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Chelone glabra Turtlehead


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: OBL Soil: pH<6.8


Form/Color Perennial, grows to 3' tall, flowers white to Stormwater Tolerant of stormwater.
pinkish in July-August. Tolerance:


Urban Performs well in the right of way.


Tolerance:


Habitat: Open marshes, open swamp forest.


Ecosystem Host for some butterfly species,
Services: including Baltimore checkerspot


butterfly, attractive to hummingbirds.


Hydrology: Tolerant of wet soil.


Ornamental White to pinkish tubular flowers bunched
Value: in a terminal cluster atop a stem of long Compatibility:


narrow dark opposite green leaves.


Salt Intolerant of salt.


Tolerance: Other: Exploitably vulnerable in New York
state.


Shade Tolerant of shade.
Tolerance:


Chrysopsis mariana Maryland Goldenaster


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: UPL Soil: Acidic soils.


Form/Color Grows to 32", fruits and flowers yellow in Stormwater Insufficient information to determine


August-November. Tolerance: tolerance.


Urban Insufficient information to determine


Tolerance: tolerance.


Habitat: Sandy soil, open woods.


Ecosystem
Services:


Hydrology: Wet to moist soil conditions.


Ornamental Stems and leaves that are slightly hairy
Value: with a purplish tinge. Yellow asters bloom Compatibility:


in late summer. Attractive fluffy seed
heads persist throughout the fall.


Salt Insufficient information to determine
Tolerance: tolerance. Other:


Shade Tolerant of partial shade.
Tolerance:

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