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Facultative Wetland Plants    There are two categories of wetland plants. Obligate wetland plants are found in wetlands 99% of the time.  Facultative wetland plants are found in wetlands 67-99% of the time.  Plants that are found on drier sites are sometimes called Upland plants.   Beggar's Ticks Bidens comosa Blue Beech Carpinus caroliniana Boneset (Fall) Eupatorium perfoliatum Buttercups Ranunculus sp. Carex sp. Carrion Flower Smilax herbacea Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnamomea Clearweed Pilea pumila Elderberry Shrub Sambucus canadensis Spike Rush Eleocharis sp. False Hellebore Veratrum viride False Nettle Boehmeria cylindrica Golden Alexander Zizia aurea Interrupted Fern Osmunda claytoniana Jack in Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum Jewelweed Impatiens capensis Joe-Pye-weed Eupatorium maculatum   Larch Tree Larix laricina     Poison ivy Rhus radicans     Sensitive Fern Onoclea sensibilis   Shadbush Amelanchier arborea     Spicebush Lindera benzoin     White Cedar (Arbor Vitae) Thuja occidentalis     Wild cucumber Echinocystis lobata     Witch hazel Hamamelis virginiana   Yellow Birch Betula alleghaniensis

This page was created by: N. Smith, A. Coiro, and L. Rosenberg - Muhlenberg College
Last updated 04/18/06