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Alnus serrulata Common Alder


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: OBL Soil: pH 5.5-7.5


Form/Color Deciduous, forms thickets, fast to 20', 12- Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
20' wide, flowers red to purple catkins in Tolerance: tolerance.
March-April, fruit dry, cone-like in August-


October. Urban Tolerant of soil compaction and poor
Tolerance: soil.


Habitat: Swamp, spring, pond or lake edges,


meadow, forest.
Ecosystem Wildlife value high, host to some
Services: butterfly larvae, seeds eaten by some


songbirds, twigs and leaves eaten by
Hydrology: Tolerant of flooding and drought. rabbits and deer.


Ornamental Flowers, catkins, conelike fruit.
Value: Compatibility: Can form colonies.


Salt Intolerant of salt.


Tolerance: Other: Nitrogen fixer, susceptible to borers,
tent caterpillars, and other insects,
Shade Intolerant of shade. weakened plants susceptible to


Tolerance: canker and other fungi.


Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: UPL Soil: pH 4.5-6.0


Form/Color Evergreen, low-growing, groundcover, Stormwater Insufficient information to determine


pink flowers in spring, red fruits, slow Tolerance: tolerance.
grower to 6-12" tall, 2-4' wide or more.


Urban Sensitive of soil compaction.


Tolerance:


Habitat: Forest, dune, bald, barrens.


Ecosystem Wildlife and birds eat fruits.
Services:


Hydrology: Tolerant of drought, intolerant of flooding.


Ornamental Small pink flowers, glossy green leaves
Value: turn reddish brown in winter, bright red Compatibility:


fruits, great ground cover.


Salt Tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other:


Shade Intolerant of shade.
Tolerance:

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