Hydrocotyle umbellata
marsh penny-wort
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Family:
Araliaceae
Plant Specifics
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Long-lived perennial
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Landscaping
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Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry
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Stays wet -to- Not wet but not extremely dry
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
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Sand
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Ecology
Wildlife:
Attracts bees. A study at the Archbold Biological Station identified the following families of bees using this species:
- Halictidae: Halictus poeyi
- Pompilidae: Episyron conterminus posterus
- Sphecidae: Cerceris blakei, Ectemnius rufipes ais, Epinysson mellipes, Hoplisoides denticulatus denticulatus, Oxybelus emarginatus, Tachysphex apicalis, T. similis
- Vespidae: Leptochilus alcolhuus, Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus
Archbold Biological Station as cited in the Coastal Plants Wiki.
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