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C. Wetland Forest Communities


Wetland forests are plant communities which occur in poorly drained depressions on inorganic


soils throughout the New York City area.


FLOODPLAIN FOREST


This hardwood forest community occurs on mineral soils in low–lying areas near river


floodplains. These areas are flooded regularly in the spring and intermittently on more upland


areas. Small stream floodplain forests will be less disturbed than river floodplain forests where


river currents flowing through these areas can scour the landscape.


Examples Include: Bronx River Corridor (BX), Willowbrook (SI).


Recommended Plants:


Ferns


Athyrium felix-femina Lady fern


Onoclea sensibilis Sensitive fern


Osmunda cinnamomea Cinnamon fern


Osmunda claytoniana Interrupted fern


Graminoids


Carex crinita Fringed sedge


Carex intumescens Bladder sedge


Carex lupulina Hop sedge


Carex radiata Eastern star sedge


Carex rosea Rosy sedge


Carex vulpinoidea Fox sedge


Cinna arundinacea Stout woodreed


Danthonia compressa Flattened oatgrass


Glyceria striata Fowl mannagrass


Juncus tenuis Path rush


Juncus canadensis Canadian rush


Rhynchospora capitellata Brownish beaksedge


Scirpus atrovirens Green bulrush


Forbs


Ageratina altissima White snakeroot


Allium canadense Wild garlic


Arisaema triphyllum Jack-in-the-Pulpit


Bidens frondosa Beggarticks


Bohmeria cylindrica False nettle


Chelone glabra Turtlehead


Claytonia virginica Spring beauty


Collinsonia canadensis Horse balm

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