Restore Your Back Yard and Your Shoreland With Native Vegetation.
Krischik, V.
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Minnesota. All rights reserved.
INCREASE HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE
Native plants provide food for native wildlife such as birds,
butterflies, bees, and beneficial insects that help control
insect pests
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REDUCE YOUR LAWN MAINTENANCE
Native plants are adapted to the local environment and need
less watering and fertilizing. Practice integrated pest
management (IPM) and use fewer chemicals for a healthier land
and environment
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PROTECT WATER QUALITY
A vegetated buffer along your lakeshore helps to filter out
pollutants and sediment before they enter the lake. Aquatic
plants are especially efficient at trapping nutrients before
they pollute the waterways
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BEAUTIFY YOUR PROPERTY
Native plants along the water's edge create a more attractive
view. Add meandering walkways and sitting benches to enjoy the
landscape.
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Natural shorelands are delicate ecosystems critical to the
health of Minnesota's 10,000 lakes
You can create a more natural shoreland through the process
of native revegetation or landscaping with native plants.
Choosing the right plants for you back yard helps to restore
plant communities, creating diverse habitat for wildlife.
Natural shorelands give us privacy, enhance our property
values, control erosion, improve water quality and fish
habitat, and increase native plant and animal diversity.
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UPLAND
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WET PRARIE
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EMERGENT
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SUBMERGENT
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Liatris species
blazing star
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Asclepias incarnata
swamp milkweed
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Alisma plantago-aquatic
water plantain
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Nelumbo lutea
American lotus
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Enchinacea angustifolia
purple coneflower
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Carex comosa
bottlebrush sedge
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Pontederia cordata
pickerelweed
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Vallisneria americana
wild celery
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Andropogon gerardii
big bluestem
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Iris versicolor
blue flag iris
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Sagittaria latifolia
arrowhead
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Nymphaea odorata
white water-lily
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Monarda fistulosa
wild bergamot
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Juncus effusus
soft rush
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Scripus species
bulrush
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Ratibida pinnata
gray-headed coneflower
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Lobelia cardinalis
cardinal flower
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Typha latifolia
cattail
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Veronicastrum virginicum
Culver's root
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Sparganium americanums
bur-reed
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For More Information
Websites: CUES, Center for Urban Ecology and
Sustainability, www.entomology.umn.edu/cues
MN DNR, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, www.dnr.state.mn.us
University of Minnesota Extension Serviec, www.extension.umn.edu
Funding: Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities Area,
Gervais Lake Shoreland Project
Cooperators: Gervais Lake Association; Ramsey-Washington
Metro Watershed District; Department of Entomology, University
of Minnesota; Minnesota Department of Natural Resources;
University of Minnesota Extension Service
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Plant species vary by region. Consult an expert for final
determination. Transplanting aquatic species to DNR protected waters
requires a DNR permit.
  
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