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Clethra alnifolia Sweet Pepperbush


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FAC+ Soil: pH 4.5-6.5


Form/Color Deciduous, grows to 8' tall, flowers white Stormwater Tolerant of stormwater.
in July-August, fruit dry September- Tolerance:
October.


Urban Tolerant of soil compaction, performs


Tolerance: well in the right of way.


Habitat: Moist to wet woods.


Ecosystem Wildlife value low, host to some


Services: butterfly larvae, twigs eaten by rabbits
and deer.


Hydrology: Tolerant of flooding. Intolerant of drought.


Ornamental White flowers in summer, fragrant.


Value: Compatibility: Can form colonies.


Salt Tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Tolerates shade but better in gaps


and edges.
Shade Tolerant of shade.
Tolerance:


Comptonia peregrina Sweetfern


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: UPL Soil: pH 4.5-6.5


Form/Color Deciduous, dense, rounded shrub, slow Stormwater Potentially tolerant of stormwater.


grower to 2 - 4' tall, 4-8' wide, flowers Tolerance:
catkins in May-June.


Urban Intolerant of soil compaction, tolerant


Tolerance: of poor soils, performs well in the right
of way.
Habitat: Grassland, meadows, fields, open


woodlands.
Ecosystem Wildlife value low.
Services:


Hydrology: Tolerant of drought.


Ornamental Lustrous leaves, resemble fern frond,
Value: fragrant. Compatibility: Suckers can form colonies.


Salt Tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Can be difficult to establish, nitrogen


fixer. Sexes on separate plants.
Shade Intolerant of shade.
Tolerance:

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