PERENNIALS TOLERANT OF WET SUN

Acorus (Sweet Flag)
Actaea / Cimicifuga (Bugbane)
Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem)
Angelica atropurpurea (Purple-stem Angelica) – biennial
Aruncus dioicus (Sylvan Goatsbeard)
Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed)
Aster novae-angliae / Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England Aster)
Aster puniceus / Symphyotrichum puniceum (Swamp Aster)
Aster umbellatus / Doellingeria umbellata (Flat Top Aster)
Astrantia (Masterwort)
Baptisia leucantha (White False Indigo)
Cacalia atriplicifolia / Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (Pale Indian Plantain)
Calamagrostis canadensis (Blue Joint Grass)
Calla palustris (Wild Calla)
Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold)
Campanula glomerata (Clustered Bellflower)
Carex comosa (Bristly Sedge)
Carex hystericina (Porcupine Sedge)
Carex lacustris (Lake Sedge)
Carex muskingumensis (Palm Sedge)
Carex nigra (Black-flowering Sedge)
Carex vulpinoidea (Fox Sedge)
Chelone (Turtlehead)
Coreopsis tripteris (Tall Tickseed)
Darmera peltata (Umbrella Plant)
Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hair Grass)
Eupatorium maculatum / Eutrochium maculatum (Joe-pye Weed))
Eupatorium perfoliatum (Boneset)
Eupatorium purpureum / Eutrochium purpureum (Sweet Joe-pye Weed)
Filipendula (Meadowsweet)
Gentiana andrewsii (Closed Gentian)
Glyceria maxima ‘Variegata’ (Variegated Manna Grass)
Helenium (Helen’s Flower)
Helianthus grosseserratus (Sawtooth Sunflower)
Heliopsis helianthoides (Oxeye Sunflower)
Heracleum (Cow Parsnip)
Hibiscus (Rose Mallow)
Houttuynia cordata ‘Chameleon’ (Korean Houttuynia) – aggressive spreader, tender
Iris laevigata (Rabbit-ear Iris)
Iris (Louisiana Iris)
Iris versicolor (Blue Flag)
Iris virginica var. shrevei (Southern Blue Flag)
Juncus effusus (Canada Rush)
Liatris spicata (Spike Gayfeather)
Lilium michiganense (Michigan Lily)
Lilium superbum (Turk’s Cap Lily)
Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
Lobelia siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia)
Lysichiton (Yellow Skunk Cabbage)
Lysimachia (Loosestrife)
Mentha (Mint) – many are aggressive spreaders
Mimulus ringens (Monkey Flower)
Miscanthus (Maiden Grass) – numerous types
Monarda (Bee Balm)
Myosotis palustris (True Forget Me Not)
Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive Fern)
Packera aurea / Senecio aureus (Golden Ragwort)
Panicum virgatum (Switch Grass)
Persicaria (Fleece Flower)
Petasites (Butterbur) – aggressive spreader
Phalaris arundinacea (Ribbon Grass) – aggressive spreader
Phlox glaberrima (Smooth Phlox)
Physostegia virginiana (False Dragonhead)
Pontederia cordata (Pickerel Weed)
Potentilla palustris (Marsh Cinquefoil)
Pycanthemum virginianum (Mountain Mint)
Ranunculus acris (Common Buttercup)
Ratibida pinnata (Yellow Coneflower)
Rudbeckia laciniata (Cutleaf Black-eyed Susan)
Rudbeckia subtomentosa (Sweet Black-eyed Susan)
Sagittaria (Arrowhead)
Sanguisorba canadensis (Canadian Burnet)
Saururus cernuus (Lizard Tail)
Saxifraga pensylvanica (Swamp Saxifrage)
Scirpus cyperinus (Wool Grass)
Scirpus validus / Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (Soft-stemmed Bullrush)
Scutellaria (Skullcap)
Senna hebecarpa (Wild Senna)
Silphium integrifolium (Rosinweed)
Silphium perfoliatum (Cupplant)
Silphium terebinthinaceum (Prairie Dock)
Solidago graminifolia / Euthamia gramnifolia (Grass-leaved Goldenrod)
Solidago ohioensis / Oligoneoron ohioense (Ohio Goldenrod)
Solidago patula (Swamp Goldenrod)
Solidago riddellii / Oligoneoron riddellii (Riddell’s Goldenrod)
Spartina pectinata (Prairie Cord Grass) – aggressive spreader
Symplocarpus foetidus (Skunk Cabbage)
Telekia speciosa / Buphthalmum speciosum (Scented Oxeye)
Thalictrum dasycarpum (Tall Meadow Rue)
Thalictrum dioicum (Early Meadow Rue)
Tradescantia (Spiderwort)
Trollius (Globe Flower)
Valeriana officinalis (Garden Heliotrope)
Veratrum (False Hellebore)
Verbena hastata (Blue Vervain)
Vernonia (Ironweed)
Veronicastrum (Culver’s Root)
Viola obliqua (Marsh Blue Violet)
Zizia aurea (Golden Alexander)

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