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§1 Plant

Solidago uliginosa Nutt. var. uliginosa

vernacular bog goldenrod — variety · Asteraceae


USDA
SOULU
GBIF
5388889 syn.
Rank
variety
bog goldenrod (Solidago uliginosa var. uliginosa)
Platephotograph · Rob RoutledgeCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

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

Native status, by region

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

County-level range

· 94 counties across 14 states/territories
Legend Native · 94 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
High
CaCO₃
None
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-23 °F minimum
Frost-free days
140 min.
Precipitation
36–55 in/yr
pH range
4.5–5.7
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Rhizomatous
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
2.5 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Summer
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
700,000
Propagation
seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 94 counties across 14 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 1 N
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N
Indiana view state ↗ 25 N
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 30 N
New York view state ↗ 2 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 5 N
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 18 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 N
Virginia view state ↗ 2 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/SOULU ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/5388889 ↗

Record version

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