Eutrochium maculatum
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| Spotted Joe-pye Weed | |
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| E. maculatum in Portage, Michigan, USA | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Eutrochium |
| Species: | E. maculatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Eutrochium maculatum (L.) E.E.Lamont |
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Eutrochium maculatum (Spotted Joe-pye Weed) is a member of the Asteraceae family. It ranges from Missouri east to the Atlantic Ocean and as far north as Ontario and Quebec south to Kentucky.[1]
The binomial name maculatum, meaning spotted, refers to the purple spots on the stem.[2]
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[edit] Habitat
Spotted Joe-pye Weed thrives in marshes, rich fens and swamps. It also does well in man-made moist expanses such as ditches, seepage areas and wet fields. Above all else the plant flourishes in the non-shaded environments that are so abundant in wetlands.[3]
[edit] Butterflies
Eutrochium maculatum is a specific Butterfly food and habitat plant.
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- ^ "Eutrochium maculatum". Natural Resources Canada. 2007. https://glfc.cfsnet.nfis.org/mapserver/phmapper/map.phtml?LAYERS=82399,51501,70201,2700,2701,2057,4240&title=Eutrochium+maculatum&NEK=e&bc=%3Ca%20href%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fplanthardiness%2Egc%2Eca%2Fph%5Fgenus%2Epl%3Flang%3Den%26familyid%3D65%3E%3EAsteraceae%3C%2Fa%3E%3Ca%20href%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fplanthardiness%2Egc%2Eca%2Fph%5Fspp%2Epl%3Flang%3Den%26genusid%3D1015794%3E%3EEutrochium%3C%2Fa%3E%3Ca%20href%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fplanthardiness%2Egc%2Eca%2Fph%5Fspp%5Fintro%2Epl%3Flang%3Den%26speciesid%3D1004568%3E%3EEutrochium%20maculatum%3C%2Fa%3E%0A. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
- ^ ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario, Toronto:Royal Ontario Museum, 2004.
- ^ "Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum". New York Flora Association. 2005. http://atlas.nyflora.org/ecology.asp?plantID=6992. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
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