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Solidago rugosaSolidago rugosa

wrinkle-leaf goldenrod, rough-stemmed goldenrod

Photograph(s) by*: RHW

Characteristics

Height: 1-6.5'
Flowers: Aug.-Nov.; yellow
Fruit: capsule

Conditions *

Light: Full sun Partial shade
Moisture: Moist Wet
Soil pH: 5-7.5
Soil type: Loamy Sandy

Habitat

fields, woods, floodplains, roadsides and waste places

Native to

Region: Coastal Piedmont Mountain *
States:

Wildlife

Butterfly Songbird Small mammal Beneficial insect *

Notes

tough plant; aggressive; strongly colonial


 Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/2149.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004