Como Rain Garden Field Guide
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Capitol Region Watershed District
Como Neighborhood Rain Garden Field Guide
of Plants and Wildlife
Rain gardens provide habitat for many species of animals and insects, help filter rain water and add beauty to our neighborhoods.
American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
Gray-headed Chickadee
Poecile cinctus
House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Ruby Throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
BIRDS
Monarch ButterflyDanaus plexippus
Painted Lady Butterfly
Vanessa virginiensis
QuestionmarkButterflyPolygonia interrogationis
Red AdmiralButterfly
Vanessa atalanta
Common GreenDarner Dragonfly
Anax junius
1410 Energy Park Drive, Ste 4St. Paul, MN 55108
651-644-8888 | fax 651-644-8894capitolregionwd.org
INSECTS
Como Golf Course Pond
Infiltration trenches
AHUG
Como Zoo
Rain Garden Field Guide
Blue Flag IrisIris versicolor
PLANTS
Golden AlexanderZizia aurea
Canada AnemoneAnemone canadensis
Fox SedgeCarex vulpinoida
Blue VervainVerbena Hastata
Cardinal FlowerLobelia cardinalis
Purple ConeflowerEchinacea purpurea
Red Osier DogwoodCornus stolonifera
Rattlesnake MasterEryngium yuccifolium
Prairie BlazingstarLiatris pycnostachya
Little BluestemSchizachyrium
scoparuim
Wild BergamotMonarda fistulosa
Rain gardens are planted depressions designed to allow runoff to soak into the
ground. Rain garden plants provide wildlife habitat and add beauty to the neighbor-
hood. When stormwater runoff soaks into the ground instead of flowing directly to
Como Lake, pollutants are filtered out.
Eight rain gardens were constructed in the Como neighborhood in 2005. Rain gardens
keep about 95% of the pollution entering them from entering lakes and rivers.