Habitat: Dry to mesic open forests, woodlands, clearings, old fields, and roadsides. Common throughout Virginia
Wildlife Value: The genus Desmodium is a larval host plant for many species of butterfly, including the Silver-Spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus), Hoary Edge (Achalarus lyciades), Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades), Southern Cloudywing (Thorybes bathyllus), Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) and Eastern Tailed-Blue (Everes comyntas). In the winter, its seeds serve as a food source for songbirds, quail, and small mammals.
Beloved Brook's Ruckersville Nursery Inventory
Nursery is open by appointment only. Email them to set up a time. This plant list if from the begging of the 2025 season and may be outdated. If there is something specific that you’re looking for, they recommend you confirm that they have it when you schedule an appointment
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