Species List
The following were referred to by common name within the Coastal Wetlands web pages and the report.
| Common name | Scientific name | Vegetation type |
| alder | Alnus spp. | Shrub |
| alder-leaved buckthorn | Rhamnus alnifolia | Shrub |
| alpine cotton grass | Scirpus hudsonianus | Herbaceous |
| American beech | Fagus grandifolia | Tree |
| American elm | Ulmus americana | Tree |
| arrowheads | Sagittaria spp. | Aquatic macrophyte |
| aspen | Populus spp. | Tree |
| autumn olive | Elaeagnus angustifolia | Exotic tree/shrub |
| balsam fir | Abies balsamea | Tree |
| balsam poplar | Populus balsamifera | Tree |
| basswood | Tilia americana | Tree |
| beach-pea | Lathyrus japonicus | Herbaceous |
| bedstraw bellflower | Campanula aparinoides | Herbaceous |
| beech | Fagus grandifolia | Tree |
| beggar-ticks | Bidens spp. | Herbaceous |
| big bluestem | Andropogon gerardi | Herbaceous |
| bird's eye primrose | Primula mistassinica | Herbaceous |
| black ash | Fraxinus nigra | Tree |
| black oak | Quercus velutina | Tree |
| black willow | Salix nigra | Tree |
| bladderworts | Urtricularia spp. | Herbaceous |
| blue vervain | Verbena hastata | Herbaceous |
| blueberries | Vaccinium angustifolium, V. myrtilloides | Shrub |
| bluejoint grass | Calamagrostis canadensis | Herbaceous |
| bog birch | Betula pumila | Shrub |
| bog goldenrod | Solidago uliginosa | Herbaceous |
| bog laurel | Kalmia polifolia | Shrub |
| bog rosemary | Andromeda glaucophylla | Shrub |
| bogbean | Menyanthes trifoliata | Herbaceous |
| boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum | Herbaceous |
| box elder | Acer negundo | Tree |
| bracken fern | Pteridium aquilinum | Herbaceous |
| broad-leaved cattail | Typha latifolia | Herbaceous |
| buckbean | Menyanthes trifoliata | Herbaceous |
| bullhead lily | Nuphar variegata | Aquatic macrophyte |
| bulrush | Scirpus spp. | Herbaceous |
| bunchberry | Cornus canadensis | Shrub |
| bur oak | Quercus macrocarpa | Tree |
| burdock | Arctium spp. | Herbaceous |
| bur-reed | Sparganium eurycarpum | Herbaceous |
| Canada wild-rye | Elymus canadensis | Herbaceous |
| cattails | Typha spp. | Herbaceous |
| clearweed | Pilea pumila | Herbaceous |
| club mosses | Lycopodium spp. | Bryophyte |
| common bladderwort | Utricularia macrorhiza | Aquatic macrophyte |
| common buckthorn | Rhamnus cathartica | Shrub |
| common juniper | Juniperus communis | Shrub |
| common reed | Phragmites australis | Herbaceous |
| cottonwood | Populus deltoides | Tree |
| cow-wheat | Melampyrum lineare | Herbaceous |
| dame's rocket | Hesperis matronalis | Herbaceous |
| dogwoods | Cornus spp. | Shrub |
| duck-potato | Sagittaria latifolia | Herbaceous |
| dwarf lake iris | Iris lacustris | Herbaceous |
| early blueberry | Vaccinium angustifolium | Shrub |
| few-seeded sedge | Carex oligosperma | Herbaceous |
| field wormwood | Artemisia campestris | Herbaceous |
| flat-topped white aster | Aster umbellatus | Herbaceous |
| fly honeysuckle | Lonicera involucrata | Shrub |
| glossy buckthorn | Rhamnus frangula | Shrub |
| gray dogwood | Cornus racemosa | Shrub |
| green ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Tree |
| hemlock | Tsuga canadensis | Tree |
| Hill's oak | Quercus ellipsoidalis | Tree |
| Hines emerald dragonfly | Somatochlora hineana | Dragonfly |
| hoary willow | Salix candida | Shrub |
| Indiangrass | Sorghastrum nutans | Herbaceous |
| ironwood | Ostrya virginiana | Herbaceous |
| jack pine | Pinus banksiana | Tree |
| Japanese barberry | Berberis thunbergii | Shrub |
| joe-pye weed | Eupatorium maculatum | Herbaceous |
| kentucky bluegrass | Poa pratensis | Herbaceous |
| lake cress | Armoracia lacustris | Aquatic macrophyte |
| lake sedge | Carex lacustris | Herbaceous |
| late goldenrod | Solidago gigantea | Herbaceous |
| leatherleaf | Chamaedaphne calyculata | Shrub |
| little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | Herbaceous |
| livid sedge | Carex livida | Herbaceous |
| marram grass | Ammophila breviligulata | Herbaceous |
| marsh cinquefoil | Potentilla palustris | Herbaceous |
| marsh fern | Thelypteris palustris | Herbaceous |
| mayflower | Maianthemum canadense | Herbaceous |
| meadowsweet | Spiraea alba | Shrub |
| moccasin flower | Cypripedium acaule | Herbaceous |
| mountain maple | Acer spicatum | Tree |
| narrow-leaved cattail | Typha angustifolia | Herbaceous |
| nettles | Laportea or Urtica spp. | Herbaceous |
| New Jersey tea | Ceanothus americanus | Shrub |
| ninebark | Physocarpus opulifolius | Shrub |
| nodding beggar's ticks | Bidens cernuus | Herbaceous |
| paper birch | Betula papyrifera | Tree |
| perfumed cherry | Prunus mahaleb | Shrub |
| pine | Pinus spp. | Tree |
| pitcher plant | Sarracenia purpurea | Herbaceous |
| poor sedge | Carex paupercula | Herbaceous |
| purple loosestrife | Lythrum salicaria | Herbaceous (invasive exotic) |
| red maple | Acer rubrum | Tree |
| red oak | Quercus rubra | Tree |
| red pine | Pinus resinosa | Tree |
| red-osier dogwood | Cornus stolonifera | Shrub |
| reed canary grass | Phalaris arundinacea | Herbaceous |
| round-leaved sundew | Drosera rotundifolia | Herbaceous |
| sand cherry | Prunus pumila | Shrub |
| sand-reed grass | Calamovilfa longifolia var magna | Herbaceous |
| shrubby cinquefoil | Potentilla fructicosa | Shrub |
| silver maple | Acer saccharinum | Tree |
| slender willow | Salix gracilis | Shrub |
| small cranberry | Vaccinium oxycoccos | Shrub |
| small fringed gentian | Gentianopsis procera | Herbaceous |
| small yellow lady's slipper | Cyprepedium parvifolium | Herbaceous |
| smooth brome | Bromus inermis | Herbaceous |
| snowberry | Gaultheria hispidula | Shrub |
| soft-stemmed bulrush | Scirpus validus | Herbaceous |
| speckled alder | Alnus incana | Shrub |
| spike-rushes | Eleocharis spp. | Herbaceous |
| stinging nettles | Urtica dioica | Herbaceous |
| sugar maple | Acer saccharum | Tree |
| swamp white oak | Quercus bicolor | Tree |
| sweet gale | Myrica gale | Shrub |
| tamarack | Larix laricina | Tree |
| tartarian honeysuckle | Lonicera tartarica | Shrub |
| tawny cotton-grass | Eriophorum virginicum | Herbaceous |
| thimbleberry | Rubus parviflorus | Shrub |
| three square bulrush | scirpus americana | Herbaceous |
| three-leaved false Solomon's-seal | Smilacina trifolia | Herbaceous |
| three-sedged sedge | Carex trisperma | Herbaceous |
| trembling aspen | Populus tremuloides | Tree |
| tufted hair grass | Deschampsia cespitosa | Herbaceous |
| tussock cotton-grass | Eriophorum vaginatum | Herbaceous |
| tussock sedge | Carex stricta | Herbaceous |
| twig-rush | Cladium mariscoides | Herbaceous |
| water arum | Calla Palustris | Herbaceous |
| water horsetail | Equisetum fluviatile | Herbaceous |
| water parsnip | Sium suave | Herbaceous |
| water-marigold | Megalodonta beckii | Aquatic macrophyte |
| water-milfoils | Myriophyllum spp. | Aquatic macrophyte |
| white birch | Betula papyrifera | Tree |
| white cedar | Thuja occidentalis | Tree |
| white pine | Pinus strobus | Tree |
| white spruce | Picea glauca | Tree |
| wild rice | Zizania aquatica | Aquatic macrophyte/Herb |
| willows | Salix spp. | Shrub |
| Wintergreen | Gaultheria procumbens | Shrub |
| wire leaved sedges | Carex oligosperma, C. lasiocarpa, etc. | Herbaceous |
| wood ferns | Dryopteris spp. | Herbaceous |
| wood nettle | Laportea canadensis | Herbaceous |
| wool grass | Scirpus cyperinus | Herbaceous |
| woolly sedge | Carex lasiocarpa | Herbaceous |
| yellow water lily | Nuphar variegatum | Aquatic macrophyte |
| yew | Taxus canadensis | Shrub |
Last Revised: October 10, 2005
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