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Stream Restoration

Photo: Swida amomum (Silky dogwood)

Mellow Marsh Farm propagates native plant material for stream restoration projects. A good guide on small scale streambank restoration can be found here. Mellow Marsh focuses on native riparian plants, and can provide advice on species that will establish quickly and provide good cover.

Our plants are available in a variety of container sizes (along with bare root and live stakes) to comply with regulatory specifications. Our staff has experience with stream restoration projects, so reach out with any questions.

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Acer negundo (Box elder) seeds "Acer negundo Mulde 0370 Annabell Hormann korina.info x" by botanischervereinsachsen-anhalt is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Box elder

Acer rubrum "Red maple"

Red maple

"Aesculus flava" by Plant Image Library is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse

Yellow buckeye

Aesculus pavia "Red buckeye" in bloom

Red buckeye

Aesculus sylvatica "Painted buckeye" in bloom

Aesculus sylvatica

Painted buckeye

Alnus serrulata "Tag alder" 1-gallons at Mellow Marsh

Alnus serrulata

Tag alder

"加拿大唐棣 Amelanchier canadensis [上海辰山植物園 Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden]" by 阿橋花譜 KHQ Flower Guide is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse

Amelanchier canadensis

Serviceberry

Close up of of purple, long, spikey flowers rising above bisected leaves

Amorpha fruticosa

False indigo

Amsonia tabernaemontana in bloom

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Eastern bluestar

"Andropogon gerardii" by Matt Lavin is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse

Andropogon gerardii

Big bluestem

Andropogon ternarius

Splitbeard bluestem

"Andropogon virginicus flowerhead3" by Macleay Grass Man is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Andropogon virginicus

Broomsedge

Aronia arbutifolia "Choke cherry/Red chokeberry" in bloom

Aronia arbutifolia

Red chokeberry

Asimina triloba "Common pawpaw"

Asimina triloba

Pawpaw

Benthamidia florida "Flowering dogwood" in bloom

Benthamidia florida

Flowering dogwood

Betula nigra "River birch"

River birch

Callicarpa americana "American beautyberry"

Callicarpa americana

American beautyberry

Calycanthus floridus "Sweet shrub" in bloom

Calycanthus floridus

Sweetshrub

Carex crinita "Fringed sedge"

Fringed sedge

Carex grayi "Gray's sedge"

Gray's sedge

Carex intumescens "Bladder sedge"

Carex intumescens

Bladder sedge

"Carex lupulina (Hop Sedge), Foster, RI" by Doug_McGrady is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Hop sedge

Carex lurida "Shallow sedge"

Shallow sedge

Carex stricta "Tussock sedge/Upright sedge"

Tussock sedge

"File:Brown Fox Sedge (Carex vulpinoidea) in wet meadow at the Morton Arboretum - Flickr - Jay Sturner (4).jpg" by Jay Sturner from USA is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Carex vulpinoidea

Fox sedge

"American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)" by Toni Genberg is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse

Carpinus caroliniana

American hornbeam

Green compound leaves of Carya cordiformis (Bitternut) 1-gallon pots in summer at Mellow Marsh Farm.

Carya cordiformis

Bitternut hickory

"Carya glabra (pignut hickory), Cumberland, RI" by Doug_McGrady is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Pignut hickory

"Carya ovata (Shagbark Hickory)" by Plant Image Library is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse

Shagbark hickory

"Mockernut Hickory bud (Carya tomentosa))" by Lisa's insects etc is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse

Carya tomentosa

Mockernut hickory

Castanea pumila 1 gallon plants at Mellow Marsh

Castanea pumila

Chinquapin

Ceanothus americanus "New jersey tea" gallon

Ceanothus americanus

New Jersey tea

"Celtis laevigata reticulata" by Matt Lavin is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse

Celtis laevigata

Sugarberry

"Feuilles du Micocoulier occidental ou Micocoulier de Virginie, Celtis occidentalis, Ulmacées" by olive.titus is marked with CC PDM 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/?ref=openverse

Celtis occidentalis

Hackberry

Cephalanthus occidentalis "Button bush"

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Button bush

Cercis canadensis "Red bud" in bloom

Cercis canadensis

Eastern redbud

"Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Shiva' 2014" by F. D. Richards is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse

Chamaecyparis thyoides

Atlantic white cedar

frosty Chasmanthium latifolium "River oats" at Mellow Marsh

Chasmanthium latifolium

River oats

Chasmanthium laxum (Slender wood oats) 4 inch pots at Mellow Marsh Farm

Chasmanthium laxum

Slender woodoats

Chelone glabra "White turtlehead" in bloom

White turtlehead

Chionanthus virginicus "Fringe tree/White fringe tree"

Chionanthus virginicus

Fringe tree

Clethra alnifolia "Sweet pepper bush"

Clethra alnifolia

Sweet pepper bush

Coleataenia rigidulum "Redtop panicgrass"

Coleataenia rigidula

Redtop panicgrass

"20200925 moth (noctuidae) on Blue Mist Flower (Conoclinium coelestinum)" by schizoform is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Conoclinium coelestinum

Blue mistflower

Corylus americanus (hazelnut) catkin on Mellow Marsh 15gallon

Corylus americana

American hazelnut

Pink, red, and green Cyrilla racemiflora (titi) leaves on 1-gallon Mellow Marsh plants in the fall

Cyrilla racemiflora

Titi

Diospyros virginiana "Persimmon"

Diospyros virginiana

Persimmon

Dulichium arundinaceum "Three-way sedge"

Dulichium arundinaceum

Three-way sedge

"Elymus hystrix (eastern bottle-brush grass), West Hartford, VT" by Doug_McGrady is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Bottlebrush grass

"Elymus virginicus" by Matt Lavin is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse

Elymus virginicus

Virginia wild rye

Equisetum praealtum "Horsetail"

Equisetum praealtum

Horsetail

Eragrostis spectabilis "Purple lovegrass"

Eragrostis spectabilis

Purple lovegrass

Eubotrys racemosus "Fetterbush/Swamp dog hobble" in bloom

Eubotrys racemosus

Swamp doghobble

Euonymus americanus "Strawberry bush"

Euonymus americanus

Strawberry bush

Eupatorium perfoliatum "Boneset" in bloom

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Boneset

"Eutrochium dubium (Willd. ex Poir.) E.E. Lamont" by Mark T. Strong and Carol L. Kelloff is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse

Eutrochium dubium

Coastal plain joe-pye weed

Eutrochium fistulosum "Trumpetweed/Joe-pye weed" in bloom

Eutrochium fistulosum

Trumpetweed/Joe-pye weed

Copper coloured leaves on a full grown Fagus grandifolia "American beech" tree

Fagus grandifolia

American beech

"Fraxinus pennsylvanica" by Matt Lavin is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Green ash

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Gleditsia triacanthos

Honey locust

Hamamelis virginiana "Witch hazel" gallons

Hamamelis virginiana

Witch hazel

Helenium autumnale "Bitterweed" in bloom

Helenium autumnale

Bitterweed

Hydrangea quercifolia, Oakleaf hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia

Oakleaf hydrangea

Ilex decidua "Possum haw"

Possum haw

Ilex glabra "Inkberry"

Inkberry

"Ilex opaca" by sonnia hill is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

American holly

Ilex verticillata "Winterberry"

Ilex verticillata

Winterberry

Itea virginica "Virginia sweetspire"

Virginia sweetspire

"Juglans nigra (Black Walnut)" by Plant Image Library is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse

Black walnut

Juncus effusus, Soft rush; growing by a pond

Soft rush

"Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)" by Brandon Preston is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Juniperus virginiana

Eastern red cedar

Liatris spicata "Blazing star" in bloom

Liatris spicata

Blazing star

"Raindrops on spicebush (Lindera benzoin) leaves. The water beads up like the lotus effect (like on lady's mantle)" by karen_hine is marked with CC PDM 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/?ref=openverse

Lindera benzoin

Spice bush

Liquidambar styraciflua "Sweet gum"

Liquidambar styraciflua

Sweet gum

Liriodendron tulipifera "Tulip poplar"

Liriodendron tulipifera

Tulip poplar

Lobelia cardinalis "Cardinal flower" in bloom

Lobelia cardinalis

Cardinal flower

Lobelia elongata "Blue lobelia" in bloom

Lobelia elongata

Blue lobelia

Lyonia lucida "Fetterbush" in bloom

Fetterbush

Magnolia virginiana "Sweetbay magnolia"

Magnolia virginiana

Sweetbay magnolia

MMF Pollinator Shade Mix

MMF seed mixes

MMF Riparian Buffer Mix

MMF seed mixes

MMF Salt Tolerant Mix

MMF seed mixes

MMF Stabilization Mix

MMF seed mixes

MMF Stormwater Pond Mix

MMF seed mixes

Morella cerifera (Wax myrtle) berries in the fall

Morella cerifera

Wax myrtle

Morus rubra 1-gallon pots at Mellow Marsh

Red mulberry

Nyssa aquatica1-gallon pots at Mellow Marsh

Water tupelo

Nyssa biflora 15-gallon leaves at Mellow Marsh with beautiful fall color

Swamp tupelo

"Cavendish. Wakefield Park garden. Nyssa sylvatica autumn leaves. Commonly called black Tupelo." by denisbin is marked with CC BY-ND 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/?ref=openverse

Nyssa sylvatica

Black gum

"oxydendrum arboreum" by MeganEHansen is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse

Oxydendrum arboreum

Sourwood

Packera aurea "Golden groundsel" in bloom

Golden groundsel

Panicum virgatum "Switchgrass"

Panicum virgatum

Switchgrass

Peltandra virginica "Arrow arum"

Peltandra virginica

Arrow arum

"Red Bay" by mmmavocado is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Persea borbonia

Swamp bay, Red bay

Physocarpus opulifolius "Ninebark" in bloom

Physocarpus opulifolius

Ninebark

Platanus occidentalis "Sycamore"

Platanus occidentalis

Sycamore

"File:Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides Leaf 2000px.JPG" by Photo (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) is marked with CC BY-SA 2.5. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5?ref=openverse

Polystichum acrostichoides

Christmas fern

Prunus angustifolia (Chickasaw plum) flowers in early spring

Prunus angustifolia

Chickasaw plum

"Prunus serotina" by anro0002 is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse

Prunus serotina

Black cherry

White oak

"Quercus bicolor - Swamp White Oak" by Virens (Latin for greening) is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Quercus bicolor

Swamp white oak

Quercus coccinea "Scarlet oak" leaves on Mellow Marsh 1-gallons

Quercus coccinea

Scarlet oak

"Quercus falcata" by Bruce Kirchoff is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Quercus falcata

Southern red oak

"Quercus lyrata" by Bruce Kirchoff is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Overcup oak

"Quercus michauxii" by Bruce Kirchoff is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Quercus michauxii

Swamp chestnut oak

Quercus nigra "Water oak" acorns

Water oak

"Quercus pagoda" by Bruce Kirchoff is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Cherrybark oak

"Quercus palustris" by nicolasconnault is marked with CC BY-ND 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/?ref=openverse

Quercus palustris

Pin oak

Quercus phellos

Willow oak

Vibrant red Quercus ruba "Red oak" leaves at Mellow Marsh

Northern red oak

new green leaves of Quercus shumardii "Shumard's oak" 1-gallon pots at Mellow Marsh

Quercus shumardii

Shumard's oak

Side-view of white honeysuckle-like Rhododendron arborescens (Smooth azalea) flowers, backed by green leaves

Rhododendron arborescens

Smooth/Sweet azalea

Rhododendron atlanticum "Dwarf azalea" in bloom

Rhododendron atlanticum

Dwarf azalea

Rhododendron periclymenoides

Pink azalea

Rhododendron viscosum "Swamp azalea" in bloom

Rhododendron viscosum

Swamp azalea

Rhynchospora colorata "White topped sedge" in bloom

Rhynchospora colorata

White topped sedge

Rosa palustris "Swamp rose"

Swamp rose

Rudbeckia fulgida "Orange coneflower" in bloom

Rudbeckia fulgida

Orange coneflower

Sabatia kennedyana "Plymouth rose" in bloom

Sabatia kennedyana

Plymouth rose-gentian

Sagittaria latifolia "Arrowhead/Duck potato" in bloom

Sagittaria latifolia

Duck potato

delicate white and yellow catkin on a brown stem subtended by elliptic green leaves

Salix caroliniana

Carolina willow

"Black Willow - Salix nigra, Manassas Battlefield Park, Manassas, Virginia" by Judy Gallagher is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Black willow

Silky willow

Sambucus canadensis "Elderberry" in bloom

Sambucus canadensis

Elderberry

tri-lobed leaves of Sassafrass in various shades of green with pink-tinged petioles. Spotted with water drops

Sassafras albidum

Sassafras

curled flower like a cat's tail: white blooms opening at the base, fading to green in the tip; green heart-shaped leaves along the stem

Saururus cernuus

Lizard's tail

Schizachyrium scoparium "Little bluestem"

Schizachyrium scoparium

Little bluestem

Schoenoplectus americanus in flower at Mellow Marsh

Schoenoplectus americanus

Swordgrass

Scirpus cyperinus "Woolgrass"

Scirpus cyperinus

Woolgrass

"Solidago juncea - Early Goldenrod (?)" by FritzFlohrReynolds is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse.

Solidago juncea

Early goldenrod

Solidago sempervirens "Seaside goldenrod"

Solidago sempervirens

Seaside goldenrod

"Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans)" by wackybadger is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse

Sorghastrum nutans

Indian grass

Sparganium americanum

Sparganium americanum

American bur reed

Small pink flowers on a brown stem with lots of small round buds

Spiraea tomentosa

Hardhack

Swida amomum (Silky dogwood) blooming white with a bee on the flowers

Silky dogwood

"Swamp Dogwood" by treegrow is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Swamp dogwood

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus "Coralberry"

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Coralberry

orange upright needles of Taxodium ascendens (Pond cypress) with blue sky behind

Taxodium ascendens

Pond cypress

"Taxodium distichum 'Cody's Feathers'" by F. D. Richards is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse

Taxodium distichum

Bald cypress

"Tilia americana - American Basswood flowers" by Virens (Latin for greening) is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Tilia americana

Basswood

"Purple-topped Grass - Tridens flavus, Occoquan Regional Park, Lorton, Virginia" by Judy Gallagher is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Purpletop tridens

"Eastern Gamagrass - Tripsacum dactyloides, Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Woodbridge, Virginia" by Judy Gallagher is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

Tripsacum dactyloides

Eastern gamagrass

"File:Winged Elm Ulmus alata 2009-05-10.jpg" by Gaberlunzi (Richard Murphy) is marked with CC BY-SA 3.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/?ref=openverse

Winged elm

"Ulmus americana" by Matt Lavin is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse

Ulmus americana

American elm

White bell-shaped flowers on green leaves

Vaccinium corymbosum

Highbush blueberry

Vernonia noveboracensis "Ironweed" in bloom

Vernonia noveboracensis

Ironweed

Big white cluster of flowers subtended by green crinkly leaves

Viburnum dentatum

Arrow wood

Viburnum nudum "Possum haw viburnum"

Possum haw viburnum

Viburnum prunifolium "Black haw" in bloom

Viburnum prunifolium

Black haw

Xanthorhiza simplicissima "Yellow root"

Xanthorhiza simplicissima

Yellow root