No plants adapt to damp sites (or adapt to anything else). Those that will grow there come with that ability already, before planting. Where it is quite moist it may be better to plant a specimen coming out of a nursery on a mound rather than plunging it directly into mud. TREES Alnus Amelanchier Betula nigra Betula pendula Betula pubescens Crataegus laevigata Magnolia virginiana Mespilus germanica Populus Pterocarya Pyrus (most) Quercus palustris Salix Sorbus aucuparia SHRUBS Amelanchier Aronia Calycanthus floridus Clethra Cornus alba Cornus sericea Gaultheria shallon Hippophae rhamnoides Lindera benzoin Myrica cerifera Myrica gale Neillia thibetica Photinia villosa Physocarpus opulifolius Prunus spinosa Salix caprea Salix humilis Salix purpurea Salix repens Sambucus Sorbaria Spiraea x vanhouttei Spiraea veitchii Symphoricarpos Vaccinium Viburnum opulus CONIFERS Metasequoia glyptostroboides Picea sitchensis Taxodium distichum BAMBOOS Phyllostachys Pleioblastus Pseudosasa japonica Sasa Thamnocalamus All of these will grow in damp ground somewhere. Not all of them will grow in slop in Virginia. Even a local native seen in a wet place nearby might not make it planted in your situation - damp sites have varying sets of conditions suited to some plants and not others, the same as those that drain well.

Visiting GardenWeb for the first time in months and catching up. We live in a somewhat wooded area and also had a neighbor years ago who cultivated nut trees. So, we get walnut and a variety of oak trees (especially burr and red) each year along with an occasional hickory. Many years ago, a neighbor had a mature C. florida. We had one come up from seed 25-30 years ago. It came up under a mature red oak and has fantastic blossoms. Except for an intolerance to severe drought, it's doing very well. It bears fruit every year, but I've never found a seedling. Redbuds are a dime a dozen as are white ash, hackberry and black cherry (serotina). Boxelder were once common as well, but all the mature trees in the neighbors' yards are now gone. We get several tulip tree seedlings each year from the neighbors' trees. It's fun to leave areas of the yard alone for 2-4 years and just watch what comes up! We've had two sweetgum seedlings come up along the little dry stream in the yard. They must have come in with the floodwaters. Dad gave me a butternut seedling several years ago. It has produced one seedling, but it only survived two years. The parent tree is diseased and I suppose the same disease took the younger tree. We get a few C. kousa and C. mas seedlings every few years, but they're uncommon.

We cleared a large area in the backyard with new borders and put in a lot of trees. I had never had a tree list before but after all that planting I decided to make a list of what trees and shrubs are in the garden. Here are the trees with I'm sure a few missing. Acer ginnala Acer griseum Acer triflorum Aesculus mutabilis 'Induta' Aesculus parviflora Sassafras Amelanchier alleghany clump Betula papyrifera Betula pendula 'Trost's Dwarf' Cercidiphyllum japonicum Chionanthus virginicus Clethra barbinervus Cornus alternifolia 'Golden Shadows' Cornus kousa Corylus 'Rosita' Cotinus coggyria 'Golden Spirit' Crabapple 'Prairie Fire' Cretaegus phaenopyrum Evodia daniellii Fagus sylvatica Fagus sylvatica 'Riversii' Gleditsia triacanthos Japanese maple 'Beni Maiko' Japanese maple 'Beni Schichihenge' Japanese maple 'Bloodgood' Japanese maple 'Crimson Queen' Japanese maple 'Full Moon' Japanese maple 'Garnet' Japanese maple 'Orangeola' Japanese maple 'Peaches and Cream' Japanese maple 'Viridis' Japanese maple 'Waterfall' Juniperus virginiana Larix kaempferi Magnolia 'Jane' Magnolia 'Leonard Messel' Oxydendrum Picea pungens-Colorado Blue Sorbus aucuparia 'Cardinal Royal' Stewartia pseudocamellia Styrax japonica Syringa reticulata In the woods surrounding 3 sides of the yard are tons of: Maples Oaks-white and red White Pine I'm looking forward to collecting more evergreens in the coming years. Something really lacking in general in my garden.

Here's some weepers that I googled for you. It'll get you started LOL! I don't know if these are hardy for your zone but it gives a nice list of weepers to look up and study. Good luck. MeMo Weeping Cherry (Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula') Weeping Cedar (Cedrus 'Aurea') Weeping Salix (Salix Hakuro Nishiki) Weeping Spirea shrub (Spiraea japonica Shibori) Weeping Beech Weeping Cherry Weeping Hemlock Weeping Larch Weeping Norway Spruce Weeping White Pine BETULA PENDULA TRISTIS A graceful form of the silver birch with steeply drooping branches; youngii is smaller, more compact and slow-growing. BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS PENDULA A good weeping form of the common box. CARAGANA ARBORESCEN PENDULA An attractive small weeping tree with yellow pea-shaped flowers and fernlike leaves. CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA PENDULA A weeping hawthorn; pendula rosea has pink flowers. FAGUS SYLVATICA PENDULA The weeping beech, making a big tree; purpureopendula is a weeping form of the purple beech. FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR PENDULA The well-known weeping ash. GLEDITSCHIA TRIACANTHOS BUJOTI A honey-locust with pendulous branches, ILEX AQUIFOLIUM ARGENTEOMARGINATA PENDULA Perry's silver weeping holly, berrying freely. LABURNUM ANAGYROIDES PENDULUM A gracefully weeping laburnum. MALUS The following crab-apples have pendulous branches: M. floribunda' `Excellens Thiel', a small tree with crimson buds and pink flowers, floriferous but no fruit; M. prunifolia pendula, the weeping Siberian crab, with numerous small, scarlet, persistent fruit; M. pumila pendula `Elise Ratlike', a weeping form of the native crab. MORUS ALBA PENDULA The weeping white mulberry is a small tree with perpendicular branches, the fruit is insignificant. PRUNUS PERSICA'Windle Weeping' A weeping peach with double pink flowers; P. subhirtella pendula, the weeping spring cherry, has very numerous pale pink flowers; in pendula rubra they are deeper colored. P. yedoensis perpendens is a very pendulous form of the early Yoshino cherry. PYRUS SALICIFOLIA PENDULA A very pendulous form of the silver willowleaved pear, SALIX ALBA TRISTIS The now common weeping willow, making a large tree; S. babylonica is rare and not satisfactory. SOPHORA JAPONICA PENDULA A small arbour-like tree with slender branchlets falling perpendicularly. SORBUS-ARIA A weeping form of the whitebeam. S. aucuparia pendula, a weeping form of the rowan. Both are small trees. TILIA PETIOLARIS The weeping silver lime is a magnificent tree with a silvery sheen on the underside of the large leaves. ULMUS GLABRA CAMPERDOWNII The smaller of the two weeping wych elms with very pendulous branches, pendula being larger and more spreading in form. Conifers CHAMAECYPARIS LAWSONIANA INTERTEXTA A tall cypress of great beauty with drooping branches. C. nootkatensis pendula a handsome, rather large tree with long drooping branches. JUNIPERUS RECURVA COXII A moderate-sized, narrow tree with long, glaucous shoots drooping steeply. LARIX LEPTOLEPIS PENDULA A weeping form of the Japanese larch. PICEA BRACHYTYLA This has slender, pendulous branchlets, the leaves blue and white underneath; P. breweriana, Brewer's weeping spruce, is a sombre tree with very long branchlets that hang vertically; P. smithiana, the Himalayan spruce, is a large tree with steeply drooping branchlets and exceptionally long leaves. TAXUS BACCATA DOVASTONIANA A yew with spreading branches from which the branchlets droop; aureovariegata is a golden-leaved form. BETULA PENDULA TRISTIS A graceful form of the silver birch with steeply drooping branches; youngii is smaller, more compact and slow-growing. BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS PENDULA A good weeping form of the common box. CARAGANA ARBORESCEN PENDULA An attractive small weeping tree with yellow pea-shaped flowers and fernlike leaves. CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA PENDULA A weeping hawthorn; pendula rosea has pink flowers. FAGUS SYLVATICA PENDULA The weeping beech, making a big tree; purpureopendula is a weeping form of the purple beech. FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR PENDULA The well-known weeping ash. GLEDITSCHIA TRIACANTHOS BUJOTI A honey-locust with pendulous branches, ILEX AQUIFOLIUM ARGENTEOMARGINATA PENDULA Perry's silver weeping holly, berrying freely. LABURNUM ANAGYROIDES PENDULUM A gracefully weeping laburnum. MALUS The following crab-apples have pendulous branches: M. floribunda' `Excellens Thiel', a small tree with crimson buds and pink flowers, floriferous but no fruit; M. prunifolia pendula, the weeping Siberian crab, with numerous small, scarlet, persistent fruit; M. pumila pendula `Elise Ratlike', a weeping form of the native crab. MORUS ALBA PENDULA The weeping white mulberry is a small tree with perpendicular branches, the fruit is insignificant. PRUNUS PERSICA'Windle Weeping' A weeping peach with double pink flowers; P. subhirtella pendula, the weeping spring cherry, has very numerous pale pink flowers; in pendula rubra they are deeper colored. P. yedoensis perpendens is a very pendulous form of the early Yoshino cherry. PYRUS SALICIFOLIA PENDULA A very pendulous form of the silver willowleaved pear, SALIX ALBA TRISTIS The now common weeping willow, making a large tree; S. babylonica is rare and not satisfactory. SOPHORA JAPONICA PENDULA A small arbour-like tree with slender branchlets falling perpendicularly. SORBUS-ARIA A weeping form of the whitebeam. S. aucuparia pendula, a weeping form of the rowan. Both are small trees. TILIA PETIOLARIS The weeping silver lime is a magnificent tree with a silvery sheen on the underside of the large leaves. ULMUS GLABRA CAMPERDOWNII The smaller of the two weeping wych elms with very pendulous branches, pendula being larger and more spreading in form. Conifers CHAMAECYPARIS LAWSONIANA INTERTEXTA A tall cypress of great beauty with drooping branches. C. nootkatensis pendula a handsome, rather large tree with long drooping branches. JUNIPERUS RECURVA COXII A moderate-sized, narrow tree with long, glaucous shoots drooping steeply. LARIX LEPTOLEPIS PENDULA A weeping form of the Japanese larch. PICEA BRACHYTYLA This has slender, pendulous branchlets, the leaves blue and white underneath; P. breweriana, Brewer's weeping spruce, is a sombre tree with very long branchlets that hang vertically; P. smithiana, the Himalayan spruce, is a large tree with steeply drooping branchlets and exceptionally long leaves. TAXUS BACCATA DOVASTONIANA A yew with spreading branches from which the branchlets droop; aureovariegata is a golden-leaved form.