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§1 Plant

Eutrochium maculatum (L.) E.E. Lamont var. maculatum

vernacular spotted joe pye weed — variety · Asteraceae


USDA
EUMAM4
GBIF
4926278
Rank
variety
spotted joe pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum)
Platephotograph · Adrian Sydor source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Eutrochium
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b

County-level range

· 509 counties across 20 states/territories
Legend Native · 509 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
High
Fire
High
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Medium
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-28 °F minimum
Frost-free days
120 min.
Precipitation
35–50 in/yr
pH range
5.5–7
Root depth
16 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Rhizomatous
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
6 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Dark Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Purple
Fruit colour
Black
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Summer
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
2,000,000
Propagation
bare root, container, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 509 counties across 20 states/territories.

Illinois view state ↗ 45 N
Indiana view state ↗ 38 N
Iowa view state ↗ 8 N
Maine view state ↗ 16 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N
Michigan view state ↗ 75 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 73 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N
New York view state ↗ 40 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 9 N
Ohio view state ↗ 29 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 41 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 7 N
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N
Virginia view state ↗ 8 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 69 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/EUMAM4 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/4926278 ↗

Record version

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