Salt Tolerant Native Plants

These native plants are tolerant of salt spray from de-icing salts used on roadways during winter.

Scientific name Common name Scientific name Common nameAndropogon virginicus Broom sedge Schizachyrium scoparium Little bluestemAquilegia canadensis Wild columbine Scirpus acutus hard-stemmed bulrushAsclepias tuberosa Butterfly milkweed Scirpus cyperinus Wool grassAster ericoides Heath aster Scirpus pungens Chairmaker's blurushAster laevis Smooth blue aster Scirpus validus Great bulrushAster oolentangiensis Sky-blue aster Sium suave Tall water parsnipAster puniceus Bristly aster Solidago rigida Stiff goldenrodBaptisia australis Blue wild indigo Solidago speciosa Showy goldenrodBaptisia bracteata Cream wild indigo Spartina pectinata Prairie cord grassBidens cernua Nodding bur marigold Spirea alba MeadowsweetBouteloua cutipendula Side-oats gramma Spirea tomentosa SteeplebushCalamovilfa longifolia Sand reed Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie dropseedCoreopsis lancelota Sand coreopsis Teucrium canadense GermanderDalea purpurea Purple prairie clover Triadenum virginicum Marsh St. John's wortDeschampsia cepitosa Tufted hair grass Typha angustifolia Narrow-leaved cattailEchinacea purpurea Broad-leaved purple coneflower Typha latifolia Broad-leaved cattailEleocharis palustris Great spike rush Verbena stricta Hoary vervainEupatorium perfoliatum Common boneset Zizania aquatica Wild riceHelenium autumnale Sneezeweed Zizea aurea Golden AlexandersHibiscus moscheutos Swamp rose mallowHierochloe odorata Sweet grassHypericum pyramidatum Great St. John's wortJuncus canadensis Canadian rushJuncus torreyi Torrey's rushLathyrus palustris Marsh vetchlingLiatris aspera Rough blazing starNuphar advena Yellow pond lilyPanicum virgatum SwitchgrassParthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia creeperPhysostegia virginiana Obedient plantPolygonatum pensylvanicum PinkweedPotamogeton pectinatus Sago pondweedRhynchospora macrostachya Horned beak rushRubeckia hirta Black-eyed SusanRumex orbiculatus Great water dock

Source: JFNew 2007 Resource Catalog

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