Habitat: Intermittently exposed river shores and stream beds, usually in the open. In the Virginia mountains and Piedmont, it is characteristic of cobbly or bouldery shallows along major streams; in the Coastal Plain, it occupies sandy shores and intertidal flats. Locally frequent to common throughout the mountains, Piedmont, and inner Coastal Plain; essentially absent from the outer Coastal Plain
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees, butterflies and wasps. Birds will eat the seeds
High Value Generalist
Earth Sangha lists this plant as a "High Value Generalist" because it is easy to grow, occurs across a wide range of habitats and is known to be of high value to wildlife
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