nrg-native-species-planting-guide-091714

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Hypericum prolificum Shrubby St-John's Wort


Native To: Regional Wetland Indicator: FACU Soil: pH 6.0-8.5


Form/Color Deciduous, grows to 3', flowers yellow in Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
June-August, fruit dry. Tolerance: tolerance.


Urban Tolerant of soil compaction, should


Tolerance: tolerate concrete debris.


Habitat: Swamp margins, cliffs, sandy or rocky soil.


Ecosystem Wildlife value moderate.
Services:


Hydrology: Tolerant of flooding, drought.


Ornamental Showy yellow flowers in summer.
Value: Compatibility: Easily shaded out by competing


vegetation.


Salt Tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other:


Shade Intolerant of shade.
Tolerance:


Ilex glabra Inkberry


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


Form/Color Evergreen, slow grower to 6', flowers Stormwater Tolerant of stormwater.
white in June-July, black fruit in Tolerance:


September-November, dioecious.


Urban Tolerant of soil compaction, performs
Tolerance: well in the right of way.


Habitat: Margins of bogs, swamps of coastal plain
and pine barrens, Atlantic white cedar
swamps. Ecosystem Wildlife value high, fruit eaten by birds,


Services: winter cover for small birds, seeds
eaten by small mammals, twigs eaten
Hydrology: Tolerant of flooding, intolerant of drought. by deer.


Ornamental Small, white flowers in summer, black


Value: fleshy fruit in the fall. Compatibility: Eventually colonial.


Salt Tolerant of salt.


Tolerance: Other:


Shade Tolerant of shade.
Tolerance:

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