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Photograph(s) by*: CM NRCS, USFWS BES
Characteristics
Height: 1-3.5'
Flowers: May-Aug.; reddish to purple brown
Conditions *
Light: 
Moisture: Moist Wet
Soil pH: 3.5-7
Soil type: Clay Loamy Sandy
Flood depth: 0-6"
Habitat
fresh tidal and nontidal marshes, shrub swamps, forested wetlands, wet swales, moist fields
Native to
Region: Coastal Piedmont
Mountain *
States: MD VA WV DE NY PA
Wildlife
Notes
grows in clumps; partly persists in winter; tolerates flooding to 6"
Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/1298.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004
