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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:

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