Appendix A. Suitable Rain Garden Plants Stabilize Provide Tolerates Thrives Tolerates Tolerates Tolerates Steep Windbreaks/ Strong Wind/ in Full Dry Moist Soils Shade TREES Embankments Screening Salt Spray Sun Conditions x x x x x Red Maple Acer rubrum x x White Birch Betula papyrifera x x River Birch Betula nirga x x x Pagoda Dogwood Cornus alternifolia x x x Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida x x x x American Beech Fagus grandifolia x x American Holly Ilex opaca x x x x x x Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana x x x Black Gum Nyssa sylvatica x x x x x Hop Hornbeam Ostrya virginiana x x x x x x White Pine Pinus strobus x x Populus grandidenta or tremuloides Aspen x x x x Pin Cherry Prunus pennsylvanica x x x x x Black Cherry Prunus serotina x x x x x Chokecherry Prunus virginia x x White Oak Quercus alba x x x x x x Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor x x x x Red Oak Quercus rubra x x x x x Black Oak Quercus velutina x x x x Sumac Rhus typhina or Rhus glabra x x x x Eastern Hemlock Tsuga Canadensis
Appendix A. Suitable Rain Garden Plants TREES Stabilize Steep Embankments Provide Windbreaks/ Screening Tolerates Strong Wind/ Salt Spray Tolerates Moist Soils Tolerates Shade Thrives in Full Sun Tolerates Dry Conditions Acer rubrum Red Maple x x x x x Betula papyrifera White Birch x x Betula nirga River Birch x x Cornus alternifolia Pagoda Dogwood x x x Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood x x x Fagus grandifolia American Beech x x x x Ilex opaca American Holly x x Juniperus virginiana Red Cedar x x x x x x Nyssa sylvatica Black Gum x x x Ostrya virginiana Hop Hornbeam x x x x x Pinus strobus White Pine x x x x x x Populus grandidenta or tremuloides Aspen x x Prunus pennsylvanica Pin Cherry x x x x Prunus serotina Black Cherry x x x x x Prunus virginia Chokecherry x x x x x Quercus alba White Oak x x Quercus bicolor Swamp White Oak x x x x x x Quercus rubra Red Oak x x x x Quercus velutina Black Oak x x x x x Rhus typhina or Rhus glabra Sumac x x x x Tsuga Canadensis Eastern Hemlock x x x x
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