- Type:
- Shrub
- Light Exposure:
- Partial Sun, Shade
- Soil Moisture:
- Medium
- Height:
- 6 feet
- Project:
- Raingarden, Restoration
- Bloom Color:
- Yellow
- Bloom Months:
- April, May
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- Moderate
- Salt Tolerance:
- None
- Stress Tolerance:
- Alkaline Conditions, General Disturbance
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Low
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 2
- Pollinator Value:
- Medium
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food, Larval Food
- Pollinators:
- Butterflies, Larval Host (Moth), Native Bees
- Counties:
- Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Douglas, Fillmore, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Hubbardard, Itasca, Kandiyohibec, Koochiching, Lake, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Nicollet, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pine, Polk, Ramsey, Rice, St. Louis, Stearns, Todd, Wabasha, Wadena, Washington, Winona, Wright
Notes/Description:
The yellow early spring flowers and red fall fruit make this an attractive choice for a shaded shrub in a landscape. Leatherwood is one of the few native shrubs blooming abundantly in deep shade, due to its early leaf-out. It is a shrub indicating an old growth forest. The bark of Dirca palustris has been know to cause dermatitis.