This type of shoreline is characterized by organic, saturated soils and a ground cover dominated by Sphagnum mosses. This page contains lists of plants native to northern Wisconsin and suitable for the boggy shoreline areas.
Some of the plants in this list are linked to the Wisconsin State Herbarium website where you can get detailed information on these plants. Just click on the plant name to be taken to the herbarium site.

Trees
Larix laricina, Tamarack
Picea mariana, Black Spruce
Thuja occidentali, Northern White Cedar

Tall Shrubs
Alnus rugosa*, Speckled Alder*
Aronia melanocarpa, Chokeberry
Ilex verticillata*, Winterberry*
Nemopanthus mucronatus*, Mountain Holly*
Salix lucida*, Shining Willow*
Salix petiolaris*, Slender Willow*
Spiraea alba*, Meadowsweet*
Spiraea tomentosa*, Steeplebush*

Short Shrubs
Andromeda glaucophylla, Bog Rosemary
Chamaedaphne calyculata, Leatherleaf
Kalmia polifolia, Bog Laurel
Ledum groenlandicum, Labrador Tea
Myrica gale, Sweet Gale
Potentilla palustris, Marsh Cinquefoil
Vaccinium macrocarpon, Large Cranberry
Vaccinium oxycoccus, Small Cranberry

Ground Flora(Flowers, Grasses and Sedges, Ferns)
Calamagrostis canadensis, Blue-joint Grass
Calopogon tuberosus, Grass-pink
Campanula aparinoides, Marsh Bellflower
Carex chordorrhiza, Cordroot Sedge
Carex interior, Inland Sedge
Carex lasiocarpa, Wire-grass
Carex oligosperma, Running Bog Sedge
Carex paupercula, Poor Sedge
Carex stricta, Tussock Sedge
Cicuta bulbifera, Water-hemlock
Dulichium arundinaceum, Three-way Sedge
Eriphorum virginicum, Tawny Cotton-grass

This site administered by:
Bill Klase, Basin Educator for Natural Resources
william.klase@ces.uwex.edu

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