Native Wetland Plants

Least Spike Rush also known as Needle Spike Rush is a perennial with smooth round solid stems which form an oval spike flower on the tips. Just under 1' tall, it can be grown individually or in nice tight clusters along shorelines ...

Spike Rush is typically one of the first colonizers of a freshly dug storm water basin or pond. it forms attractive lime green clumps 1' tall topped with a blunt dark brown seed head in mid summer. This fine textured pioneer has the look of fibero...

Creeping Spike Rush is a perennial colonizer which forms a dense root mass along pond shores creeping out into 4-6" of water. Sometimes mistaken for a grass, the Creeping Spike Rush forms nice tight clusters of green individual culms just abo...

This PA endangered plant has a distinct four sided stem which is dark green in color. With an elegant simplicity, this 2-3' tall rush grows in sunny to part shade areas with permanent inundation including marshy shorelines and pond...

Bottle Brush Grass grows in a wide range of soil conditions including heavy clay with dry to medium hydrology. It can take a variety of light conditions from full sun to part shade. It grows 2-3' tall forming fairly loose upright t...

Aptly named for its utility when doing stream bank or riverbank rehabilitation, this perennial cool season grass is good for erosion control in moist areas. Its 4' tall dark green foliage actively grows in the Spring and Summer. Although only a mo...

A versatile shade tolerant warm season grass which grows just over 3' tall and offers great perennial competition against Japanese Stiltgrass. Its graceful arching seed heads are tan in color and have a good long winter persistence. It grows well ...

Water Horsetail is a fairly slender medium-sized Equisetum growing 1-2' tall in dense dark green colonies along shorelines and shallow water. Although lacking true leaves or flowers, the upright stems add a nice vertical accent to ...

Horsetail spreads from creeping rhizomes in an extremely wide range of soils from full sun to part shade. Growing 3-5' tall in dense dark green colonies this is a great choice for moist low spots where nothing else will grow. Although lacking true...

Dwarf Horsetail is a slender small-sized Equisetum growing less than 1foot tall in dense dark green colonies along shorelines and shallow water. Although lacking true leaves or flowers, the upright stems add a nice shorter vertical accent to horiz...

Joe Pie Weed is a 6-8' tall yet graceful plant which prefers moist areas and has a tolerance for a variety of soils. A staple in any rain garden or butterfly garden this plant will attract loads of beautiful butterflies and pollina...

Boneset is one of the most widespread of our native wetland wildflowers. It prefers wet to damp areas. While tolerant of flooding, it is not usually found growing in water, but is very common on banks and wet meadows. The average height is about&n...