- Type:
- Emergent
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Medium
- Height:
- 2 to 6 feet
- Project:
- Restoration, Shoreline Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- Yellow
- Bloom Months:
- June, July
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- Moderate
- Salt Tolerance:
- Low to Medium
- Stress Tolerance:
- Acidic Conditions, General Distrubance
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Low
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 1
- Pollinator Value:
- High
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food
- Pollinators:
- Beetles, Bombus, Flies, Honey Bees, Native Bees, Wasps
- Counties:
- Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Carver, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Dakota, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin, Houston, Hubbardard, Isanti, Itasca, Jackson, Kandiyohibec, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Mahnomen, Marshall, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Nicollet, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Redwood, Rice, Roseau, SCottonwood, Sherburne, Sibley, St. Louis, Stearns, Steele, Swift, Todd, Wabasha, Wadena, Waseca, Washington, Winona, Wright, Yellow Medicine
Notes/Description:
Perennial, aromatic, emergent herb, growing in clumps or dense beds with tall, sword-like leaves. Sweet flag is used in soil stabilization of lower shoreline zones and vegetated swales. Rhizomes and roots form a mat in upper 4-8" of soil, which prevents erosion, stabilizes sediment, and mitigates buffering wave action.