| Plant Material | Soil Moisture | Salt Tolerance in Soil | Growth Form | Notes on Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American elm (Ulmus Americana) | Always Wet/Frequently Saturated | Medium/Low1 | Tree | |
| Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) | Always Wet | Medium1 | Tree | |
| Canada wild rye (Elymus canadensis) | Frequently Saturated | Medium | Herbaceous-grass | |
| Meadow foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis) | Frequently Saturated | Low | Herbaceous-grass | |
| Karl Foerster reed grass (Calamogrostis acutifolia ‘Karl Foerster’) | Frequently Saturated/ Mostly Drained | High | Herbaceous-grass | This is a cultivar for landscaping |
| White ash (Fraxinus Americana) | Frequently Saturated/ Mostly Drained | High1 | Tree | |
| Poplars (Populus spp.) | Frequently Saturated/ Mostly Drained | Medium1 | Tree | Including aspen, cottonwood, black and silver-leaved poplar; fast growing; also provide good streambank stabilization; highly tolerant to salt spray |
| Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) | Frequently Saturated/Mostly Drained | Medium | Tree | |
| Jack pine (Pinus banksiana) | Mostly Drained | High1 | Tree | |
| Smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) | Mostly Drained | Medium | Shrub | Colonizes and spreads in high sun |
| Staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) | Mostly Drained | High | Shrub | |
| Cutleaf sumac (Rhus trilobata) | Mostly Drained | High | Shrub | |
| Rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa) | Mostly Drained | Low | Shrub | |
| Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) | Mostly Drained | Medium | Herbaceous - grass | |
| Blue grama grass (Bouteloua hirsuta) | Mostly Drained | High | Herbaceous - grass | Selections being made for strongly salt-tolerant varieties; see University of Minnesota for latest |
| Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) | Mostly Drained | High | Herbaceous - grass | |
| Alkali grass (Puccinella distans) | Mostly Drained | High | Herbaceous - grass | |
| Tall wheatgrass (Agropyron elongatum) | Mostly Drained | High | Herbaceous - grass | |
| Western wheat grass (Elytrigia smithii) | Mostly Drained | High | Herbaceous - grass | |
| Seed Mix: MNDOT urban prairie | Mostly Drained | High | Herbaceous - grass | |
| Seed Mix: MNDOT western tall grass prairie | U | M | Herbaceous - grass | |
| 1trees with some tolerance to spray | ||||