Form:

Size:

Life Span:

long-lived perennial

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Fruit Color:

Phenology:

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Recommended Uses:

Considerations:

This species can become overly dense and completely cover small ponds. Recommended for edges of larger ponds/lakes or streams, or where one wants a green surface (stormwater pond).

Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

Aquatic ---- to ---- Aquatic

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Loam, Organic

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B

Wildlife:

Pollinated by flies and beetles. Several bees have been documented visiting this species including  Hylaeus schwarzi, Evylaeus nelumbonis and Apis mellifera (honeybee) (Deyrup et al. 2002).

Provides structure for fish, frogs, etc. in aquatic settings.

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