Transcription of salt tolerant natives - Ottawa Conservation District
1 salt tolerant Native Plants These native plants are tolerant of salt spray from de-icing salts used on roadways during winter. Scientific name Common name Scientific name Common name Andropogon virginicus Broom sedge Schizachyrium scoparium Little bluestem Aquilegia canadensis Wild columbine Scirpus acutus hard-stemmed bulrush Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly milkweed Scirpus cyperinus Wool grass Aster ericoides Heath aster Scirpus pungens Chairmaker's blurush Aster laevis Smooth blue aster Scirpus validus Great bulrush Aster oolentangiensis Sky-blue aster Sium suave Tall water parsnip Aster puniceus Bristly aster Solidago rigida Stiff goldenrod Baptisia australis Blue wild indigo Solidago speciosa Showy goldenrod Baptisia bracteata Cream wild indigo
2 Spartina pectinata Prairie cord grass Bidens cernua Nodding bur marigold Spirea alba Meadowsweet Bouteloua cutipendula Side-oats gramma Spirea tomentosa Steeplebush Calamovilfa longifolia Sand reed Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie dropseed Coreopsis lancelota Sand coreopsis Teucrium canadense Germander Dalea purpurea Purple prairie clover Triadenum virginicum Marsh St. John's wort Deschampsia cepitosa Tufted hair grass Typha angustifolia Narrow-leaved cattail Echinacea purpurea Broad-leaved purple coneflower Typha latifolia Broad-leaved cattail Eleocharis palustris Great spike rush Verbena stricta Hoary vervain Eupatorium perfoliatum Common boneset Zizania aquatica Wild rice Helenium autumnale Sneezeweed Zizea aurea Golden Alexanders Hibiscus moscheutos Swamp rose mallow Hierochloe odorata Sweet grass Hypericum pyramidatum Great St.
3 John's wort Juncus canadensis Canadian rush Juncus torreyi Torrey's rush Lathyrus palustris Marsh vetchling Liatris aspera Rough blazing star Nuphar advena Yellow pond lily Panicum virgatum Switchgrass Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia creeper Physostegia virginiana Obedient plant Polygonatum pensylvanicum Pinkweed Potamogeton pectinatus Sago pondweed Rhynchospora macrostachya Horned beak rush Rubeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan Rumex orbiculatus Great water dock Source: JFNew 2007 Resource Catalog All programs and services of the Allegan Conservation District and NRCS are provided on a non-discriminatory basis.
