(*Native) PLANTS FOR BACKYARD PONDS

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FOR IN THE POND

FOR BOGS & NEAR POND

Rooted Emergent Plants: Arrowhead (Sagittaria spp.) Native Blue Flag Iris (Iris missouriensis) Native Blue Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) Native east U.S. Bog Bean (Menyanthes trifoliate) Native Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinales) Native Cattail (Typha Spp.) – smaller non-native species best for backyard ponds Creeping Water Primrose (Ludwigia spp.) Native Frogbit (Hydrocharis spp.) Native/Non-native Golden Club (Orontium aquaticum) Native Horsetail (Equisetum spp.) Native Indian Rhubarb (Darmera peltata) Native Lizard's Tail (Eriiophyllum staechadifolium) Native Mare's Tail (Hippuris vulgaris) Native Marsh Marigold (Caltha leptosepala) Native Pondweed (Potamogeton natans) Some native species Sweet Flag (Acornus calamus) Non-native Sweet Rush (Scripus species) Native Water/Bog Calla (Calla pallustris) Native Water Cress (Rorippa species) Native Water Clover (Marsilea species) Native Water Forget-me-not (Myostis spp.) Non-native Water-lilies (various spp.) Native/Non-native Water Mint (Menta spp.) Non-native Water Pennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides) Native South America Water Plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica) Native Watershield (Brasenia schreberi) Native Water Smartweed (Polygonum spp.) Native/Non-native Free Floating Plants: Duckweed (Lemna minor) Native Fairy Weed/Water Fern (Azolla filiculoides.) Native Water Hyacinth* (Eichhornia crassipes) Native South America *use this plant only in first year pond for shading surface and not thereafter. Dispose of in a manner that assures it cannot escape into the wild Underwater Plants: Fanwort (Cabomba caroliniana) Native Hornwort (Ceraatophyllum demersum) Native Ribbon Sagittaria (Sagittaria subulta). Native Water Purslane (Didiplis diandra) Native Water Bulrush (Scirpus spp.) Native/Non-native Waterweed/Goldfish Plant (Elodea canadensis) Native

Azalea (Rhododendron spp) Native/Non-native Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa) Native Bog Sage (Salvia uligonosa) Non-native California Rhododendron (R. macrophvilum) California Pitcher Plant (Darlingtonia californica) Native Deer Fern (Blechnum spicant) Native Dogwood (Cornus spp.) Native/Non-native Douglas Iris (Iris douglasiana) Native Farewell to Spring (Clarkia spp.) Native Feather Grass (Stipa spp.) Native/Non-native Fiber Optics Grass (Scripus cernus) Native Five-finger Fern (Adiantum pedatum) Native Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) Non-native (wild) Ginger (Asarum caudatum) Native Goat's Beard (Aruncus vulgaris) Native Huckleberry (Vaccinium ovate) Native Hummingbird Sage (Salvia spathacea) Native Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina) Native Leopard/Tiger Lily (Lilium pardalinum) Native Lupine (Lupinus spp.) Native Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) Native Penstemon (Native/Non-native species) Pt. Reyes Checkerbloom (Sidalcea calycosa ssp. rhizomata) Native coastal California Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana) Native (shade) Rush (Juncus spp.) Native/Non-native Stream Sedge (Carex nudata) Native Seep Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatus) Native Solomon's Seal (Smilacina spp.) Native Spirea (Spiraea douglasii) Native Stream Orchid (Epipactis gigantean) Native Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) Native Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum) Native Spirea (Spiraea douglasii) Native Trillium (Trillium albidum) Native Vine Maple (Acer circinatum) Native Tree Water Hyssop (Bacopa monnieri) Non-native Western Dog Violet (Viola adunca) Native Wild Onion (Allium unifolium) Native Plants in bold type above are pictured in the web pages of Bigsnest Pond: http://www.bigsnestpond.net/ Please give Bigsnest Wildlife Pond a virtual visit *Native=native to North America © Kathy Biggs OK to copy with credit lines as above