Applications: Beautification
With a vast array of potential vegetation, your BioHaven can be designed to enhance the look of your water feature. Install a Living Walkway and add convenience and functionality. Living Walkways can support seating, picnic tables, even a gazebo. Whichever BioHaven you choose – you get the benefits of a more attractive waterscape and clearer, cleaner, healthier water.
• Backyard ponds
• Municipal waterscapes
• Golf course water features
• Housing development drainage basins
• Floating docks
Below are the scientific names of some plants you may want to consider for your own floating island.
Acorus calamus
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Asclepias incarnata
Carex utriculata
Decodon verticillatus
Deschampsia caespitosa
Dulichium arundinaceum
Eleocharis acicularis
Eleocharis equisetoides
Eleocharis obtusa
Eleocharis palustris
Eleocharis quadrangulata
Hibiscus militaris
Hydrocotyle umbellata
Iris fulva
Iris pseudacorus
Iris versicolor
Iris virginica
Juncus balticus |
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Justicia americana
Beckmannia syzigachne
Caltha palustris
Leersia oryzoides
Lobelia cardinalis
Onoclea sensibilis
Osmunda regalis
Osmunda cinnamomea
Peltandra virginica
Phalaris arundinacea
Phragmites australis
Polygonum hydropiperoides
Polygonum pensylvanicum
Polygonum punctatum
Pontederia cordata
Rumex verticillatus
Sagittaria graminea
Sagittaria latifolia
Sagittaria rigida |
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Carex aquatilis
Carex nebrascensis
Carex stricta
Saururus cernuus
Schoenoplectus acutus
Schoenoplectus maritimus
Schoenoplectus pungens
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Sium suave
Sparganium americanum
Sparganium eurycarpum
Spartina cynosuroides
Spartina pectinata
Symplocarpus foetidus
Thelypteris palustris
Typha angustifolia
Typha latifolia
Woodwardia areolata
Zizania aquatica |
(list compiled by Robert Mohlenbrock, USDA, NRCS, 1997 - Northeastern Wetlands Flora @ PLANTS Database
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