Wetland Plants of the Eastern United States

15 cm long Alder alterniflora angustifolia areas attracts waterfowl August through October blooming from August blooming from July catkins CATTAIL clusters cm diameter cm high cm wide dark green dense stands discription ducks eaten by muskrat europaea flowering spikes flowering stem flowering structure Flowers bloom foliage freshwater marshes Fruit game and song Glasswort hairy Hibiscus Iva frutescens July through October July through September Kalmia angustifolia Kalmia polifolia known lance-shaped latifolia leaf stalk Leaves Located in bogs Located in coastal Located in swamps manual marsh and shore marsh and song marsh birds Nelumbo lutea oblong oval patens plant Pogonia Pogonia ophioglossoides Polygonum Polygonum arifolium roots Sagittaria saltmarshes Saltmeadow Cordgrass SALTWORT Sarracenia purpurea seeds serve as food sheath shrub small mammals song birds Spartina alterniflora spikelets Spotted Touch-Me-Not Sundew swamps throughout Taxodium distichum throughout the Division tree reaching twigs unbranched upland Water Tupelo waterfowl and marsh wetland whitish wildlife value