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UNDER DEVELOPMENT
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Golden Alexander
Zizia aurea

Type:
Herb
Light Exposure:
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry, Medium
Height:
3 feet
Project:
Boulevard, Erosion Control, Raingarden, Restoration, Shoreline Buffer
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
May, June, July
Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
High
Salt Tolerance:
Medium
Stress Tolerance:
General Disturbance
Herbivore Sensitivity:
Low
Behavior (Rate of Spread):
2
Pollinator Value:
Very High
Benefit to Pollinators:
Adult Food, Larval Food, Nesting and Structure (Bees)
Pollinators:
Beetles, Bombus, Butterflies, Flies, Honey Bees, Larval Host (Butterfly), Larval Host (Moth), Monarchs, Moths, Native Bees, Nesting and Structure (Bees), Wasps
Counties:
Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Carver, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodgee, Douglas, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin, Houston, Itasca, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Kandiyohibec, Kittson, Koochiching, Lac qui, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Mahnomen, Marshall, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Morrison, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Red Lake, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, Roseau, SCottonwood, Sherburne, Sibley, St. Louis, Stearns, Steele, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Traverse, Wabasha, Wadena, Waseca, Washington, Watonwan, Wilkin, Winona, Wright, Yellow Medicine

Notes/Description:

This late-spring wildflower is a native, perennial herb usually 1-3' tall. Used in soil stabilization of shores, vegetated swales, buffers and slopes. It is recommended this species be used for restorations of low prairies, calcareous fens, streams banks and other wet, open places.

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