Rappahannock Friends and Lovers of Our Watershed
How Healthy Are Our Watersheds?
Ways to Protect Our Watersheds
Stream Buffers
-Riparian Buffer & Rain Garden
-Buffer Handbook
-Sources of native plants
Upper Thornton River Watershed Study
RappFLOW is a member of the Orion Grassroots Network
2007 Stream Buffers Program
Riparian Buffer Plant List for Rappahannock County |
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Prepared by
Jack Price, VCE Master Gardener Download this page as an Excel spreadsheet |
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A. TREES (> 50 feet tall) |
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COMMON NAME |
BOTANICAL NAME |
SIZE |
SUN/SHADE |
| Red Maple | Acer rubrum | 75' to 100' | sun to part shade |
| River Birch | Betula nigra | 50' to 75' | part to full shade |
| Sweet Birch | Betula lenta | 75' to 100' | sun to part shade |
| Green Ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica | 50' to 75' | sun |
| Tuliptree | Liriodendron tulipifera | 75' to 100' | sun |
| Black Gum | Nyssa sylvatica | 50' to 75' | sun to part shade |
| American Sycamore | Platanus occidentalis | 75' to 100' | sun to part shade |
| Pin Oak | Quercus palustris | 50' to 75' | sun to part shade |
| Northern Red Oak | Quercus rubra | 75' to 100' | sun to part shade |
| Willow Oak | Quercus phellos | 75' to 100' | sun |
| Black Willow | Salix nigra | 50' to 75' | sun |
| Bitternut Hickory | Carya cordiformis | 75' to 100' | sun |
| Red Mulberry | Morus rubra | 50' to 75' | sun to part shade |
| Sweet Gum | Liquidambar styraciflua | 50' to 75' | sun |
| Basswood | Tilia americana | 75' to 100' | sun |
| Sassafras | Sassafras albidum | 50' to 75' | sun |
B. TREES (< 50 feet tall) |
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| Pawpaw | Asimina triloba | 20' to 35' | sun to part shade |
| Shadblow Serviceberry | Amelanchier canadensis | 20' to 30' | sun to part shade |
| Downy Serviceberry | Amelanchier arborea | 30' to 40' | full shade to sun |
| Eastern Redbud | Cercis canadensis | 20' to 30' | full shade to sun |
| Witch Hazel | Hamamelis virginiana | 20' to 35' | sun to part shade |
| American Hornbeam | Carpinus caroliniana | 30' to 40' | full shade to sun |
| Persimmnon | Diospyros virginiana | 40' to 50 ' | sun |
| Red Buckeye | Aesculus pavia | 20' to 30' | full shade to sun |
C. EVERGREENS |
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| American Holly | Ilex opaca | 30' to 50' | sun to part shade |
| Eastern White Pine | Pinus strobus | 75' to 100' | sun |
| Hemlock | Tsuga canadensis | 75' to 100' | full shade to sun |
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D. SHRUBS |
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| Gray Dogwood | Cornus racemosa | 10' to 15' | full shade to sun |
| Red-osier Dogwood | Cornus sericea (stolonifera) | 6' to 12' | sun |
| Red Chokeberry | Aronia arbutifolia | 6' to 12' | sun to part shade |
| Buttonbush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | 6' to 12' | sun |
| Winterberry Holly | Ilex verticillata | 6' to 12' | sun to part shade |
| Common Elderberry | Sambucus canadensis | 6' to 12' | full shade to sun |
| Arrowwood | Viburnum dendatum | 6' to 12' | full shade to sun |
| Spicebush | Lindera benzoin | 6' to 12' | full shade to sun |
| Highbush Blueberry | Vaccinum corymbosum | 3' to 10' | full shade to sun |
| Silky (Swamp) Dogwood | Cornus amomum | 4' to 10' | sun to part shade |
| Virginia Willow (Itea) | Itea virginica | 3' to 8' | sun to part shade |
| Pinxterbloom Azalea | Rhododendron periclymenoides |
2' to 6' | full shade to sun |
| Fothergilla | Fothergilla gardenii | 3' to 5' | full shade to sun |
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E. PERENNIALS |
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| Wild Columbine | Aquilegia canadensis | 8" to 24" | full shade to sun |
| Swamp Milkweed | Asclepias incamata | 2' to 5' | full shade to sun |
| New England Aster | Aster novae-angliae | 3' to 4' | sun |
| Wild Bleeding Heart | Dicentra eximia | 8' to 12' | part to full shade |
| Joe-pye-weed | Eupatorium fistulosum | 5' to 10' | sun |
| Wild Geranium | Geranium maculatum | 1' to 2' | sun |
| Gayfeather | Liatris spicata | 2' | sun |
| Cardinal Flower | Lobelia cardinalis | 30" to 40" | sun to part shade |
| Great Blue Lobelia | Lobelia siphilitica | 30" | sun to full shade |
| Virginia Bluebell | Mertensia virginica | 18" | full to part shade |
| Bee Balm | Monarda didyma | 2' to 4' | sun to part shade |
| Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia fulgida | 2' to 3' | sun |
| Goldenrod | Solidago rugosa | 2' to 7' | sun to part shade |
| New York Ironweed | Vemonia noveboracensis | Up to 7' | sun |
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F. GROUND COVERS |
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| Green and gold | Chrysogonum virginianum | 4" to 12" | part to full shade |
| Woodland phlox | Phlox divaricata | 6" to 18" | part shade |
| Christmas fern | Polystichum acrostichoides | Up to 2' | part to full shade |
| Sensitive fern | Onoclea sensibillis | 18" to 24" | part to full shade |
| Foamflower | Tiarella cordifolia | 6" | part shade |
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G. GRASS |
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| Soft Rush Grass | Juncus effusus | 2' to 3' | sun to part shade |
| Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | up to 3' | sun |
| Big Bluestem | Andropogon gerardi | 3' to 6' | sun |
| Indian Grass | Sorghastrum nutans | 5' to 6' | sun |
| Eastern Gamagrass | Tripsacum dactyloides | 4' to 8' | sun |
| Switch Grass | Panicum virgatum | 4' to 7' | sun to part shade |