Hanna Maes Riparian Buffer Project by Hanna Maes

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Common name

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Gardenmint/ Lamb Mint/ Common Mint

Scientific Name

hannamaes — 2025-09-15 14:02:06 UTC

Mentha Spicata

Living Condition

hannamaes — 2025-09-15 14:08:21 UTC

Spearmint can adapt to survive in different types of soil. It can grow in both sand and clay and is commonly found in wet habitats, such as swamps and creeks. It thrives in full sun to part shade with a lot of organic material surrounding it.

Food Chain

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Spearmint is a producer in the foodchain and is eatten by insects like caterpillors and slugs.

Region

hannamaes — 2025-09-15 14:14:06 UTC

This species is mainly native to Europe and Asia but has been brought to North America, South America, Africa, and oceanic islands.

Common name

hannamaes — 2025-09-22 13:33:02 UTC

Red Twig Dogwood/ Redstem Dogwood

Scientific Name

hannamaes — 2025-09-22 13:33:46 UTC

Cornus sericea

Living Condition

hannamaes — 2025-09-22 13:38:10 UTC

Red Osier Dogwood typically grows along the borders of wetlands, such as lakes, ponds, and streams. It prefers to grow in nitrogen-rich soil in sun or shade.

Food Chain

hannamaes — 2025-09-22 13:43:47 UTC

Red Osier Dogwood produces clusters of white berries that attract birds, such as robins and Cardinals. The plant is susceptible to pollination by insects like butterflies. Bigger mammals such as bears, raccoons, chipmunks, deer, rabbits, and moose eat Dogwood's berries.

Region

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Red-Osier Dogwood is a certain type of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae that is found in North America, specifically northern and western states.

Common name

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Tall Goldenrod/ Rough Goldenrod

Scientific Name

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Euthamia graminifolia

Living Condition

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Goldenrod grows in meadows, fields, shores of rivers and lakes, and edges of wetlands. It specifically grows in moist habitats but sometimes in dry areas.

Food chain

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Goldenrod is a tremendous producer of pollen and nectar that provides nutrients to bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, and various insects. The plant would be classified as a producer within the food chain.

Common name

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Joe-Pye/ Spotted Trumpetweed/ Queen of the Meadow

Scientific Name

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Eutrochium maculatum

Living Condition

hannamaes — 2025-09-22 14:09:24 UTC

Spotted Joe-Pye Weed prefers to grow in full sunlight and wet conditions like marshes or open, moist clearings. The plant is overall low maintenance and not likely to attract pests or diseases.

Food Chain

hannamaes — 2025-09-22 14:12:30 UTC

Joe-Pye serves as a producer because of the flowers it produces that give nectar to bees, moths, and butterflies. Small bird species like the Swamp Sparrow eat the plant's seeds.

Region

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Spotted Joe-Pye can be found throughout Canada and North America specifcally the North east. It can also be found more sporadically in some European countries.

Sources

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spearmint

https://www.inaturalist.org/

Sources

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https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app

https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/plantguide/pdf/pg_cose16.pdf

https://naturalresources.extension.iastate.edu/forestry/iowa_trees/trees/red_osier_dogwood.html

https://fpdcc.com/plant-profile-red-osier-dogwood/

Sources

hannamaes — 2025-09-23 14:14:03 UTC

https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app

https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/factsheet/pdf/fs_soca6.pdf

Sources

hannamaes — 2025-09-23 14:15:21 UTC

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/drive-by-botany-joe-pye-weed-and-ironweed

https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app

Common Name

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Great Lobelia/ Blue Cardinal Flower

Scientific Name

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Lobelia Siphilitica

Living Condition

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The Great Blue Lobelia grows best in partial sun and in moist to wet soil. It thrives in rich, humusy, loamy soil that can withstand full sun if it is moist enough.

Food Chain

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This plant gives nectar to bees, large butterflies, hummingbirds, and hummingbird moths. Great Blue Lobelia specifically attracts monarch butterflies, the Lobelia dagger Moth, digger bees, small Carpenter bees, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterflies, etc.

Region

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The Great Blue Lobelia is native to Canada and the eastern United States.

Sources

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https://www.gardenia.net/plant/lobelia-siphilitica-great-blue-lobelia

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/lobelia-siphilitica/#:~:text=It%20prefers%20wet%20to%20moist,been%20known%20to%20self%2Dseed.

https://growitbuildit.com/blue-lobelia-siphilitica/

https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app

Common Name

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Largetooth Aspen/ Popular/ Popple

Scientific Name

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Populus grandidentata

Living Condition

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Bigtooth Aspen grows with moist soil, full sun, and high watering. The tree can't tolerate shade and flooding, but doesn't have a preference for soil conditions, as it can usually grow regardless. The tree invades clearings and quickly reproduces.

Food Chain

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Bigtooth Aspen attracts a variety of birds, butterflies, and animals, serving as a producer within the food chain. The mammals that eat bigtooth's root sprouts include deer, elk, moose, etc, but these animals feeding on Aspen actually decrease the plant's spread. Additionally, the plant is a host to Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and Viceroy caterpillars.

Region

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Bigtooth aspen can be found in the northeastern and north-central United States as well as Southeastern Canada. Within Canada, the largest amount of Bigtooth Aspen is found in southwestern Quebec and southeastern Ontario.

Sources

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https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=POGR4

https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/misc/ag_654/volume_2/populus/grandidentata.htm

https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app

Common Name

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Frost Grape/ Wild Grape

Scientific Name

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Vitis Riparia

Living Condition

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Riverbank Grape likes well-drained and sandy soil, but can tolerate most kinds. This plant prefers moist conditions and partial to full sun to grow. Riverbank Grape can be found alongside water like rivers or lake shorelines aswell as forests.

Foodchain

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The flowers that bloom from the Riverbank Grape are pollinated by bees. The plant's berries are eaten by birds and small mammals. The fruit is edible for humans, so it can be eaten raw, dried, or turned into jelly.

Region

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The plant is indigenous to the entire eastern half of North America and central and eastern Canada. It can be found all the way from Quebec to Texas.

Sources

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https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/vitis-riparia/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitis_riparia

https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app

Common Name

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Dogbane/ American hemp/ Indian physic

Scientific Name

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Apocynum Cannabinum

Living Condition

hannamaes — 2025-09-26 00:04:33 UTC

Hemp Dogbane grows in fields, woodlands, prairies, and along the margins of rivers, swamps, streams, lakes, and ponds. It grows in moist habitats and prefers a gravelly soil.

Foodchain

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The leaves of the Hemp Dogbane contain toxins like Cymarin that are poisonous to animals in large quantities. Because of this and the bitter, sticky juice of the plant, most mammals avoid dogbane plants. However, the plant is a pollinator resource to many insects, and the leaves are food for the caterpillars of the hummingbird clearwing moth. It's soil is a stabilizer for the ecosystem because of the dogbane's root system, which prevents erosion.

Region

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This plant is found in large quantities in all New England states such as Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It can also be found in Southern Canada and throughout North America.

Sources

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https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/apocynum/cannabinum/

https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app

https://weedguide.cfaes.osu.edu/singlerecord.asp?id=40

https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/hemp_dogbane

Common name

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Pale Dogwood/ Swamp Dogwood/ Kinnikinnik

Scientific Name

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Cornus Amomum

Living Condition

hannamaes — 2025-09-26 00:37:45 UTC

Silky Dogwood likes to grow in well-drained, wet, acidic soil and in full sun or partial shade. However, the plant can still grow in full shade. Silky dogwood can be found in moist woodlands and areas near streams, ponds, or lakes.

Foodchain

hannamaes — 2025-09-26 02:30:13 UTC

Plenty of species feed on the berries Silky Dogwood produces, including 10 species of birds, rabbits, woodchuck, raccoon, wood ducks, and squirrels. The plant provides shelter and habitat for ducks and woodcock within riparian buffers. Silky Dogwood has larval food for butterflies, moths, and other insects. This plant, along with any that are alongside the water, stabilizes the area against floods because it absorbs the water.

Region

hannamaes — 2025-09-26 02:41:09 UTC

Silky Dogwood is mainly found in Eastern North America. It is found in Canada from Ontario to Quebec and west of the Mississippi River to the borders of Kansas, Nebraska, and some parts of Oklahoma.

Sources

hannamaes — 2025-09-26 02:41:28 UTC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_amomum

Region

hannamaes — 2025-09-26 02:43:46 UTC

Flat-topped Goldenrod is common throughout the U.S. and Canada, specifically in the New England States.

Common name

hannamaes — 2025-09-26 03:32:24 UTC

Sandbar willow/ Coyote Willow

Scientific Name

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Salix Interior

Living Condition

hannamaes — 2025-09-26 03:39:49 UTC

Sandbar Willow likes to grow in partial to full sun with moist/wet conditions. It can tolerate different types of soil as well as temporary standing water. This plant usually grows on the borders of ponds and rivers, gravel and sand bars, lake shore beaches, marshes, ditches, swamps, etc. In summary, it thrives in any sort of wetland environment.

Food chain

hannamaes — 2025-09-26 03:43:28 UTC

The Sandbar Willow contributes to the ecosystem by producing flowers that are pollinated by flies and bees. Andrenid bees are a speciality pollinator for willows. Additionally, the flowers attract beetles and wasps. Insects feed on the leaves, bark, wood, sap, and catkins of the plant.

Region

hannamaes — 2025-09-26 03:51:11 UTC

Interior Sandbar Willow can be found all the way from the edges of the Yukon River in Alaska to the Mississippi River. The plant is native to North America.

Sources

hannamaes — 2025-09-26 03:52:41 UTC

https://naturecollective.org/plant-guide/details/sandbar-willow/

https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/shrub/sandbar-willow