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Baccharis halimifolia Groundsel Bush


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FACW Soil: pH 5.5-8.5


Form/Color Semievergreen, rounded shrub, upright Stormwater Potentially tolerant.
branches, cottony fruits in fall, fast grower Tolerance:
to 5-12' tall, 5-12' wide.


Urban Tolerant of soil compaction, concrete


Tolerance: debris.


Habitat: Coastal, salt marsh edges, usually


upland of Iva. spp.
Ecosystem Cover for wildlife, nectar for bees,
Services: butterflies, moths, nsects, birds eat


seeds.


Hydrology: Tolerant of flooding, drought.


Ornamental Deep green to gray-green leaves, cottony
Value: fruits. Compatibility:


Salt Tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Mostly pest free.


Shade Intolerant of shade.
Tolerance:


Ceanothus americanus New Jersey Tea


Native To: Regional Wetland Indicator: UPL Soil: pH 4.5-6.0


Form/Color Deciduous, slow to moderate grower to 3' Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
tall, , flowers white in June-July, fruit dry in Tolerance: tolerance.


August-October.


Urban Intolerant of soil compaction.
Tolerance:


Habitat: Open, dry, oak woods.


Ecosystem Host to some butterfly larvae.
Services:


Hydrology: Tolerant of drought, intolerant of flooding.


Ornamental White flowers in summer.


Value: Compatibility: Can form colonies.


Salt Tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Nitrogen fixer. Exceptionally deep


roots make it well adapted to persist
Shade Moderately tolerant of shade. after fires.
Tolerance:

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