Boehmeria cylindrica False Nettle
Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FACW+ Soil: pH 5.1-7.0
Form/Color Perennial, grows to 3', dioecious, stem Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
erect and opaque, flowers green/white in Tolerance: tolerance.
rounded clusters, female flowers in
slender clusters. Urban Adapted to medium and fine soils,
Tolerance: moderate tolerance of soil
compaction.
Habitat: Wet to moist shady areas, swamp
forests, flood plains, edges, stream
corridors. Ecosystem Host to mourning cloak butterfly
Services: larvae, question mark butterfly, and
comma butterfly.
Hydrology: Low tolerance to drought.
Ornamental Large toothed leaves hang below tiny
Value: green flowers that grow on spikes from Compatibility:
the leaf axils.
Salt Intolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Similar in form to stinging nettle.
Shade Tolerant of shade.
Tolerance:
Cakile edentula American Searocket
Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FACU Soil: Circumneutral
soils.
Form/Color Annual, grows to 32", succulent leaves, Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
flowers pale purple to white in June- Tolerance: tolerance.
October.
Urban Tolerant of gravelly, rocky, sandy soils.
Tolerance:
Habitat: Coastal, primary dunes, upland of high
high-tide line.
Ecosystem Attractive to bees and other insects.
Services:
Hydrology: Tolerant of drought.
Ornamental Succulent stems with shallow toothed
Value: leaves and pale purple to white flowers. Compatibility:
Rocked-shaped seed pods turn a pale
yellow when ripening.
Salt Tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other:
Shade Intolerant of shade.
Tolerance: