxum
  Vaccinium vitis-idaea
  Viburnum alnifolium
  Viburnum cassinoides
  Viburnum dentatum
  Viburnum lentago
* Viburnum opulus
  Viburnum trilobum

Serviceberry
Bog Rosemary
Red Chokeberry
Carolina Allspice
Buttonbush
Fringetree
Summersweet
Siberian Dogwood
Gray Dogwood
Silky Dogwood
Red Osier Dogwood
Inkberry
Winterberry
Virginia Sweetspire
Mountain Laurel
Labrador Tea
Spicebush
Bush Cinquefoil
Sweet Azalea
Flame Azalea
Pinkshell Azalea
Swamp Azalea
American Elderberry
Purpleosier Willow
Streamco Willow
Willows
Highbush Blueberry
Cowberry
Hobblebush
Witherod
Arrowwood
Nannyberry
European Cranberry Bush
American Cranberry Bush 		varies w/species
1 - 2'
6-10'
6-9'
3-6'+
12-20'
3-8'
8-10'
10-15'
6-10'
7-9'
6-8' varies
6-10'+
3-5+
7-15' varies
2-4'
6-12'
1-4'
8-20'
4-8'
5-10'
1-8' (avg. 5')
5-12' varies
8-10'

varies w/species
6-12'
10"
9-12'
5-6'
6-8+
15-18'+
8-12'+
8-12'+

 

TREES
Botanical Name Common Name Height
* Acer rubrum
* Alnus spp.
  Amelanchier spp.
* Betula nigra
  Betula papyrifera
  E) Ilex opaca
* Larix decidua
  Liquidambar styraciflua
* Magnolia virginiana
* Nyssa sylvatica
  Picea glauca
* Quercus bicolor
  Quercus palustris
*Salixspp.
* Taxodium distichum
  (E) Thuja occidentalis 		Red Maple
Alder
Serviceberry
River Birch
Paper Birch
American Holly
Common Larch
American Sweetgum
Sweet Bay Magnolia
Black Gum, Black Tupelo
White Spruce
Swamp White Oak
Pin Oak
Willow
Bald Cypress
American Arborvitae		 40-60'+
varies w/species
varies w/species
40-70'+
50-70"
15-30'+
70-75'+
60-75'+
10-20'
30-50'
40-60'
50-60'
60-70'+
varies w/species
50-70'
40-60'

References:  Manual of Woody Landscape Plants by Michael A. Dirr, Third Edition, 1983;

Recommended Trees and Shrubs for Long Island Sites by Richard Weir, Cornell Cooperative
Extension - Nassau County, D-1-20, 7/3/91; Working With Wet Areas in the Landscape by Harold
Davidson, Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, 10/92.
TK
3/93

The above has been reproduced with the permission of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. The information contained herein is believed to be from reliable sources, but has not been verified by any employees of Ocean-Beach.com

 

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