Below is the supplemental information to Shoreline Buffer, published by the Conservancy July 2013.
SHORELINE TREES AND SHRUBS
These deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs are representative of plants that will generally do well in moist or wet soil conditions. Most are native to Wisconsin. Some do best in full sun, while others do better in partial to full shade.
Trees and Shrubs
Sunny Areas |
Shady Areas |
Tall deciduous trees (40-100’): Red maple**, silver maple**, swamp white oak** | Tall deciduous trees (40-100’): American linden (basswood)**, sugar maple** |
Medium deciduous trees (30-40’): River birch**, whitespire birch | Medium deciduous trees (30-40’): ironwood** |
Low deciduous trees (15-30’): speckled alder**, laurel willow, hawthorn** | Low deciduous trees (15-30’): Allegheny serviceberry**, American hornbeam**,pagoda dogwood** |
Evergreen trees: white spruce**, eastern white pine** | Evergreen trees: Canadian hemlock**,American arborvitae** |
Tall deciduous shrubs (8-14’): nannyberry viburnum**, blackhaw viburnum** | Tall deciduous shrubs (8-14’): arrowwood viburnum, cranberry bush viburnum**, eastern wahoo**, common witch hazel**, eastern ninebark** |
Medium deciduous shrubs (5-8’):winterberry** | Medium deciduous shrubs (5-8’): American filbert**, red chokeberry, Witherod viburnum** |
Low deciduous shrubs (2-5’): alpine currant, Little Princess spirea | Low deciduous shrubs (2-5’): black chokeberry**, dwarf European cranberry bush, maple leaf viburnum** |
Evergreen shrubs: creeping juniper**,Oldfield common juniper** | Evergreen shrubs: Woodward globe arborvitae, spreading Japanese yew |
** Wisconsin native
NATIVE SHADE TOLERANT WET FOREST PLANTS
After a shade pattern is established by trees and shrubs, either ground-covers or the following native Wisconsin plants may be incorporated in the ground layer: hog peanut
green dragon, calico aster, white avens, spotted jewelweed, Virginia bluebells, swamp buttercup, ostrich fern, moonseed, sensitive fern, clearweed, wood betony, marsh blue violet, and marsh marigold.
SHORELINE GROUND-COVER AND BANK-COVER PLANTS
Ground-cover Plants
Sunny Areas |
Shady Areas |
Moss phlox, wineleaf cinquefoil**, stonecrop, bearberry** | Bugleweed, lily-of-the-valley, running pine**, Canada wild ginger**, purpleleaf wintercreeper, plantain lily |
** Wisconsin Native
Bank-Cover Plants
Sunny Areas |
Shady Areas |
Evergreen shrubs: creeping juniper**, |
Japanese garden juniper, Oldfield common juniper**, Pfitzer juniperEvergreen shrubs: spreading Japanese yewDeciduous shrubs: fragrant sumac**, Virginia rose**, dwarf bush honeysuckle**Deciduous shrubs: Redosier dogwood**,
Indian current coralberry, running serviceberry**
** Wisconsin native
SHORELINE AQUATICS, HERBS, AND GRASSES
Most aquatic plants have not been intensively studied, so a lot of much-needed information is unavailable. However, stable, diverse aquatic plant communities remain a primary management goal for shoreline property owners. Following are plants that should be encouraged along the water’s edge:
Native Wisconsin Aquatics, Herbs, and Grasses
Shallow water to moist shore plants: Arrowhead, giant bur reed, bulrushes, cattail, giant reed grass, sweet flag |
Damp shore areas, west prairie grasses, and forbs: Prairie cordgrass, big bluestem, Culver’s root, swamp milkweed, New England aster, shooting star, turk’s cap lily, cowbane, downy phlox |
Also, spotted joe-pye weed, marsh blue violet, golden alexander, northern bedstraw, bottle gentian, star grass
blue flag (wild iris), mountain mint,
black-eyed susan, meadow rue