Plants for Moist Soil

Plants with an asterisk (*) can be used in boggy soils
(wet soil, not standing in water). Plants without an asterisk
can be used for waterside plantings (moist, not wet soil).
TREES
  
SHRUBS
Common Name
Botanical Name
Common Name
Botanical Name
Ash, Green* Fraxinus pennsylvanica American Cranberry Vaccinum
Ash, White Fraxinus americana Arborvitae Thuja occidentalis
Bald Cypress* Taxodium distichum Bayberry Myrica pennsylvanica
Birch River* Betula nigra Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis
Black Gum Nyssa sylvatica Chokeberry, Black Aronia melanocarpa
Dawn Redwood* Metasequoia Chokeberry, Red* Aronia arbutifolia
Honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos Coralberry, Snowberry Symphoricarpos x chenaultii
Hornbeam Carpinus betulus Deutzia Deutzia gracillis
Larch Laxis kaempferi Dogwood, Gray* Cornus racemosa
London Plane Tree Platanus acerifolia Dogwood, Red Osier* Cornus sericea
Magnolia, Saucer Magnolia virginiana Dogwood, Red Twig* Cornus alba
Maple, Red* Acer rubrum Elderberry, American Sambucus canadensis
Maple, Sugar Acer saccharinum Flowering Quince Chaenomeles
Oak, Pin Quercus palustris Fringetree* Chionanthus virginicus
Oak, Swamp Quercus bicolor Holly, Inkberry Ilex glabra
Serviceberry* Amelanchier Holly, Winterberry* Ilex verticillata
Sweet Gum* Liquidambar styraciflua Privet Ligustrum
Willow* Salix Pussy Willow Weeping Salix pendula
  Spicebush* Lindera benzoin
PERENNIALS AND GROUNDCOVERS
 Summersweet Clethra alnifolia
Common Name
Botanical Name
 Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice Calycanthus floridus
Ajuga* Ajuga reptans Sweetspire* Itea virginica
Astilbe* Astilbe Viburnum, American Cranberry Viburnum trilobum
Beebalm Monarda Viburnum, Arrowwood* Viburnum dentatum
Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis Viburnum, Blackhaw* Viburnum prunifolium
Bugbane, Snakeroot Cimcifuga Viburnum, European Cranberry Viburnum opulus
Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis Viburnum, Nannyberry* Viburnum lentago
Daylily* Hemerocallis Viburnum, Sargent Cranberry Viburnum sargentii
Fern, Cinnamon Osmunda cinnamomea Willow, Blue Artic* Salix purpurea
Fern, Lady Athyrium filix-femina Witchhazel Hamamelis
Fern, Maidenhair Adiantum pedatum  
Gooseneck Loosestrife Lysimachia clethroides
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES
Hardy Hibiscus* (Rose Mallow) Hibiscus moscheutos
Common Name
Botanical Name
Hosta* Hosta Giant Reed Grass Arundo Donax
Iris, Japanese* Iris ensata Feather Reed Grass Calamagrostis x acutifolia
Iris, Variegated Iris pallida 'Aureo Variegata' Sedge* Carex
Iris, Yellow Flag* Iris pseudacorus Tufted Hair Grass Deschampsia
Ligularia 'The Rocket'* Ligularia sten. 'The Rocket' Giant Plume Grass* Erianthus ravennae
Liriope Liriope Japanese Blood Grass Imperata cyindrica 'Red Baron'
Obedient Plant* Physostegia virginiana Maiden Grass* Miscanthus sinensis
Periwinkle (Common Myrtle) Vinca Minor Switch Grass* Panicum virgatum
Plumbago Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Fountain Grass Pennisetum alopecuroides
Purpleleaf Wintercreeper Euonymus fort. 'Colorata' Ribbon Grass* Phalaris arundinacea 'Picta'