Flood Tolerance* | Shade Tolerance ** | Common Name |
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 |
Salix exigua | 5 | Sandbar willow |
Salix purpurea | 5 | Streamco willow *** |
Salix x cotteti | 5 | Bankers willow *** |
Sambucus canadensis | 1 | American elderberry |
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 parviflora | 2 | Bottlebush buckeye *** |
Aesculus pavia | 2 | Red 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 arborescens | 1 | Smooth hydrangea |
Hydrangea quericifolia | 1 | Oakleaf 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 | ||
** Shade tolerance: Shade tolerance means able to grow in a state of health and vigor beneath dense shade. In this ranking, shrubs and vines are ranked on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very shade tolerant, and 5 being very shade intolerant | ||
1. The majority of plants listed are available on the local commercial market and do not displace native species 2. The cultivated varieties (cultivars) of the species listed above may also be used 3. Primary information taken from Hightshoe, Gary, 1987, Native Trees, Shrubs, and vines for Urban and Rural America, Van Nostrand. NY, NY 4. For further assistance contact Roger Gettig, Landscape Consulting Program, The Holden Arboretum, or Steve Roloson, ODNR Scenic Rivers Program | ||
(Prior Code, Part 12, App. A) (Ord. 2009-21, passed 10-27-2009)