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§1 Plant

Vernonia noveboracensis (L.) Michx.

vernacular New York ironweed — species · Asteraceae


USDA
VENO
GBIF
8271565
Rank
species

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

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

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 379 counties across 20 states/territories
Legend Native · 379 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

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

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-33 °F minimum
Frost-free days
140 min.
Precipitation
40–60 in/yr
pH range
4.5–8
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
6.6 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Dark Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Purple
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Summer
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
300,000
Propagation
seed, container
§3e

Use & availability

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

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 379 counties across 20 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 4 N
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 7 N
Georgia view state ↗ 26 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 9 N
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N
New York view state ↗ 16 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 76 N
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 53 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 26 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 16 N
Virginia view state ↗ 89 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 24 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/VENO ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/8271565 ↗

Record version

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