Orange County |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 30. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
Article IX. SURFACE WATER BOUNDARY REGULATIONS |
§ 30-310. Same—Hydrophytic species list.
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The following list of hydrophytic species for determining the normal high water elevation is hereby adopted:
Common Name Botanical Name
Trees: Bald cypress Taxodium distichum Pond cypress Taxodium ascendens Swamp tupelo Nyssa biflora Water ash Fraxinum caroliniana Dahoon Ilex cassine Willow Salix caroliniana Loblolly Gordonia lasianthus Sweet bay Magnolia virginiana Swamp bay Persea palustris Sweet gum Liquidambar styraciflua Woody Shrubs: Water willow Justicia ovata Button bush Cephalanthus occidentalis Primrose willow Lugwigia peruviana St. John's wort Hypericum fasciculatum Grasses, Grass-like, Forbs: Alligator weed Alternathera philoxeroides Arrowhead Saggitaria Arrowroot lily Thalia geniculata Beak rush Rhynchospora tracyi Bladderwort Ultricularia vulgaris Bullrosh Scirpus americanus
Scirpus validusCattail Typha spp. Coontail Ceratophyllum demersum Duckweed Lemma Florida elodea Hydrilla verticillata Golden club Orontium aquaticum Leather fern Arostichum danaeifolium Maidencane Panicum hemitomon Naiad Naja spp. Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata
Pontederia lanceolataPondweed Pontamogeton illinoensis Royal fern Osmunda regalis Sawgrass Cladium jamaicensis Spatter dock Nuphar Spike rush Eleocharis cellulosa Soft rush Juncus effusus Swamp lily Crinum americanum Tape grass Vallisneria neotropicalis Water fern Salvinia rotundifolia Water hyssop Bacop caroliniana Water lily Nymphaea Water shield Brasenia schreberi Giant reed Phargmites australis
Phragmites communisTorpedo grass Panicum repens Chain fern Woodwardia virginica Hat pins Eriocaulon decangulare Red root Lachnanthes caroliniana Cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea Wild taro Colocasia esculenta
(Code 1965, § 36-155; Ord. No. 82-14, § 5, 8-17-82)