Areas in your yard with poor drainage where water pools or areas where soil rarely dries out can be tricky as only certain plants will perform well and thrive under these conditions. Here are some trees and shrubs that will do well in wet areas.
Trees
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Alder
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Birch
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Black Ash
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Black Spruce
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Elm
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Green Ash
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Hackberry
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Larch
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Manitoba Maple
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Ohio Buckeye
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Quaking Aspen
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Silver Maple
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White Spruce
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Willow
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Shrubs
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Arrowwood
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Balsam Fir
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Birch
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Bog Rosemary
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Chokeberry
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Cranberry
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Dogwood
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Elderberry
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False Spirea
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Flowering Raspberry
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Holly
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Nannyberry
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Snowball
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Snowberry
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Willow
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