Potential plants for rain gardens in Northwoods
Compiled by: Patrick Goggin - Vilas County Conservationist
Vilas County Land and Water Conservation Department
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Potential shrubs:
Common name Latin / scientific name Height range
American hazelnut Corylus...
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Potential plants for rain gardens in Northwoods
Compiled by: Patrick Goggin - Vilas County Conservationist
Vilas County Land and Water Conservation Department
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Potential shrubs:
Common name Latin / scientific name Height range
American hazelnut Corylus americana 3-6
Arrowwood Viburnum Viburnum dentatum 6-15
Beaked hazelnut Corylus cornuta 3-6
Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi .
5-1
Black chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa 2-5
Bunchberry Cornus canadensis 3-8"
Bush honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera 1-4
Downy arrowwood Viburnum rafinesquianum 3-6
Elderberry Sambucus canadensis 3-12
Gray dogwood Cornus racemosa 10-15
Highbush cranberry Viburnum trilobum 6-16
Meadowsweet Spiraea alba 3-5
Mountain ash Sorbus americana 10-30
Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius 5-9
Pagoda dogwood Cornus alternifolia 15-25
Serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis 6-25
Steeplebush Spiraea tomentosa 2-5"
Sweet gale Myrica gale 5-7
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Grasses, sedges, and rushes:
Common name Latin / scientific name Height ran
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