26a Construction Standards

Fish Attractors

Illustrations

Figure 1. Placement of native vegetation on main-stem reservoirs.

 

Figure 2. Placement of native vegetation on tributary reservoirs with large annual drawdown.

Table 1. Recommended flood-tolerant and aquatic species.

 

Trees		Flood-Tolerance
Green Ash	(Fraxinus pennsylvanica)	V
Cottonwood	(Populus spp.)	M
Red Maple	(Acer rubrum)	V
Persimmon	(Diospyros virginiana)	M
Sycamore	(Platanus occidentalis)	M
Water Elm	(Planera aquatica)	V
Tupelo Gum	(Nyssa aquatica)	V
Bald Cypress	(Taxodium distichum)	V
Willow	(Salix spp.)	V
Shrubs
Buttonbush	(Cephalanthus occidentalis)	V
Swamp Loosestrife	(Decodon verticillatus)	V
Grasses
Spike Rush	(Eleocharis acicularis)	V
Sedge	(Carex spp.)	V
River Cane	(Arundinaria gigantea)	V
Maidencane	(Panicum hemitomon)	M
Bulrush	(Scirpus spp.)	M
Cattail	(Typha spp.)	V
Waterwillow	(Justicia americana)	M
Aquatic Vegetation
American Lotus	(Nelumbo lutea)	V
American Pondweed	(Potamogeton nodosus)	V
Eel Grass	(Vallisneria americana)	V

 

V=Very Tolerant, M=Moderately Tolerant