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Arabis canadensis Sicklepod


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: UPL Soil: pH 5.0-7.0


Form/Color Biennial to 40", winter rosette evergreen, Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
flowers cream-white in May-July, fruits in Tolerance: tolerance.
August-September.


Urban Insufficient information to determine


Tolerance: tolerance.


Habitat: Rocky banks, rich woods, thickets.


Ecosystem Attractive to bees and flies.


Services:


Hydrology: Prefers mesic to dry conditions.


Ornamental Small cream-white flowers on long stalks
Value: line a thin stem. Long drooping sickle- Compatibility:


shaped pods form covering papery seeds.


Salt Low tolerance of salt.


Tolerance: Other:


Shade Tolerant of shade.
Tolerance:


Aralia nudicaulis Wild Sarsaparilla


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FACU Soil: pH 4.4-7.2


Form/Color Perennial, grows to 15", dioecious, Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
flowers tiny, whitish in May-July, blackish Tolerance: tolerance.


fruit in July-August, dioecious.


Urban Adapted to coarse, medium, and fine
Tolerance: soils, no tolerance of soil compaction.


Habitat: Undisturbed, moist forest understories.


Ecosystem Attractive to bumble bees, other bees,
Services: and syrphid flies, fruits eaten by some


birds and mammals.


Hydrology: Moderate tolerance to drought.


Ornamental Single leaf stalks divide with oval leaflets.
Value: Whitish flowers in round clusters. Purple Compatibility: Frequently forms colonies.


to black round berries.


Salt Intolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other:


Shade Tolerant of shade.


Tolerance:

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