- Type:
- Herb
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Dry
- Height:
- 1 to 2 feet
- Project:
- Shoreline Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- Yellow
- Bloom Months:
- August, September
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- Moderate
- Salt Tolerance:
- Medium
- Stress Tolerance:
- Drought Tolerant, Fire Tolerant
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Medium
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 2
- Pollinator Value:
- Very High
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food, Larval Food
- Pollinators:
- Beetles, Bombus, Butterflies, Flies, Honey Bees, Larval Host (Moth), Monarchs, Moths, Native Bees, Wasps
- Counties:
- Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Dakota, Dodgee, Douglas, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin, Houston, Hubbardard, Itasca, Kandiyohi, Kandiyohibec, Kittson, Koochiching, Lac qui, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Mahnomen, Marshall, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Red Lake, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Roseau, SCottonwood, Sherburne, St. Louis, Stearns, Steele, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Traverse, Wabasha, Wadena, Washington, Watonwan, Wilkin, Winona, Wright, Yellow Medicine
Notes/Description:
Gray Goldenrod is shorter than most Goldenrod species and distinguished by its hairy leaves and stems. It prefers dry soil and can tolerate poor conditions (i.e. rocky or clay soils, slopes, low organic matter).