The following is a list of plants that are recommended for moist soils. This list includes both native and non-native perennials, trees, shrubs, and grasses that will tolerate varying degrees of soil moisture.
Perennials
Goatsbeard - Aruncus dioicus
Astilbe
Swamp Milkweed - Asclepias incarnata
Pink Turtlehead - Chelone
Joe-Pye Weed - Eupatorium
Ferns
Lenten Rose - Helleborus orientalis
Sneezeweed - Helenium
Swamp Sunflower - Helinthus
Hemerocallis-Daylily
Rosemallow - Hibiscus coccineus; H. moscheutos
Hosta
Blue Flag Iris - Iris versiclor
Cardinal Flower - Lobelia
Creeping Jenny - Lysmachia
Bee Balm - Monarda
Obedient Plant - Physostegia virginiana
Blackeyed Susan- Rudbeckia sp.
Lady’s Tresses - Spirtanthes
Foam Flower - Tiarella cordifolia
Spiderwort - Tradescantia virginiana; T. Subaspera
Toad Lily - Tricyrtis
Culver’s Root - Veronicastrum virginicum
Grasses
Sweetflag - Acornus
Reed Grass - Calamagrostis
Sedges - Carex
Rush - Juncus effusus
Ornamental - Miscanthus
Switchgrass - Panicum
Trees and Shrubs
Red Maple - Acer rubrum
Bottlebrush Buckeye - Aesculus parviflora
Serviceberry - Amelanchier
Devil’s Walking Stick - Aralia spinosa
River Birch - Betula nigra
Buttonbush - Cephalanthus occidentalis
Compact Sweetshrub - Clethra alnifolia
Dogwood (Silky) - Cornus amomum
Dogwood (Gray) - Cornus racemosa
Dogwood, Redosier - Cornus sericea
Thornless Honeylocust - Gleditsia tricanthes
Winterberry Holly - Itea verticillata
Sweetspire - Itea virginica
Sweetgum - Liquidambar styraciflua
Dawn Redwood - Metasequoia glyptostoboides
Bayberry - Myrica pensylvanica
Black Tupelo - Nyssa sylvatica
Ninebark - Physocarpus opulifolius
Sycamore - Plantanus occidentalis
Swamp White Oak - Quercus bicolor
Pin Oak - Quercus plustris
Elderberry - Sambucus canadensis
Bald Cypress - Taxodium distichum
Arrowwood Viburnum - Viburnum dentatum
Smooth Witherrod Viburnum - Viburnum nudum
Yellowroot - Xanthorhiza simplicissima