Habitat: Floodplain forests, mesic upland forests, alluvial swamps, seepage swamps, and tidal swamps; also in moist to wet disturbed habitats such as old fields and roadsides. Frequent to common throughout Virginia.
Wildlife value: This flower is unusual because it produces no nectar, but rewards pollinators with floral oil as well as edible pollen. This combination attracts a species of Melittid Bee called Macropis steironematis that only visits this flower.
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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