A Selection Of Native Trees and Plants for Pa.
Native Trees Tolerant of Wet Soils
This is a special group of trees. These trees are able to grow
in soils that retain water for weeks on end sometimes. Trees
which like "wet feet" will grow in soggy, squishy, soil that is
barely describable as not actual mud. Really.
I have compiled this list to help you find suitable trees for
the northeast. This is not a complete list, but one with common
EZ-to-plant nursery stock suitable for Pennsylvania.
Red and Silver Maple (Acer rubrum, A. saccarinum)
River Birch trees are a natural for wet areas!!!! (Betula nigra)
Catalpa spp.
Ash (Fraxinus spp.) Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) Swamp white
oak (Quercus bicolor) Sycamores (Platanus spp.)
Native shrubs tolerant of wet soils: Red osier dogwood (Cornus
sericea) Leatherwood (Dirca palustris) Winterberry (Ilex
verticillata) Sparkleberry holly A great berry producer!!!
Inkberry (Ilex glabra) Pussy willow (Salix discolor)
Willow Trees Trees for wet areas!!!!
Shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa)
Spicebush my long time favorite!!
Black Chokeberry produces great berry crops for the birds!!
You can see more plants and planting information at my website
http://www.seedlingsrus.com