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Cold climate plant materials of the upper midwest with known salt tolerance, listed from wet to dry soil moisture

<font size=3>'''Cold climate plant materials of the upper midwest with known salt tolerance, listed from wet to dry soil moisture'''</font size><br>
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<tr>
<th>Plant Material</th>
<th>Soil Moisture</th>
<th>Salt Tolerance in Soil</th>
<th>Growth Form</th>
<th>Notes on Use</th>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>American elm (Ulmus Americana)</td>
<td>Always Wet/Frequently Saturated</td>
<td>Medium/Low<sup>1</sup></td>
<td>Tree</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)</td>
<td>Always Wet</td>
<td>Medium<sup>1</sup></td>
<td>Tree</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Canada wild rye (Elymus canadensis)</td>
<td>Frequently Saturated</td>
<td>Medium</td>
<td>Herbaceous-grass</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Meadow foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis)</td>
<td>Frequently Saturated</td>
<td>Low</td>
<td>Herbaceous-grass</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Karl Foerster reed grass (Calamogrostis acutifolia ‘Karl Foerster’)</td>
<td>Frequently Saturated/ Mostly Drained</td>
<td>High</td>
<td>Herbaceous-grass</td>
<td>This is a cultivar for landscaping</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>White ash (Fraxinus Americana)</td>
<td>Frequently Saturated/ Mostly Drained</td>
<td>High<sup>1</sup></td>
<td>Tree</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Poplars (Populus spp.)</td>
<td>Frequently Saturated/ Mostly Drained</td>
<td>Medium<sup>1</sup></td>
<td>Tree</td>
<td>Including aspen, cottonwood, black and silver-leaved poplar; fast growing; also provide good streambank stabilization; highly tolerant to salt spray</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)</td>
<td>Frequently Saturated/Mostly Drained</td>
<td>Medium</td>
<td>Tree</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Jack pine (Pinus banksiana)</td>
<td>Mostly Drained</td>
<td>High<sup>1</sup></td>
<td>Tree</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)</td>
<td>Mostly Drained</td>
<td>Medium</td>
<td>Shrub</td>
<td>Colonizes and spreads in high
sun</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina)</td>
<td>Mostly Drained</td>
<td>High</td>
<td>Shrub</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Cutleaf sumac (Rhus trilobata)</td>
<td>Mostly Drained</td>
<td>High</td>
<td>Shrub</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa)</td>
<td>Mostly Drained</td>
<td>Low</td>
<td>Shrub</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)</td>
<td>Mostly Drained</td>
<td>Medium</td>
<td>Herbaceous - grass</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Blue grama grass (Bouteloua hirsuta)</td>
<td>Mostly Drained</td>
<td>High</td>
<td>Herbaceous - grass</td>
<td>Selections being made for strongly salt-tolerant varieties; see University of Minnesota for latest</td>
</tr>


<tr>
<td>Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)</td>
<td>Mostly Drained</td>
<td>High</td>
<td>Herbaceous - grass</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Alkali grass (Puccinella distans)</td>
<td>Mostly Drained</td>
<td>High</td>
<td>Herbaceous - grass</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Tall wheatgrass (Agropyron elongatum)</td>
<td>Mostly Drained</td>
<td>High</td>
<td>Herbaceous - grass</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Western wheat grass (Elytrigia smithii)</td>
<td>Mostly Drained</td>
<td>High</td>
<td>Herbaceous - grass</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Seed Mix: MNDOT urban prairie</td>
<td>Mostly Drained</td>
<td>High</td>
<td>Herbaceous - grass</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Seed Mix: MNDOT western tall grass prairie</td>
<td>U</td>
<td>M</td>
<td>Herbaceous - grass</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>

</table>
<font size=1><sup>1</sup>''trees with some tolerance to spray''</font size>

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