Dulichium arundinaceum Three-Way Sedge
Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: OBL Soil: pH 4.7-7.5
Form/Color To 3', blooms and fruits in July-October, Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
leaves in three ranks. Tolerance: tolerance.
Urban Adapted to coarse, medium, and fine
Tolerance: soils, moderate tolerance of soil
compaction.
Habitat: Open freshwater marshes, tidal areas,
pond edges.
Ecosystem Wildlife value moderate, host to some
Services: butterflies.
Hydrology: Permanently saturated soil or flooding to
1 ft. Not drought tolerant.
Ornamental Architectural upright form, colonal habit.
Value: Green to yellow foliage with radiating Compatibility: Not a known allelopath, moderate
leaves all along the stem. grower, slow rate of vegetative
spread.
Salt Intolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other:
Shade Tolerant of partial shade.
Tolerance:
Elymus canadensis Canada Wild Rye
Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FACU+ Soil: pH 5.0-7.9
Form/Color Perennial, tufted, 5' tall, waxy pale-gray- Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
green, spikelets in pairs at each node, Tolerance: tolerance.
blooms and fruits in July-October.
Urban Adapted to coarse, medium, and fine
Tolerance: soils, low tolerance of soil compaction.
Habitat: Dry to moist rocky, sandy soil.
Ecosystem Moderately palatable to browse
Services: animals.
Hydrology: Moderate tolerance to drought.
Ornamental Long arching or drooping inflorescence
Value: made up of bristly spikelets with curving Compatibility: Not a known allelopath, rapid
awns. Can grow up to 4 ft high with long grower, no vegetative spread.
pointed leaves along the stem.
Salt Moderately tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other:
Shade Tolerant of shade.
Tolerance: