Plant Database

Plant Database: HTP - 2016

PLANT DATABASE LIST: A - Z

KRIS WIINHOLT
Vancouver
British Columbia
Canada

Fallopia japonica

Botanical Name: Fallopia japonica
Common Name: Japanese knotweed
Family Name: Polygonaceae
Distribution/Origin: Japan, Asia

Leaf/Foliage: Simple, Green, (Fall)Orange/Bronze, Glabrous, Ovate/Acuminate/Truncate/Entire

Arrangement: Alternate

Inflorescence: White, Floriferous, Panicle, Aug/Sep

Fruit/Seed: Capsule, White, Brown, Not showy, Sep/Oct

Stem/Bark: Green

Size: Height: 2.0 - 3.0m/Spread: 7.0 - 10.0m

Habit: Upright

Form: Oval-vertical, Round

Sun: Full sun, Partial sun

Exposure: Deep/Filtered/Partial Shade

Soil: All conditions

Moisture: Moderate

Landscape use: None, NEVER PLANT, EXTREMELY INVASIVE PLANT

Notes: Deciduous shrub, INVASIVE PLANT

Ranunculus repens

Botanical Name: Ranunculus repans
Common Name: creeping buttercup
Family Name: Ranunculaceae
Distribution/Origin: Asia, Europe, Africa, Eastern Canada

Leaf/Foliage: Compound, Trifoliate(ternate), Pinnately lobed, Pinnate venation, Green, Ovate/
Acute/Auriculate

Arrangement: Basal

Inflorescence: Showy, Yellow, Solitary flower, Jun/Jul/Aug

Fruit/Seed: Green, Achene, Aggregate fruit, Not show, Oct/Nov

Stem/Bark: Green, Stolons(Runners)

Size: Height: 0.1 - 0.2m/Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m

Habit: Horizontal

Form: Creeping, Mat-like

Sun: Full sun, Partial sun

Exposure: Deep/Filtered/Partial Shade

Soil: All conditions

Moisture: All conditions

Landscape use: None, NEVER PLANT, EXTREMELY INVASIVE PLANT

Notes: Weed, INVASIVE PLANT

Aegopodium podagrania

Botanical Name: Aegopoium podagrania
Common Name: gout weed, bishop's weed
Family Name: Apiaceae
Distribution/Origin: Europe, W. Asia

Leaf/Foliage: Compound, Trifoilate(ternate), Green/Nearly white, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Soft/flexible, Glabrous, Elliptic/Oblong/Ovate/Acute/Cordate/Cuneate/Truncate/Crenate/
Serrate

Arrangement: Basal

Inflorescence: White, Creamy white, Umbel, Jun/Jul/Aug

Fruit/Seed: Brown, Schizoparp, Not showy, Jul/Aug

Stem/Bark: Green, Smooth

Size: Height: 0.2 - 0.4m/Spread: > 25m

Habit: Spreading

Form: Creeping, Mat-like

Sun: Full sun, Partial sun

Exposure: Deep/Filtered/Partial Shade

Soil: All conditions

Moisture: All conditions

Landscape use: Ground cover, NEVER PLANT, INVASIVE PLANT

Notes: Herbaceous perennial, INVASIVE PLANT

Juncus effusus

Botanical Name: Juncus effusus
Common Name: common rush
Family Name: Juncaceae
Distribution/Origin: Native-British Columbia, Northern Hemisphere

Leaf/Foliage: Simple, Green, (Fall)Brown

Arrangement: Basal

Inflorescence: Showy, Green, Brown, Floriferous, Flowers clustered, June

Fruit/Seed: Capsule, Aug/Sep

Stem/Bark: Rigid, Leafless, Green, Round

Size: Height: 0.7 - 1.3m/Spread: 1.0 - 1.5m

Habit: Stiffly upright

Form: Vase

Sun: Full sun, Partial sun

Exposure: Partial shade

Soil: Bog

Moisture: High Moderate

Landscape use: Wet-land bogs

Notes: Aquatic plant

Acorus gramineus

Botanical Name: Acorus gramineus 'Variegatus'
Common Name: Japanese sweet flag
Family Name: Acoraceae
Distribution/Origin: Japan, S.E. Asia, Garden origin

Leaf/Foliage: Simple, *Spicy scent, Green, Yellow, (Fall)Green/Yellow/Brown, Parallel venation, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Linear/Acuminate/Attenuate/Entire

Arrangement: Basal

Inflorescence: White, Green-yellow, Spike, Not showy, Monoecious plant, Jun/Jul

Fruit/Seed: Brown, Berry(True), Not showy, Sep/Oct

Stem/Bark: Variegation along just one margin, Thickness greater on one side

Size: Height: 0.2 - 0.4m/Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m

Habit: Arching, Stiffly upright

Form: Oval-horizontal

Sun: Full sun*if kept moist, Partial sun

Exposure: Partial shade

Soil: Dry, Bog, All conditions

Moisture: Low, High, All conditions

Landscape use: Aquatic/ponds, Wetland-bogs, Waterside planting,Erosion control, Group/Mass planting, Perennial border, Ground cover, Container planting, Fall interest

Notes: Broadleaf evergreen, Aquatic plant