Freshwater and oligohaline tidal marshes, tidal and alluvial swamps, calcareous fens and spring marshes, natural ponds, and impoundments. Common in the coastal Plain; infrequent to locally common in the piedmont; rare in the mountains.
Wildlife value: Yellow spathe flowers mature in the summer and attract pollinators. This plant provides cover for fish, and is a common plant for dragonflies and damselflies to lay eggs on. It spreads through rhizomes and can form colonies. The flowers have an odor that attracts flies. The primary pollinator is the Chloropid fly (Elachiptera formosa). Adult Chloropid flies lay eggs on the spadix, eat pollen, and cross-pollinate the flowers
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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