Alnus serrulata Common Alder
Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: OBL Soil: pH 5.5-7.5
Form/Color Deciduous, forms thickets, fast to 20', 12- Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
20' wide, flowers red to purple catkins in Tolerance: tolerance.
March-April, fruit dry, cone-like in August-
October. Urban Tolerant of soil compaction and poor
Tolerance: soil.
Habitat: Swamp, spring, pond or lake edges,
meadow, forest.
Ecosystem Wildlife value high, host to some
Services: butterfly larvae, seeds eaten by some
songbirds, twigs and leaves eaten by
Hydrology: Tolerant of flooding and drought. rabbits and deer.
Ornamental Flowers, catkins, conelike fruit.
Value: Compatibility: Can form colonies.
Salt Intolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Nitrogen fixer, susceptible to borers,
tent caterpillars, and other insects,
Shade Intolerant of shade. weakened plants susceptible to
Tolerance: canker and other fungi.
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry
Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: UPL Soil: pH 4.5-6.0
Form/Color Evergreen, low-growing, groundcover, Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
pink flowers in spring, red fruits, slow Tolerance: tolerance.
grower to 6-12" tall, 2-4' wide or more.
Urban Sensitive of soil compaction.
Tolerance:
Habitat: Forest, dune, bald, barrens.
Ecosystem Wildlife and birds eat fruits.
Services:
Hydrology: Tolerant of drought, intolerant of flooding.
Ornamental Small pink flowers, glossy green leaves
Value: turn reddish brown in winter, bright red Compatibility:
fruits, great ground cover.
Salt Tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other:
Shade Intolerant of shade.
Tolerance: