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<br />AQUATIC PLANTS, •,
<br />Plant fin less than 7 feet of water tii full stw. Plant beds pi ovide habitat for
<br />waterfowl, lurbearers, fish, frogs, turtles,: nd aquatic im ertebrates; Some species,
<br />'such as bulrushes, act as filters to dean th > lake.
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<br />Lake sedge
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<br />BOTANICAL NAME
<br />Scirpus validus
<br />Scirpus acutus
<br />Sagittaria btifolia Arrowhead
<br />Brasenia schreberi — Water*shie(cl
<br />COMMON NAME PLANT CHAR/ CTERISTICS
<br />Soft-stem bulrush 4-6 teet tall, light-green creel stems,
<br />yellow-brow n scale flo%vers in spring.
<br />Hard-stem bulrush Same as soft stem except dark-green'
<br />stems.
<br />Arrowhead 2-3 feet tall, arro%vhead-shaped
<br />leaves, showy white ftowers.
<br />Typha latifdlia Cattail
<br />Pontederia cordata Pickereliveed
<br />Floating ova leaves, rose-purple
<br />flo%yers.
<br />Desirable sp Kries because it doem't v
<br />spr^ as mi ch as other cattails/*^ ^
<br />2-^ feet tali, purple flowers |une-
<br />August Thri^ res in mucky bottom.
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<br />‘Asdepias incamata Swamp-milkw
<br />Impadens capensh (—Spotted t
<br />;^j^l^£upatonum maculatum Joe-pye weed
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<br />®uex iacustrk Lake sedge 1-$Veet tall; coarse, long, wide '
<br />bluish-grei n leaves with open reddish
<br />featherlike fibers at the ends.
<br />'Asdepias incamata Swamp-milkwee J 3^ feet ta I, tapering leaves, clusters
<br />of pink to ose-purple flowers
<br />June-Augist. '
<br />Impadens capensis ' I—Spotted touch-menot12-18 incf les tall, succulent stems,
<br />, orange flo\ ^rs |unc-September,
<br />^ ^ reseeds its Hf annually.
<br />;£u^loriiirn maculatum Joe-pye weed — 2-4 feet ta II, whorl of toothed leaves,
<br />r> purplish pi ikplumes, july-September.
<br />Budbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan —1^3-feet ta I, large single Now
<br />flowers with brown center, blooms in
<br />summer.
<br />Comus stolonifera Red osier dogwood 8 feet tall, bright maroon leaves in
<br />fall and red stems that provide winter
<br />color.
<br />Rudbedda hirta
<br />WET MEADOW PLANTS
<br />These plants at the water's edge trap sediments and assh lilate nutrients running
<br />off the land. Many wildlife species, indikRng butterflies ; ind dragonflies, reside
<br />here. '! ^'
<br />Onodea sensibilh Sensitive fern 1 -3 feet tali, opposite pairs of light-
<br />grew leaflet I with wavy edges.
<br />Caltha palustris Marsh-marigold-----feet tall,glossy, round leaved
<br />tfi^, hollow steins; ^isylike yellow
<br />flowers blobm'M early spring.
<br />Iris versicolor Blue flag (wild iris) 2^ feet tall, swwdiace leaves, blue ------
<br />flowers Uoom In late spring.
<br />^rpScyperinus Woolgrass 5:^ feel tall, slender leaves and stems,
<br />flower looks like tufts of wool—*/.' ^
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<br />i drooping stems. %
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<br />Caltha palustris
<br />Iris versicolor
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<br />.UPLAND FOREST PLANTS '
<br />Upland forest zone begins above the wet meadow and provides habitat for many
<br />'wildlife speciq^ esp^ially;if you leave any snags of dead standing trees.
<br />Aquilegia canadensis Columbine 1-3 feet tall, long-spurred red and —
<br />yellow (lowers, blooms May-|une.
<br />Aronia melanocarpa Black dioketerry 5-B feet tall, oval lace-edg^ leaves,
<br />black or deep purple fruit.
<br />Comus altemifolia Pagoda-dogwood 15-30 feel tall with horizontal,
<br />platformlike stories or branches; oval,
<br />shiny, dark green leaves turn maroon
<br />in fall; white flowers with blue-black
<br />fruit.
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