Here is a list of the Manitoba Native Wetland Plants we studied in year 2 for Greenspace Horticulture. I will put a star next to the ones I have grown and are in my garden.
Note: Latin (Botanical) Name comes first, then common name.
Wetland
- Acorus americanus – American Sweet Flag
- Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed*
- Beckmannia syzigachne – Slough Grass
- Bolboschoenus maritimus – Alkali Bulrush
- Calamagrostis canadensis – Marsh Reed Grass
- Caltha palustris – Marsh Marigold*
- Carex atherodes – Awned Sedge
- Carex bebbii – Bebb’s Sedge
- Deschampsia caespitosa – Tufted Hair Grass
- Eupatorium maculatum – Joe Pye*
- Hierochloe odorata – Sweetgrass*
- Iris versicolor – Wild Iris
- Juncus alpinoarticulatus – Alpine Rush
- Juncus balticus – Baltic Rush
- Mentha arvensis – Wild Mint
- Phragmites australis – Common Reed Grass
- Physotegia parviflora – False Dragonhead
- Sagittaria latifolia – Arrowhead
- Schoenoplectus acutus – Hardstem Bulrush
- Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani – Softstem Bulrush
- Sparganium eurycarpum – Giant Burreed
- Spartina pectinata – Prairie Cordgrass
- Typha angustifolia – Narrow-leaved Cattail
- Typha latifolia – Broad-leaved Cattail
- Zizania aquatica – Wild Rice
Weed Species
Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife
Phalaris arundinacea Reed Canary Grass
Typha glauca Hybrid Cattail