Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
34.01, -84.59
Field Notes
Description:
Common Buttonbush is a wetland shrub or small tree which can grow to nearly 10 feet tall along the banks of streams, ponds, lakes, marshes, and in other wetland areas.
See this specimen before it bloomed: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/43811037
And larvae feeding on the leaves: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/56756059
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/56756058
Habitat:
Native Distribution: N.B. & Que. to upper Mississippi R. Valley, e. NE & e. KS, s. to FL & TX
Native Habitat: In swamps, around ponds and margins of streams throughout the state. Sand, loam, clay, limestone; moist, poor drainage or standing water okay. Prairie swales; lake, marsh, creek & swamp margins; dry, limestone bluffs
Notes:
Spotted on the bank of a wooded detention/retention pond in an office building complex in Kennesaw, GA
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