Stormwater quality facilities like bioswales, planters, and rain gardens use native plants to filter runoff from roads. Weeds and invasive species can disrupt these efforts and create issues for adjacent homeowners. You can help us to improve water quality by weeding! But first it’s important to ID the plants.
Where are the stormwater quality facilities in Albany?
Native stormwater plants
Groundcovers and wildflowers
Groundcovers:
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Coastal Strawberry |
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Kinnikinnick |
Wildflowers:
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Blanket Flower |
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Oregon Sunshine |
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Yarrow |
Sedges and rushes
Sedges:
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Foothill Sedge |
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Slough Sedge |
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Small-Fruited Bulrush |
Rushes:
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Common Rush |
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Spreading Rush |
Shrubs and dwarf shrubs
Shrubs:
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Black Twinberry |
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Common Snowberry |
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Douglas Spirea |
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Red-Twig Dogwood |
Dwarf shrubs:
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Birchleaf Spirea |
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California Lilac |
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Creeping Oregon Grape |
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Kelsey Dogwood |
Common weeds
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Canada Thistle |
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Common Groundsel |
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Dandelion |
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False Dandelion |
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Field Bindweed |
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Himalayan Blackberry |
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Queen Anne’s Lace |
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Shiny Geranium |
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Spiny Sowthistle |
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White Clover |
Want to learn more about gardening with native plants? Check out Oregon Flora Project.
