Native Alternatives to Wetland Species

Dense blazing star

Swamp rose mallow

Dense blazing star (left) and swamp rose mallow (above) are atttractive native alternatives to the harmful invasive species listed below for wetland habitats.
Photos © TNC & © Ralph Ramey, respectively

INVASIVE SPECIES	NATIVE ALTERNATIVES
Butomus umbellatus (flowering-rush)	Chelone glabra (turtlehead)
Iris pseudacorus (yellow flag)	Eupatorium fistulosum (joe-pye-weed)
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife)	Eupatorium maculatum (spotted joe-pye weed)
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum	Eupatorium purpureum
(water-cress)	(sweet-scented joe-pye weed)
	Hibiscus laevis (smooth rose mallow)
	Hibiscus moschuetos (swamp rose mallow)
	Iris versicolor (larger blue flag)
	Iris virginica (blue flag)
	Liatris aspera (rough blazing star)
	Liatris scariosa (eastern blazing star)
	Liatris spicata (dense or spiked blazingstar)
	Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower)
	Lobelia siphilitica (great blue lobelia)
	Monarda didyma (bee-balm)
	Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot)
	Physostegia virginiana (obedient plant)
	Rosa palustris (swamp rose)
	Sagittaria latifolia (common arrowhead)
	Saururus cernuus (lizard's tail)
	Sium suave (water parsnip)
	Tradescantia ohiensis (Ohio spiderwort)
	Verbena hastata (blue vervain)
	Vernonia altissima (tall ironweed)
	Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's root)