The Wild Garden: Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database

Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database

Northwest Native Plant List: Wetlanders

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BY SCIENTIFIC NAME	COMMON NAME
Carex densa	Dense Sedge
Carex obnupta	Slough Sedge
Eleocharis palustris or eleocharis macrostachyas	Common Spike Rush, Creeping Spike-Rush
Juncus effusus	Common Rush
Juncus ensifolius	Dagger Leaf Rush, Dwarf Rush, Swordleaf Rush, Three-Stamened Rush, Three-Stemmed Rush
Sagittaria latifolia	Wapato, Arrowhead, Broadleaf Arrowhead, Duck Potato, Indian Potato
Scirpus microcarpus, aka s. sylvaticus or s. rubroticus	Small-Flowered Bulrush, Mountain Bog Bulrush, Panicled Bulrush, Redstem Bulrush, Small-Fruited Bulrush
Typha latifolia	Cattail, Black Paddy, Broadleaf Cattail, Bull Rush, Bulrush, Reed Mace, Common Bulrush, Common Cattail, Cooper's Reed, Cumbungi, Great Reedmace
BY COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME
Arrowhead	Sagittaria latifolia
Black Paddy	Typha latifolia
Broadleaf Arrowhead	Sagittaria latifolia
Broadleaf Cattail	Typha latifolia
Bull Rush	Typha latifolia
Bulrush	Typha latifolia
Cattail	Typha latifolia
Common Bulrush	Typha latifolia
Common Cattail	Typha latifolia
Common Rush	Juncus effusus
Common Spike Rush	Eleocharis palustris or Eleocharis macrostachyas
Cooper's Reed	Typha latifolia
Creeping Spike-Rush	Eleocharis palustris or Eleocharis macrostachyas
Cumbungi	Typha latifolia
Dagger Leaf Rush	Juncus ensifolius
Dense Sedge	Carex densa
Duck Potato	Sagittaria latifolia
Dwarf Rush	Juncus ensifolius
Great Reedmace	Typha latifolia
Indian Potato	Sagittaria latifolia
Mountain Bog Bulrush	Scirpus microcarpus, aka s. sylvaticus or s. rubroticus
Panicled Bulrush	Scirpus microcarpus, aka s. sylvaticus or s. rubroticus
Redstem Bulrush	Scirpus microcarpus, aka s. sylvaticus or s. rubroticus
Reed Mace	Typha latifolia
Slough Sedge	Carex obnupta
Small-Flowered Bulrush	Scirpus microcarpus, aka s. sylvaticus or s. rubroticus
Small-Fruited Bulrush	Scirpus microcarpus, aka s. sylvaticus or s. rubroticus
Swordleaf Rush	Juncus ensifolius
Three-Stamened Rush	Juncus ensifolius
Three-Stemmed Rush	Juncus ensifolius
Wapato	Sagittaria latifolia

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