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Senna marilandica (Cassia marilandica)Photograph(s) by*: USFWS BES, USFWS BES
Characteristics
Height: 3-6.5'
Flowers: Jul.-Aug.; yellow
Fruit: pod
Conditions *
Light:
Moisture: Dry Moist
Soil pH: 4-7
Soil type: Loamy Sandy
Habitat
dry roadsides, thickets, open woods
Native to
Region: Coastal Piedmont
Mountain *
States:
Wildlife
Notes
pods important food for upland gamebirds
Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/331.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004