These are the plants that I’ve found growing in our wetland.  I’m sure there are more that I’ve missed – especially grasses and sedges.

*Non-native
+Plants that weren’t here initially, that I’ve planted

Acer negndo – Box Elder
Acer saccarinum – Silver Maple
Achillea millefolium – Yarrow
Agalinis tenuifolia – Common False Foxglove
Alnus incana – Speckled Alder
Ambrosia artemisiifolia – Common Ragweed
Amphicarpaea bracteata – Hog Peanut
Anemone canadensis – Canada Anemone
Angelica atropurpurea – Angelica
Apios americana – Groundnut
Apocynum cannabinum – Indian Hemp
Arctium minus – Common Burdock *
Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca – Common Milkweed
Betula papyrifera – White Birch
Betula pumila – Bog Birch
Bidens cernua– Nodding Beggar-ticks
Bidens frondosa – Common Beggar Ticks
Bidens trichosperma – Tall Swamp Marigold+
Bromus ciliatus – Fringed Brome
Bromus inermis – Smooth Brome *
Caltha palustris – Marsh Marigold
Calystegia sepium – Hedge Bindweed
Campanula aparinoides – Marsh Bellflower
Cardamine bulbosa – Spring-cress
Carex trichocarpa
Chelone glabra – Turtlehead
Cicuta maculata – Water Hemlock
Cirsium muticum – Swamp Thistle
Clematis virginiana – Wild Clematis
Cornus stolonifera – Red Osier
Cyperus strigosus – False Nut-sedge
Daucus carota – Queen Anne’s Lace*
Desmodium illinoense – Illinois Tick-trefoil +
Doellingeria umbellata – Flat-topped Aster
Echinocystis lobata – Wild Cucumber
Epilobium angustifolium – Fireweed
Epilobium coloratum – Eastern Willow-herb
Epilobium leptophyllum – American Marsh Willow-herb
Equisetum arvense – Common Horsetail
Equisetum hyemale – Common Scouring Rush
Erechtites hieracifolia – American Burn-weed
Erigeron annuus – Annual Fleabane
Erigeron strigosus – Daisy Fleabane
Eupatorium maculatum – Joe Pye Weed
Eupatorium perfoliatum – Boneset
Eupatorium purpureum – Green-stemmed Joe-Pye-Weed
Euthamia graminifolia – Grass Leafed Goldenrod
Galium aparine – Cleavers
Galium boreale – Northern Bedstraw
Gentiana andrewsii – Bottle Gentian +
Gentianopsis crinita – Fringed Gentian
Geum aleppicum – Yellow Avens
Glyceria grandis – Manna Grass
Glyceria striata – Fowl Manna Grass
Helenium autumnale – Sneezeweed
Helianthus giganteus – Tall Sunflower
Helianthus grosseserratus – Saw-tooth Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides – Oxeye
Heracleum lanatum – Cow Parsnip
Hesperis matronalis – Dame’s Rocket*
Humulus lupulus – Common Hop
Impatiens capensis – Jewelweed
Iris versicolor – Northern Blue Flag +
Juncus dudleyi – Dudley’s Rush
Juncus effusus – Common Rush
Lathyrus palustris – Marsh Pea
Lathyrus venosus – Veiny Pea
Leersia oryzoides – Cutgrass
Lilium michiganense – Turks Cap Lily
Liparis loeselii – Green Twayblade
Lobelia siphilitica – Great Blue Lobelia
Lonicera dioica – Mountain Honeysuckle
Lotus corniculatus – Birds Foot Trefoil*
Lycopus americanus – Water Horehound
Lysimachia ciliata – Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia quadriflora – Narrow-leaved Loosestrife
Mentha arvensis – Wild Mint
Micranthes pensylvanica – Swamp Saxifrage
Mimulus glabratus – Round-leaved Monkey-flower
Mimulus ringens – Monkey Flower
Mirabilis nyctaginea – Wild Four-o’clock
Mitella diphylla – Bishop’s Cap
Monarda fistulosa – Bergamot
Oenothera biennis – Evening Primrose
Onoclea sensibilis – Sensitive Fern
Parthenocissus vitacea – Grape Woodbine
Pastinaca sativa – Wild Parsnip*
Pedicularis lanceolata – Swamp Lousewort
Phalaris arundinacea – Reed Canary Grass *
Phleum pratense – Timothy *
Physocarpus opulifolius – Common Ninebark
Plantago rugelii – American Plantain
Polygonatum biflorum – Solomon’s Seal
Polygonum punctatum – Dotted Smartweed
Polygonum sagittatum – Arrow-leaved Tearthumb
Polygonum scandens – Climbing False Buckwheat
Prunella vulgaris – Heal-all
Pycnanthemum pilosum – Hairy Mountain Mint +
Pycnanthemum virginianum – Mountain Mint
Rhamnus cathartica – Common Buckthorn*
Ribes americanum – American Black Current
Rosa palustris – Swamp Rose
Rubus pubescens – Dwarf Red Raspberry
Rudbeckia laciniata – Cut-leaved Coneflower
Rumex altissimus – Water Dock
Rumex crispus – Curly Dock*
Rumex orbiculatus – Great Water Dock
Salix candida – Sage Willow
Salix interior – Sandbar Willow
Sambucus canadensis – Common Elderberry
Sanguinaria canadensis – Bloodroot
Scirpus atrovirens – Black Bulrush
Scirpus cyperinus – Wool Grass
Scirpus microcarpus – Panicled Bulrush
Senecio aurea – Golden Ragwort
Silene nivea – Snowy Campion
Silphium perfoliatum – Cup Plant
Solidago canadensis – Canada Goldenrod
Solidago gigantea – Giant Goldenrod
Solidago uliginosa – Bog Goldenrod
Sorghastrum nutans – Indian Grass
Spartina pectinata – Prairie Cord Grass +
Stachys palustris – Hedge-nettle
Stellaria longifolia – Long-leaved Stitchwort
Symphyotrichum firmum – Shining Aster
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum – White Panicled Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae – New England Aster
Symphyotrichum puniceum – Swamp Aster
Tanacetum vulgare – Common Tansy *
Taraxacum officinale – Dandelion*
Thalictrum dasycarpum – Tall Meadow Rue
Thelypteris palustris – Marsh Fern
Trillium flexipes – Nodding Trillium
Typha angustifolia – Narrow-leaved Cattail*
Typha latifolia – Cattail
Verbena hastata – Blue Vervain
Verbena urticifolia – White Vervain
Vernonia fasciculata – Common Ironweed +
Veronicastrum virginicum – Culver’s Root
Vitis riparia – Frost Grape