Biologic Design
Species Lists
A wide range of willow cultivars and wetland species are used within and around the WET System.
Wetland plant species
Alisma plantago-aquatica Water Plantain
Butomus umbellatus Flowering Rush
Callitriche spp. Water Starworts
Caltha palustris Marsh Marigold
Carex paniculata Great Tussock Sedge
Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge
Carex pseudocyperus Cyperous Sedge
Carex riparia Greater Pond Sedge
Carex sylvatica Wood-sedge
Carex remota Remote Sedge
Ceratophyllum demersum Rigid Hornwort
Cyperus longus Galingale
Deschampsia cespitosa Tufted Hair-grass
Eupatorium cannabinum Hemp Agrimony
Filipendula ulmaria Meadowsweet
Geranium phaeum Dusky Cranesbill
Geranium pratense Meadow Cranesbill
Geum rivale Water Avens
Glyceria maxima Reed Sweet Grass
Hottonia palustris Water-violet
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae Frogbit
Iris pseudacorus Yellow Flag Iris
Juncus spp. Rushes
Luzula sylvatica Great Wood Rush
Lychnis flos-cuculi Ragged Robin
Lysimachia vulgaris Yellow Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife
Mentha aquatica Water Mint
Menyanthes trifoliata Bogbean
Myosotis scorpioides Water Forget-me-not
Myriophyllum spicatum Spiked Water Milfoil
Nymphoides peltata Fringed Water Lily
Petasites hybridus Butterbur
Phalaris arundinacea Reed Canary Grass
Phragmites communis Common Reed
Potentilla palustris Marsh Cinquefoil
Pulicaria dysenterica Fleabane
Ranunculus lingua Greater Spearwort
Ranunculus flammula Lesser Spearwort
Schoenoplectus lacustris Clubrush
Scirpus sylvaticus Wood Clubrush
Scrophularia auriculata Water Figwort
Silene dioica Red Campion
Sparganium erectum Branched Burr-reed
Stratiotes aloides Water Soldier
Symphytum officinale Common Comfrey
Tanacetum vulgare Tansy
Tussilago farfara Coltsfoot
Typha latifolia Greater Reedmace
Veronica beccabunga Brooklime
Willow
As well as a range of biomass varieties we also use the following named osier types:
Salix alba ‘Chermesina’
Salix chinensis
Salix daphnoides ‘Aglaia’
Salix daphnoides ‘Continental Purple’
Salix daphnoides ‘Oxford Violet’
Salix daphnoides ‘Sinker’
Salix fragilis ‘Leegomey’
Salix x hertei ‘Reifenweide’
Salix mollisima ‘Hippophaefolia’
Salix mollisima ‘Hippophaefolia Stinchcombe’
Salix purpurea ‘Abbeys’
Salix purpurea ‘Continental Reeks’
Salix purpurea ‘Dark Dicks’
Salix purpurea ‘Dicky Meadows’
Salix purpurea ‘Goat’
Salix purpurea ‘Goldstones’
Salix purpurea ‘Green Dicks’
Salix purpurea ‘Helix’
Salix purpurea ‘Japonica’
Salix purpurea ‘Jagiellonka’
Salix purpurea ‘Lambertiana’
Salix purpurea ‘Nicholsonii Purpurescens’
Salix purpurea ‘Scharlentii Argensis’
Salix purpurea ‘Uralensis’
Salix x rubra ‘Eugenei’
Salix triandra ‘Black German’
Salix triandra ‘Noir de Villaine’
Salix triandra ‘Norfolk’
Salix triandra ’Whissander’
Salix viminalis ‘Black Hollander’
Salix viminalis ‘Black Osier’
Salix viminalis ‘Brown Merrin’
Salix viminalis ‘English Rod’
Salix viminalis ‘Green Gotz’
Salix viminalis ‘Reader’s Red’
Salix viminalis ‘Whipcord’
These willow cultivars have been used in basketry and hurdle making for many decades - some for centuries.
WET Systems:
Integrated wastewater purification, Resource production and
Habitat creation.