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  • Upland Bentgrass
    Agrostis perennans

    Upland Bentgrass
    Agrostis perennans
  • Canada Anemone
    Anemone canadensis

    Canada Anemone
    Anemone canadensis
  • Green Dragon
    Arisaema dracontium

    Green Dragon
    Arisaema dracontium
  • Bottlebrush Sedge
    Carex comosa

    Bottlebrush Sedge
    Carex comosa
  • Porcupine Sedge
    Carex hystericina

    Porcupine Sedge
    Carex hystericina
  • Northwest Territory Sedge
    Carex utriculata

    Northwest Territory Sedge
    Carex utriculata
  • Umbrella Flatsedge
    Cyperus diandrus

    Umbrella Flatsedge
    Cyperus diandrus
  • Mud Plantain
    Heteranthera

    Mud Plantain
    Heteranthera
  • Yelloweyed Grass
    Lindernia dubia

    Yelloweyed Grass
    Lindernia dubia
  • Waterhorehound
    Lycopus americanus

    Waterhorehound
    Lycopus americanus
  • Pickerelweed
    Pontederia cordata

    Pickerelweed
    Pontederia cordata
  • Variableleaf Pondweed
    Potamogeton gramineus

    Variableleaf Pondweed
    Potamogeton gramineus
  • Yellow Water Buttercup
    Ranunculus flabellaris

    Yellow Water Buttercup
    Ranunculus flabellaris
  • Macoun's Buttercup
    Ranunculus macounii

    Macoun's Buttercup
    Ranunculus macounii
  • Arrowhead
    Sagittaria latifolia

    Arrowhead
    Sagittaria latifolia
  • Pussy Willow
    Salix caprea

    Pussy Willow
    Salix caprea
  • Sandbar Willow
    Salix interior

    Sandbar Willow
    Salix interior
  • Hardstem Bulrush
    Scirpus acutus

    Hardstem Bulrush
    Scirpus acutus
  • Green Bulrush
    Scirpus atrovirens

    Green Bulrush
    Scirpus atrovirens
  • Softstem Bulrush
    Scirpus validus

    Softstem Bulrush
    Scirpus validus
  • Broadfruit Bur-Reed
    Sparganium eurycarpum

    Broadfruit Bur-Reed
    Sparganium eurycarpum
  • Edible Valerian
    Valeriana edulis

    Edible Valerian
    Valeriana edulis
Name Type Light Exposure Soil Moisture Height Bloom Color Bloom Months   Notes/Description
Upland Bentgrass
Agrostis perennans

Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Green
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
USDA Info This is a perennial grass about ½–2½' tall that develops either individually or in loose tufts of unbranched leafy culms. In sunny habitats with fertile soil, this grass is taller and more stout, while in shaded habitats with poor soil it is shorter and more delicate. The culms are light green, terete, slender, and glabrous. The longer blades of lower leaves have a tendency to droop, while the shorter blades of upper leaves are more stiff and straight. The leaf blades are 1-6 mm. across and 2-10 inches long; they are medium green or grayish green, flat, and hairless. The leaf sheaths are medium green or grayish green, hairless, and open.
Canada Anemone
Anemone canadensis

Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium, Wet
1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
May, June, July
USDA Info Showy white flowers highlight this plant in spring. This may be the only time of year when the extent of its spread is apparent! In garden settings, be prepared for it to spread quickly by underground roots. In restorations, it can help stabilize soil relatively quickly.
Green Dragon
Arisaema dracontium

Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Shade
Soil Moisture:
Wet
3 feet
Bloom Color:
Green
USDA Info Like its smaller cousin, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Green Dragon thrives under a variety of conditions, but grows most vigorously in moist, shady, seasonally wet locations. It is deer resistant! The 'Jack,' is the spongy cylindrical structure inside a leaf-like structure that is rolled into a deep cup with an overhanging roof, the 'pulpit'. The whole ensemble somewhat resembles a minister in an old-fashioned pulpit. The fruit are smooth, shiny green, 1 cm wide berries clustered on the thickened spadix and ripen in late summer and fall, turning a bright red color before the plants go dormant.
Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex comosa

Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium, Wet
2 to 3 feet
Bloom Months:
May, June
USDA Info
Porcupine Sedge
Carex hystericina

Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
3 feet USDA Info
Northwest Territory Sedge
Carex utriculata

Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
3 to 4 feet
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
USDA Info
Umbrella Flatsedge
Cyperus diandrus

Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
USDA Info Umbrella flat sedge is an ornamental grass often seen at the edges of rivers and ponds. It is a warm season perennial and grows best in USDA zones 8 to 11. The plant may become invasive in some areas, so it is important to become familiar with the plant and recognize its characteristics before adding it to your garden area.
Mud Plantain
Heteranthera

Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Shade, Mixed Sun and Shade
Soil Moisture:
Wet
2 to 6 inches
Bloom Color:
Blue, Green
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
USDA Info This aquatic annual or perennial plant of the genus Heteranthera of the pickerelweed family (Pontederiaceae), consist of about 10 species, distributed primarily in tropical America. The broad or ribbonlike leaves of these plants have leafstalks that form sheaths around the long stems. Some species of Heteranthera grow below the water; others float or are rooted on muddy stream banks and lakeshores. Water star grass (H. dubia) is widely distributed throughout North America; it has yellow star-shaped flowers.
Yelloweyed Grass
Lindernia dubia

Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun, Shade
Soil Moisture:
Wet
4 to 8 inches
Bloom Color:
Purple, White
Bloom Months:
June, July, August, September
USDA Info Lindernia dubia is a species of flowering plant known by the common names yellowseed false pimpernel and moist bank pimpernel. It is a member of the 'new' plant family Linderniaceae, and it is sometimes treated as a member of the families Scrophulariaceae and Plantaginaceae. It is native to much of the Americas from Canada to Chile, and it can be found on other continents as an introduced species. It grows in wet habitat, such as riverbanks, pond margins, and meadows.
Waterhorehound
Lycopus americanus

Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
1 to 3 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
USDA Info There are several Lycopus species in Minnesota, all with similar clusters of small, white, tubular flowers at the leaf axils, most growing in the same type of habitat at the same time, often next to each other. American Water Horehound is most easily distinguished by its deeply lobed lower leaves, which the others all lack.
Pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata

Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
4 feet
Bloom Color:
Purple
USDA Info
Variableleaf Pondweed
Potamogeton gramineus

Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Brown, Green
USDA Info Variable-leaf pondweed is a perennial plant that has two kinds of leaves. The floating leaves are leathery textured, oval to elliptical 3/8 to 1 1/2 inches long and 3/8 to 3/4 inches wide with a petiole one to two times a long as the blade. The submerged leaves are thin, less than 1/8 of an inch wide and 3/4 to 2 1/4 inches long with obvious midvein and a pointed tip. The fruits are flat about 1/8 of an inch wide and arise from the axis of the floating leaves.
Yellow Water Buttercup
Ranunculus flabellaris

Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
2 to 3 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
April, May
USDA Info A similar aquatic species is Small Yellow Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus gmelinii), which has smaller flowers (less than ½ inch), and smaller leaves that are typically wider than long and less finely divided.
Macoun's Buttercup
Ranunculus macounii

Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
1 to 2 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
June, July, August
USDA Info With relatively ample wetlands and marshes to provide for some representation across the state, Macoun's Buttercup's range restriction to NW Minnesota and westward would seem to be some indication of a preference for cooler latitudes and more alkaline soils. Within that range in Minnesota it is by no means abundant. It does bear some resemblance to two other native buttercups, both of which are more prevalent in eastern and southern portions of the state. Pennsylvania Buttercup (R. pensylvanicus) is similar in size and leaf shape and also has bristly hairs throughout, but its stems tend to be less stout and do not root at the nodes, and its flowers are half the size, with small round petals and a cylindrical seed head. Hispid Buttercup (R. hispidus) has very similar flowers to R. macounii, somewhat the same stature and leaf shape, and as it name suggests can be quite hairy, but its stems are typically more slender and more spreading to ascending, densely hairy when young becoming nearly smooth with age. Its leaves are also more evenly divided into three main segments that are also more regularly incised into smaller lobes or just merely toothed where the lobing of R. macounii leaves is more irregular
Arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia

Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
2 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
July, August
USDA Info
Pussy Willow
Salix caprea

Type:
Tree or Shrub
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet, Medium
2 feet USDA Info
Sandbar Willow
Salix interior

Type:
Tree or Shrub
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
5 to 10 feet
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
August, September
USDA Info This shrub has two growth forms: a small tree up to 20' tall with a trunk up to 6 inches across, or a thicket of little-branched woody stems up to 8' tall. An older tree develops gray flaking bark on its trunk, while the trunk bark of younger trees is gray and more smooth. Woody branches and slender stems are variably colored, but often gray or yellowish-brown and smooth. The alternate leaves are up to 5 inches long and 1/2 inch across; they are linear in shape and remotely denticulate along their margins. Mature leaves are usually hairless; their upper surfaces are medium green, while their lower surfaces are pale green.
Hardstem Bulrush
Scirpus acutus

Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
6 feet
Bloom Color:
Orange
Bloom Months:
August, September
USDA Info
Green Bulrush
Scirpus atrovirens

Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium, Wet
5 feet USDA Info
Softstem Bulrush
Scirpus validus

Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
6 feet USDA Info
Broadfruit Bur-Reed
Sparganium eurycarpum

Type:
Grass
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium, Wet
3 to 6 feet USDA Info
Edible Valerian
Valeriana edulis

Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Sun
Soil Moisture:
Wet
1 to 4 feet
Bloom Color:
White
Bloom Months:
May, June
USDA Info Edible Valerian is a threatened species and not to be confused with Valeriana officinalis, which is invasive.
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