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Ilex verticillata Winterberry


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


tolerates to 8.0


Form/Color Deciduous, slow grower to 15', flowers Stormwater Tolerant of stormwater.


white in June-July, red fruit in September- Tolerance:
October, dioecious.


Urban Tolerates soil compaction, performs


Tolerance: well in the right of way.


Habitat: Freshwater tidal marshes, shrub


swamps, swamp forest, flood plain
forests. Ecosystem Wildlife value high, fruit eaten by birds
Services: throughout winter, also eaten by small


mammals.


Hydrology: Tolerant of flooding, moderately tolerant of
drought.


Ornamental Small white flowers in summer, red fleshy
Value: fruit in fall, perisisting into the winter. Compatibility: Males often colonial.


Salt Intolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other:


Shade Moderately tolerant of shade.
Tolerance:


Iva frutescens Marsh Elder


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FACW+ Soil: pH 5.0-7.5


Form/Color Grows to 9', usually dies back in winter, Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
flowers greenish in August-October. Tolerance: tolerance.


Urban Tolerant of concrete debris.


Tolerance:


Habitat: Coastal, high salt marsh, salt marsh


edges.
Ecosystem Attractive to song birds. Habitat for
Services: generalist wetland birds. Secondary


nesting habitat for Saltmarsh
Hydrology: Tolerant of flooding, drought. Sparrows.


Ornamental Greenish flowers and fruits.


Value: Compatibility:


Salt Tolerant of salt.


Tolerance: Other:


Shade Intolerant of shade.
Tolerance:

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