Suggested Planting List for: Near‐Stream Areas Common Name
Scientific Name
Height
Width
Carya ovata Juglans nigra Platanus x acerifolia Quercus bicolor Quercus macrocarpa Quercus rubra Tsuga canadensis Taxodium distichum
80' 75‐100' 70‐90' 50‐60' 70‐80' 50‐75' 40‐70' 50‐70'
50' 75‐100' 65‐80' 50‐60' 70‐80' 50‐75' 25‐35' 20‐45'
Amelanchier arborea Carpinus caroliniana Cornus alternifolia Hamamelis virginiana Prunus americana Prunus virginia
15‐25' 20‐35' 15‐25' 10‐15' 15‐25' 20‐30'
15‐25' 20‐35' 15‐30' 10‐15' 15‐25' 15‐20'
Aronia arbutifolia Cephalanthus occidentalis Cornus amomum Cornus racemosa Cornus sericea Corylus americana Physocarpus opulifolius Physocarpus opulifolius 'diablo' Prunus tomentosa Viburnum lentago Viburnum carlesii Viburnum dentatum
6‐8' 5‐12' 6‐10' 10‐15' 6‐10' 8‐15' 5‐8' 4‐8' 6‐10' 14‐16' 4‐6' 6‐10'
3‐4' 4‐8' 6‐10' 10‐15' 6‐10' 8‐15' 4‐6' 4‐8' 12‐15' 6‐12' 4‐7' 6‐10'
Andropogon gerardii 'Pawnee' Bouteloua curtipendula 'Trailway' Elymus virginicus Schizachyrium scoparius 'Blaze' Sorghastrum nutans Sporobolus heterolepis
3-8' 1-3' 2-4'
Woody: Trees Shagbark Hickory Black walnut American Planetree Swamp white oak Bur Oak Northern Red Oak Eastern Hemlock Bald Cypress
Woody: Small Trees Serviceberry Ironwood Pagoda Dogwood Witchazel Wild Plum Common Chokecherry
Woody: Shrubs Red chokeberry Button Bush Silky Dogwood Gray Dogwood Redosier Dogwood Witchhazel Ninebark Diablo Ninebark Nanking Cherry Nannyberry Viburnum Koreanspice Viburnum Arrowood Viburnum
Herbaceous: Grasses Big Bluestem Side‐Oats Grama Virginia wild rye Little Bluestem Indian Grass Prairie Dropseed
Herbaceous: Forbes
1‐3' 3-6' 2-4'
Sun
Partial
Shade
Maidenhair Fern nodding Wild Onion Cutleaf Anemone Cutleaf Anemone Snowdrop Windflower Rue Anemone Columbine Wild Ginger Butterfly Milkweed New England Aster Turtlehead Pink Turtlehead Purple Coneflower Bigroot Cranesbill Prairie Smoke Dwarf Crested Iris Blue Flag Iris Dense Blazing Star Cinnamon Fern Husker Red Penstemon Woodland Phlox Solomon Seal Christmas Fern Orange Coneflower Black‐Eyed Susan Wild Petunia Riddell's Goldenrod Stiff Goldenrod Ohio Spiderwort Hoary Vervain Culver's Root
Adiantum pedatum Allium cernuum Anemone multfida 'major' Anemone multifida 'rubra' Anemone sylvestris Anemone thalictroides Aquilegia canadensis Asarum canadense Asclepias tuberosa Aster novae‐angliae Chelone glabra Chelone obliqua Echinacea purpurea Geranium macrorrhizim Geum triflorum Iris cristata Iris versicolor Liatris spicata Osmunda cinnamomea Pensetemon digitalis ‘husker red’ Phlox divaricata Polygonatum biflorum Polystichum acrostichoides Rudbeckia fulgida Rudbeckia hirta, R.subtomentosa Ruellia humilis Solidago riddellii Solidago rigida Tradescantia ohiensis Verbena stricta Veronicastrum virginicum
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