Capitol Region Watershed District
Como Neighborhood
BIRDS
Rain Garden Field Guide of Plants and Wildlife
Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Rain gardens provide habitat for many species of animals and insects, help filter rain water and add beauty to our neighborhoods.
Gray-headed Chickadee Poecile cinctus
Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Ruby Throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
INSECTS Common Green Darner Dragonfly Anax junius Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
Painted Lady Butterfly Vanessa virginiensis House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus 1410 Energy Park Drive, Ste 4 St. Paul, MN 55108 651-644-8888 | fax 651-644-8894 capitolregionwd.org
Questionmark Butterfly Polygonia interrogationis Red Admiral Butterfly Vanessa atalanta
Rain Garden Field Guide PLANTS Blue Flag Iris Iris versicolor Blue Vervain Verbena Hastata
Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis
Como Zoo
Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
Como Golf Course Pond Infiltration trenches AHUG
Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
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 neighborhood. When stormwater runoff soaks into the ground instead of flowing directly to
Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparuim
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.
Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
Prairie Blazingstar Liatris pycnostachya
Red Osier Dogwood Cornus stolonifera
Fox Sedge Carex vulpinoida
Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium
Golden Alexander Zizia aurea