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Eupatorium fistulosumEupatorium fistulosum

Joe-Pye weed, trumpet weed

Photograph(s) by*: RHW

Characteristics

Height: 1.5-10'
Flowers: Jul.-Oct.; pink-purple
Fruit: capsule

Conditions *

Light: Full sun Partial shade
Moisture: Dry Moist Wet
Soil pH: 4.5-7
Soil type: Clay Loamy

Habitat

floodplains, meadows, moist thickets, roadsides

Native to

Region: Coastal Piedmont Mountain *
States: MD VA WV DE NY PA

Wildlife

Butterfly Songbird Beneficial insect *

Notes

herbal uses


 Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/1361.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004