Stormwater Quality Design Manual (May 2007) - City of Sacramento ...

Runoff Treatment Control Measure Fact SheetWater Quality Detention BasinsTable DB-4. Plants to Use In/Adjacent to a Permanent PondPROPAGATION METHODScientific nameAquatic speciesCommon nameCeratophyllum demersum Hornwort Elodea canadensis Common waterweed Potomogeton pectinatus Sago pondweed Emergent speciesCarex barbarae Santa Barbara sedge Juncus balitcus Baltic rush Juncus effusus Soft rush Scirpus acutus var.OccidentalisPLUGCONTAINERSTOCKPOLECUTTINGSTUBERSEEDNotesBest at pond border wheresoil saturated/periodicallyinundatedHard-stem bulrush Adapted to water levels up tothree feetScirpus americanus Three square Best at pond borderGrassesHordeum brachyantherum Meadow barley Leptochloa fascicularis Bearded sprangle-top Paspalum distichum Paspalum Herbaceous speciesBaccharis douglasii Marsh baccharis Euthamia occidentalis Western goldenrod Polygonum lapathifolium Willow weed Polygonum punctatum Dotted smartweed Sagittaria latifolia Broad-leaf arrowhead Adjacent to pond, where soilsare saturated to the surfacebut not inundatedCan be grown along the pondborders where soils aresaturated to the surfaceShrubs (may not be appropriate if pond is clay-lined)Baccharis salicifolia Mule fat Cephalanthus occidentalis Common buttonbush Can be grown on the pondbanks; accepts greater soilsaturation than the CaliforniaroseRosa californica California rose Can be grown on the pondbanks, ideally where there isminimal surface soilsaturationTrees (should not to be used for clay lined permanent ponds)Alnus rhombifolia White alder Populus fremontii Fremont’s cottonwood Salix exigua Sandbar willow Salix gooddingii Goodding’s black willow Salix lasiolepis Arroyo willow Salix laevigata Red willow Salix lucida var. lasiandra Shining willow Can be grown on pondberms/bordersStormwater Quality Design Manual for the Sacramento and South Placer RegionsMay 2007DB-11