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<br />evergreens in the <br />Coastal Plain and ~ `- <br />Piedmont (eastern <br />Tier 2 Table -Sformwafer Wetland Vegefatiou <br />Plants Found to Survive in Sformwafer Wetlands, Often Adding Color, from the Highest to <br />Least Water Tolerant <br />(Source: Dr. Bill Hunt, Assistant Professor and extension Specialist, Biological and Agricultural Engineering <br />Department, NCST~ ' <br />Common Name Scient~c Name Zone/s ~ Conaanenfs <br />Water (American) Nelumbo lutea I and~Il (edge) Protrudes from deep <br />Lotus pools. Good for <br /> mountain wetlands. . <br /> There is some <br /> concern that this <br /> plant is too <br /> aggressive. <br />Arnow Arum Peltandra virginica 'III Similar is <br /> appearance to <br /> Sag-ittaria. <br />Swamp Mills Weed Asclepias incarnata III and IV Produces an orange <br /> flower in the fall. <br />Blue Flag Iris Xris virginica or III and IV (edge) Produces a showy <br /> versicolor blue (or other color) <br /> flower in late <br /> spring. Grows at <br /> the water's edge. <br />Sedge ~ Carex spp. III and IV There are many <br /> species available. <br /> This plant is a good <br /> izufial colonizer. <br />Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis N Produces brilliant <br /> red flowers in late <br /> summer. <br />Hibiscus (Rose Hibiscus IV Produces beautiful, <br />Mallow) moscheutos and showy white and red <br /> grandiflorus flowers in mid/late <br /> summer. <br />Swamp Rose Rosa palustris N Produces an off- <br /> whitebloom in the <br /> spring. <br />Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium N and V Produces a purple- <br /> purpureurn like bloom in the <br /> summer and fall. <br />Note: The denser the initial planting, the more quickly the vegetation will establish, and the <br />less likely invasive species will dominate a stormwafer pond or wetland. For most of the <br />r <br /> <br />