Chelone glabra Turtlehead
Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: OBL Soil: pH<6.8
Form/Color Perennial, grows to 3' tall, flowers white to Stormwater Tolerant of stormwater.
pinkish in July-August. Tolerance:
Urban Performs well in the right of way.
Tolerance:
Habitat: Open marshes, open swamp forest.
Ecosystem Host for some butterfly species,
Services: including Baltimore checkerspot
butterfly, attractive to hummingbirds.
Hydrology: Tolerant of wet soil.
Ornamental White to pinkish tubular flowers bunched
Value: in a terminal cluster atop a stem of long Compatibility:
narrow dark opposite green leaves.
Salt Intolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Exploitably vulnerable in New York
state.
Shade Tolerant of shade.
Tolerance:
Chrysopsis mariana Maryland Goldenaster
Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: UPL Soil: Acidic soils.
Form/Color Grows to 32", fruits and flowers yellow in Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
August-November. Tolerance: tolerance.
Urban Insufficient information to determine
Tolerance: tolerance.
Habitat: Sandy soil, open woods.
Ecosystem
Services:
Hydrology: Wet to moist soil conditions.
Ornamental Stems and leaves that are slightly hairy
Value: with a purplish tinge. Yellow asters bloom Compatibility:
in late summer. Attractive fluffy seed
heads persist throughout the fall.
Salt Insufficient information to determine
Tolerance: tolerance. Other:
Shade Tolerant of partial shade.
Tolerance: