Four years after construction of a 5.54 hectare wetland, we compared its floral composition to that of a nearby, well-established reference wetland and to the original plan for its construction. The created wetland contained 88 % of the plant species originally installed and more total species than the reference wetland. Obligate wetland species comprised 65 % of the plants in the reference wetland and 34 % in the created wetland. The created wetland also contained more early-successional stage species and more facultative upland species than the reference wetland. Weighted averages analysis of the created wetland based on wetland indicator categories indicated appropriate wetland vegetation. The successful performance of the created wetland was due in large part to seed bank transfer from a salvaged marsh surface.