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Spartina pectinata Prairie Cordgrass


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: OBL Soil: pH 6.0-8.5


Form/Color To 7', blooms and fruits in July- Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
September, has a distinctive comb-like Tolerance: tolerance.
inflorescence, rapid grower.


Urban Should be tolerant of concrete debris.


Tolerance:


Habitat: Brackish to freshwater shores, marshes.


Ecosystem Low nutrition value; provides cover for


Services: game, songbirds, and small
mammals.


Hydrology: Low drought tolerance; high moisture


usage; poor drainage.


Ornamental The colorful inflorescence is large and


Value: spreading in a distinctive comb-like form. Compatibility:


Salt Low tolerance of salt.


Tolerance: Other: Long lifespan.


Shade Intolerant of shade.
Tolerance:


Tridens flavus Purpletop


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FACU Soil: pH 4.5-6. 5


Form/Color This tall erect grass can reach 3-6.5 ft tall. Stormwater Potentially tolerant of stormwater.
Tufted, blooms and fruits in August- Tolerance:


October, inflorescence dark purple.


Urban Tolerant of low-nutrient soils. Used for
Tolerance: bioretention.


Habitat: Roadsides, fields, dry, open woods.


Ecosystem Host to some butterflies.


Services:


Hydrology: Tolerant of drought.


Ornamental Purple panicles bloom in a pyrimidal form


Value: and droop when they are in seed. Compatibility: Can form colonies.


Salt Intolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Used for bioretention.


Shade Intolerant of shade.


Tolerance:

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