plants for wet areas
Wetlands
The USEPA defines a wetland as: "Wetlands are areas where water covers the soil, or is present either at or near the surface of the soil all year or for varying periods of time during the year, including during the growing season."
The USEPA defines a wetland as: "Wetlands are areas where water covers the soil, or is present either at or near the surface of the soil all year or for varying periods of time during the year, including during the growing season."
Wetland plants:
Wetland plants, or hydrophytic "water loving" vegetation, are those plants which have adapted to growing in the low-oxygen (anaerobic) conditions associated with prolonged saturation or flooding.
Wetland indicator status ratings and their rating categories, as described in the National List of Plant Species that Occur in Wetlands (Reed 1988).
Obligate (OBL). Occur almost always under natural conditions
in wetlands. 99%
Facultative Wetland (FACW). Usually occur in wetlands but occasionally found in non-wetlands. 67–99%
Facultative (FAC). Equally likely to occur in wetlands and nonwetlands. 34–66%
Facultative Upland (FACU). Usually occur in non-wetlands but occasionally found in wetlands. 1–33%
Upland (UPL). Occur in wetlands in another region, but occur almost always under natural conditions in non-wetlands in the region specified. 1%
Wetland types and vegetation zones
https://westonma.gov/1469/Wetland-and-Land-Use-Permitting