Wetland

Wetlands provide a home to at least one third of all threatened and endangered species.

These systems offer a rich system of plants and wildlife. Wetlands enhance water quality, control erosion, and mitigate the destruction of flood waters. They provide a home to at least one third of all threatened and endangered species. 

Wetlands may be permanently of seasonally flooded sites. This saturation creates oxygen-deprived soils. A variety of native species thrive on wetland soils that can be both wet and dry. Because of this, wetland woody plants also perform well on compacted urban soils. 

Native wetland plants can form the nucleus of a pond garden, bioswale or rain garden. Native plants have extensive root systems. When used in bioswales and rain gardens, those roots filter stormwater. This helps remove pollutants before entering our water table.