What is the area like that you want to plant into.
Is it fill soil, sandy soil, heavy clay soil, ??
Is it flat, sloped, ??
Are you looking for perennials, annuals, or a combination?
Are you willing to irrigate the area in question?
5 ft x 5 ft is not a large area. Would you be willing to do
something else with it, such as landscape it to create a pool
or a damp meadow??
The only riparian species that I can think of that can handle
your particular site would have to be very tough and that would
be a Typha species (cattails). Typha need the wet and flooded ground
of winter/spring but often experiences drought in summer and survives
by dying down to the ground. Some supplemental watering would be
needed to help the underground rhizomes survive over the summer.
Modification of the site to accommodate other natives would be necessary as per the cultural needs of such species.
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