Habitat: Moist to wet fields, pastures, meadows, clearings, roadsides, and other low, disturbed habitats; occasionally in natural habitats such as floodplain forests, fens, and depression swamps. Frequent to common in the mountains and Piedmont; infrequent in the Coastal Plain.
Wildlife value: Nectar is consumed by bees and certain flies, other animals, like mammals and reptiles. Certain birds use harvest-lice to build nests. Because of the aroma and foul taste, predators and parasites such as lice and mites stay away from a constantly restocked nest
Notes: The bur-like fruit is distributed by mammal fur and bird feathers.
Earth Sangha Inventory
Founded in 1997, the Earth Sangha is a nonprofit public charity based in the Washington, DC, region. The Wild Plant Nursery is the most comprehensive source of local-ecotype, native plants in the Washington DC region, and the region’s only facility dedicated exclusively to this type of propagation. “Local-ecotype” plants are propagated from local, wild, naturally-occurring populations and are well-adapted to local conditions and for wildlife species that depend on the local forms, such as pollinators. Inventory is updated on a weekly basis so number may not be accurate.
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