Shallow Emergent Marsh
Community
[Fact Sheet]
— State Rank S4 Allocation of plants to certain layers may not match that suggested in the NHESP community fact sheet. Shrub Layer Chamaedaphne calyculata
— leatherleaf, cassandra Myrica gale
— sweet gale Spiraea spp.
— meadowsweet, steeplebush Swida sericea
— red osier, red-stemmed dogwood
— NON-NATIVE
Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers) Calamagrostis canadensis var. canadensis
— Canada bluejoint Carex spp.
— sedges Carex stricta
— tussock sedge Eupatorium spp.
— boneset Eutrochium spp.
— Joe-Pye-weed Fallopia japonica
— Japanese knotweed
— INVASIVE
Leersia oryzoides
— rice
cutgrass Lemna spp.
— duckweeds Lycopus spp.
— water-horehound Lysimachia terrestris
— swamp candles Lythrum salicaria
— purple loosestrife
— INVASIVE
Nuphar spp.
— yellow waterlily, spatterdock Nymphaea odorata
— American white waterlily, fragrant waterlily Onoclea sensibilis
— sensitive fern Phalaris arundinacea
— reed
canarygrass
— INVASIVE
Phragmites australis
— common
reed
— INVASIVE
Phragmites australis
— common
reed
— INVASIVE
Potamogeton spp.
— pondweeds Scirpus cyperinus
— common bulrush Sparganium spp.
— bur-reed Thelypteris palustris
— marsh fern Triadenum virginicum
— marsh St. John's-wort Typha spp.
— cattails |
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