Peltandra virginica Green Arrow Arum
Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: OBL Soil: pH 5.0-9.5
Form/Color Grows to 30"; green-white flowers bloom Stormwater Potentially tolerant of stormwater.
June-July; fruit ripe August; slow grower. Tolerance:
Urban Tolerant of concrete debris.
Tolerance:
Habitat: Fresh to slightly brackish tidal and
nontidal marshes and pond edges.
Ecosystem Provides cover for invertebrates and
Services: small fish.
Hydrology: Tolerant of flooding 100% of growing
season.
Ornamental Green-white flowers.
Value: Compatibility: Can form colonies.
Salt Moderately tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Used for erosion control, vegetation,
diversity, and aesthetics for the
Shade Tolerant of shade. margins of ponds and lakes; used for
Tolerance: wetland mitigation.
Penstemon digitalis White Beardtongue
Native To: Regional Wetland Indicator: FAC Soil: pH 5.5-7.0
Form/Color Moderate grower to 5', single stem, waxy- Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
whitish or purplish, flowers white or pale Tolerance: tolerance.
purple in May-July.
Urban Adapted to coarse, medium, and fine
Tolerance: soils, low tolerance of soil compaction.
Habitat: Part shade, edges and meadows,
second growth.
Ecosystem Attracts birds and butterflies.
Services:
Hydrology: Tolerant of drought.
Ornamental White or pale purplish flowers.
Value: Compatibility:
Salt Moderately tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other:
Shade Tolerant of shade.
Tolerance: