1.Juncus effusus(N)
Common Name: common rush
Family Name: Juncaceae
Type: rhizomatous perennial
Height and Width: 1m
USDA Hardness Zone: 4-9
Cutivation: Full sun, low maintenance
Suitable Uses: water plants, natrualize, Rain Garden
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2.Carex obnupta(N)
Common Name: slough sedge
Family Name: Cyperaceae
Type: perennial that spreads by rhizomes
Height and Width: 0.5m
USDA Hardness Zone: Native
Cutivation: water plants
Suitable Uses: All sedges are extremely important to a variety of wildlife species.
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3.Schoenoplenctus acutus
Common Name: tule, hard-stem bullrush
Family Name: Cyperaceae
Type: rhizomatous perennial
Height and Width: 2m
USDA Hardness Zone: Native
Cutivation:
Suitable Uses: Dyed and woven, tules are used to make baskets, bowls, mats, hats, clothing, duck decoys, and even boats
Reference: wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoenoplectus_acutus
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4.Typha latifolia/angustifolia
Common Name: cattail
Family Name:
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Height and Width: T. latifolia:2m; T. angustifolia: 1m
USDA Hardness Zone: 3-10
Cutivation: wet, full sun to part shade
Suitable Uses: Naturalize, Rain Garden
Reference: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a407
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5.Sagittaria latifolia
Common Name: broadleaf arrowhead
Family Name: Alismataceae
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Height and Width: 0.3m
USDA Hardness Zone: 5-10
Cutivation: full sun, wet
Suitable Uses: Water Plant, Naturalize, Rain Garden
Reference: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a633
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6.Alisma plantago
Common Name: water plantain, wapato
Family Name: Alismataceae
Type: perennial flowering plant
Height and Width: 0.5m
USDA Hardness Zone:
Cutivation:
Suitable Uses: shallow water
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7.Pontederia cordata
Common Name: pickerel weed
Family Name: Pontederiaceae
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Height and Width: 0.3m
USDA Hardness Zone: 3-10
Cutivation: wet, full sun. Grows in certain depth of water
Suitable Uses: in cointainers, otherwise speading.
Reference: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a428
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