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Panicum virgatum Switchgrass


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FAC Soil: pH 4.5-7.5


Form/Color Tall upright clump forming grass. Slow Stormwater Tolerant of stormwater.
grower to 6', tufted, blooms and fruits in Tolerance:
July-September.


Urban Tolerant of sterile, acid, sandy soil,


Tolerance: low nutrient fill, performs well in the
right of way.


Habitat: Back dunes, dry to wet meadows,
successional shrub lands, grasslands,
upper edges of salt marsh. Ecosystem Wildlife value high.


Services:


Hydrology: Tolerant of flooding, drought.


Ornamental Attractive clumps. Large open panicles
Value: turning from green to a straw-like color. Compatibility: Does not compete well with


mugwort or other aggressive weeds
in high-nutrient soils.


Salt Moderately tolerant of salt.


Tolerance: Other:


Shade Tolerant of partial shade.
Tolerance:


Rhynchospora alba White Beak Rush


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: OBL Soil: Acidic soils.


Form/Color To 28", tufted, blooms and fruits in July- Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
September. Tolerance: tolerance.


Urban Insufficient information to determine
Tolerance: tolerance.


Habitat: Sphagnum bogs, sandy or acid peaty soil.


Ecosystem Host to some butterflies.


Services:


Hydrology: Intolerant of drought, tolerant of flooding.


Ornamental


Value: Compatibility:


Salt Insufficient information to determine
Tolerance: tolerance. Other:


Shade Intolerant of shade.
Tolerance:

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