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02/ 82 Aquatic Bog
and Marginal Plants
by Werner rev 03/08
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Melon Sword
Native Habitat:
Swamps, estuaries, wet woods, all climates
Flowering Characteristics: White,
Dogwood like flowers with a bright yellow center. Blooms in summer months in
temperate climates, for 6 months in sub-and tropical zones
Sun & partial
shade. Salt
Tolerance to .4%
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Melon Sword
Echinodorus
osiris |
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Swamp Hibiscus
Native Habitat:
Swamps, wet woods, temperate & subtropical climates
Flowering Characteristics: From
pure white to scarlet flowers in summer months.
Sun & partial
shade. Salt
Tolerance to .3% |
Swamp
Hibiscus, Rosemallow
grandiflorus Michx |
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Lizard's-tail
Native Habitat:
Swamps, wet woods
Flowering Characteristics:
Corolla and calyx lacking, flowers white, tiny, and numerous in a slender
tapering stalked spike with drooping tip.
Native Range: Ontario to Rhode Island,
CT, and NY, S. to Florida; W. to Texas, Missouri, and
Kansas;N. to Illinois
and Michigan.
Flowering expected:
June - September
Comments:
This is a mostly southern species of shaded marshes and stream margins.
The common name and genus name, from the Greek sauros ("lizard") and oura
("tail"), depict the shape of the drooping flower cluster.
Sun & partial
shade. Salt
Tolerance to .3%
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Lizard's-tail
Saururus cernuus |
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Snow Flake
Native Habitat:
Ponds and slow streams.
Flowering Characteristics:
Petals 5, white, united at the base.
Native Range:
Southern New Jersey to Florida; west to Texas.
Flowering expected:
July - September
Comments:
Deciduous rhizomatous
perennial with small, floating, mid-green leaves, often splashed with brown, up
to 8 inches across but usually smaller. Small yellow or white flowers (depending
on species, yellow=N. peltata and white=N. indica) are held 2-3 in
above the water. Leaves heart shaped and much smaller than Nymphaea. Marginally
hardy. Best in water 6-18 in deep.
Sun & partial shade. No Salt
Tolerance |
YELLOW FRINGE, WATER SNOWFLAKE
Nymphoides sp.
Gentianaceae |
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