River Partners

• Riparian Ecology
• Physical River Processes
• Vegetation and Wildlife Habitat
• Riparian Plant Community Classification
• Ecological Tolerances of Riparian Plants
• Riparian Plants List
• Restoration Planting Design: Vegetation Structure
• Restoration Planting Design: Creating Wildlife Habitat
• River Services
• Vegetation on Levees
• Vegetation in the Floodway
• References

Riparian Plants List

The location of riparian plants on the floodplain depends largely on individual plant adaptations to variations in depth to the water table and soil texture. Many of the plants’ ecological tolerances can be explained by examining their location on the floodplain relative to the river channel.

1. Valley Oak
2. Blue Elderberry
3. Coyote Brush
4. Oregon Ash
5. California Rose
6. Western Sycamore
7. Box elder
8. California Blackberry
9. Buttonbush
10. Fremont Cottonwood
11. Goodding’s Black Willow
12. Red Willow
13. Arroyo Willow
14. Sandbar Willow
15. White Alder