What native shrubs grow in moist to wet soils?

Question:

What native shrubs grow in moist to wet soils?

Answer:

North American native shrubs tolerant of wet soils include:

• indigo bush (Amorpha fruticosa)*
• red chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia)
• common sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus)
• buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)*
• summersweet clethra (Clethra alnifolia)
• silky dogwood (Cornus amomum)*
• gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa)*
• redosier dogwood (Cornus sericea)*
• winterberry (Ilex verticillata)*
• Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica)
• northern bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica)
• elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)*
• pussy willow (Salix discolor)*
• meadowsweet (Spirea alba)*
• witherod (Viburnum cassinoides)
• arrowwood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum)
• American cranberrybush viburnum (Viburnum opulus var. americanum, syn. Viburnum trilobum)*

* Native to North America, including parts of Iowa