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Riparian areas or zones are the areas of vegetation directly separating land from water and immediately adjacent land that is frequently inundated, or, in other words, the floodways of streams.

Vegetation in riparian areas typically consists of plants that either are emergent aquatic plants, or herbs, trees and shrubs that thrive in close proximity to water. Typical riparian zone trees in the eastern United States include:

Cottonwood, Populus deltoides
Silver maple, Acer saccharinum
Boxelder, Acer negundo
American elm, Ulmus americana
American sycamore, Platanus occidentalis
Butternut , Juglans cinerea
Black walnut, Juglans nigra
Black willow , Salix nigra
River birch, Betula nigra
Green ash , Fraxinus pensylvanica
Honey locust, Gleditsia triacanthos
Basswood, Tilia americana

The assortment of riparian-zone trees varies from those of wetlands.

Other riparian zone plants include grasses, sedges, wingstem , and others.

Research has shown that riparian ecosystems are vital to the health of all other aquatic ecosystems as they filter out pollutants form land runoff, prevent erosion, and provide shelter and food for many aquatic animals.

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