Riparian Plants and Terms

2. Shrub with opposite leaves and simple leaves with arcuate veins.
7. This shrub has opposite leaves with a serrate leaf margin tipped by tiny round glands.
9. One of many raised pores in the stem of a woody plant that allows gas exchange between the atmosphere and the internal tissues.
11. This native cherry has glands on the leaf petiole and a leaf that is generally wider toward the upper third.
12. Plants in this genus are rushes and they have a round stem.
13. The interface between land and a river or stream where the influence of water affects vegetation.
15. This small shrub has a flat-topped inflorescence that stays on the plant through the fall and makes it easy to spot. It has alternate leaves.
17. This is the largest riparian tree in our region and towers over the canopy with generally triangular leaves.
18. Deciduous tree in in the Betulaceae family with white peeling bark.

1. This native cherry has glands on the lower margin of the leaf and not on the petiole. It's generally smaller than chokecherry.
3. Deciduous tree in the Betulaceae family with coppery bark.
4. This herbaceous plant grows in the water at pond edges and in wetlands. Its inflorescence looks like a hot dog.
5. Shrubs in this genus are an intermediary host for blister rust.
6. This white-barked tree forms large clones (up to 100 acres!).
8. This large willow often has many stems, but reaches heights of up to 50 feet.
10. This shrub is armed and dangerous. It has alternate leaves and black berries.
14. This upland willow has spatulate leaves that are wider at their distal end.
16. Sedges are in this genus.