APPENDIX B: WOODY PLANTS SUITABLE FOR RIPARIAN AREAS

Flood Tolerance*	Shade Tolerance **	Common Name
High Flood Tolerance
Aronia arbutifolia	3	Red chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa	3	Black chokeberry
Cephalanthus occidentalis	5	Common buttonbush
Clethra alnifolia	2	Summersweet clethra ***
Cornus amomum	4	Silky dogwood
Cornus stolonifera (sericea)	5	Redosier dogwood
Hamamelis vernalis	3	Vernal witchhazel ***
Ilex decidua	3	Possumhaw ***
Ilex glabra	2	Inkberry ***
Ilex verticillata	3	Common winterberry
Itea virginica	1	Virginia sweetspire ***
Magnolia virginiana	2	Sweetbay magnolia ***
Myrica pensylvanica	4	Northern bayberry
Parthenocissus quinquefolia	1	Virginia creeper (vine)
Physocarpus opulifolius	4	Common ninebark
Potentilla fruticosa	4	Bush cinquefoil
Sambucus canadensis	1	American elderberry
Salix x cotteti	5	Bankers willow ***
Salix exigua	5	Sandbar willow
Salix purpurea	5	Streamco willow ***
Viburnum cassinoides	2	Witherod viburnum
Moderate Flood Tolerance*
Calycanthus floridus	1	Common sweetshrub
Hypericum kalmianurn	5	Kalm St. John’s wort
Viburnum dentatum	2	Arrowwood viburnum
Xanthorhiza simplicissima	1	Yellowroot ***
Intermediate Flood Tolerance*
Aesculus pavia	2	Red buckeye ***
Aesculus parviflora	2	Bottlebush buckeye ***
Campsis radicans	3	Trumpetcreeper (vine)
Cornus racemosa	2	Gray dogwood
Corylus americana	2	American filbert
Diervilla lonicera	1	Dwarf bushhoneysuckle
Fothergilla gardeni	1	Dwarf fothergilla ***
Fothergilla major	1	Large fothergilla ***
Hydrangea quericifolia	1	Oakleaf hydrangea ***
Hydrangea arborescens	1	Smooth hydrangea
Lindera benzoin	1	Common spicebush
Lonicera dioica	2	Limber honeysuckle (vine)
Mahonia aquifolium	1	Oregongrape holly ***
Rosa carolina	4	Carolina rose
Rosa setigera	4	Prairie rose
Rubus odoratus	1	Fragrant thimbleberry
Vaccinium stamineum	2	Common deerberry
Low Flood Tolerance*
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	4	Bearberry
Cornus rogusa	1	Roundleaf dogwood
Corylus americana	2	American filbert
Diervilla lonicera	1	Dwarf bushhoneysuckle
Fothergilla gardeni	1	Dwarf fothergilla ***
Fothergilla major	1	Large fothergilla ***
Hydrangea arborescens	1	Smooth hydrangea
Hydrangea quericifolia	1	Oakleaf hydrangea ***
Mahonia aquifolium	1	Oregongrape holly ***
Rosa carolina	4	Carolina rose
Rubus odoratus	1	Fragrant thimbleberry
Symphoricarpos albus	1	Common snowberry
Vaccinium stamineum	2	Common deerberry
No Flood Tolerance*
Amorpha canescens	5	Leadplant ***
Ceanothus americanus	3	New Jersey tea
Comptonia peregrina	2	Sweetfern
Dirca palustris	1	Leatherwood
Hypericum frondosum	5	Golden St. John’s wort
Juniperus communis	5	Common juniper
Juniperus horizontalis	5	Creeping juniper ***
Rhus aromatica	5	Fragrant sumac
Sambucus pubens	1	Scarlet elder
Symphoricarpos albus	1	Common snowberry
*High flood tolerance: Generally lowland wet species surviving when flooded or exposed to high water table more than 40% of the growing season
*Moderate flood tolerance: Generally lowland wet species surviving when flooded or exposed to high water table more than 30% of the growing season but less than 40%
*Intermediate flood tolerance: Generally lowland wet-mesic species surviving occasional inundation or elevated water table between 20% and 30% of the growing season
*Low flood tolerance: Generally upland mesic and mesic-dry species rarely inundated or exposed to an elevated water table for periods of short duration, between 5% and 20% of the growing season
*No flood tolerance: Generally upland dry species exhibiting immediate and rapid decline frequently culminating in death if inundated or exposed to elevated water table for more than 5% of the growing season
Table 1224-1: Summary Table of Development Review Procedures
H = Public Hearing Required M = Public MeetingR = Review and Recommendation D = Decision
Appeals	157.055	H-D[3]
Certificate of use and compliance	157.057	D
Conditional use permit	157.052	H-DR
Land disturbance permit	157053	R-D
Major subdivision - preliminary plan	157.050	M-DR
Major subdivision - final plat	157.050	M-DM-RR
Minor subdivision	157.049	M-D [1]R-DR [2]
Site plan review (including all freestanding signs)	157.051	M-DRR
Text or map amendment	157.048	H-DM-RR
Variance - general	157.054	H-DR
Variance of land development standards (major subdivisions)	157.050(16)	H-DR
Zoning permit	157.056	D
[1]   The PZC shall review and decide on minor subdivisions upon referral from the Planning Director, otherwise the Planning Department may authorize minor subdivisions in compliance with this Code. [2]   The Zoning Division shall provide a secondary signature on minor subdivisions. [3]   The Zoning Division, or the department whose decision is being appealed, shall provide all information related to the appealed decision as part of the record.

 

(Prior Code, § 1224.02) (Ord. 2009-21, passed 10-27-2009)