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§1 Plant

Solidago fistulosa Mill.

vernacular pine barren goldenrod — species · Asteraceae


USDA
SOFI
GBIF
5389106
Rank
species
pine barren goldenrod (Solidago fistulosa)
Platephotograph · Mike Dayton source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Solidago
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 153 counties across 11 states/territories
Legend Native · 153 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Low
Moisture use
High
Fire
None
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
7 °F minimum
Frost-free days
200 min.
Precipitation
40–65 in/yr
pH range
4.5–7
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Rhizomatous
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
6.6 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Dark Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
White
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Summer
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Fall
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
700,000
Propagation
seed, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
High
Graze palatability
High
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 153 counties across 11 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 4 N
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 55 N
Georgia view state ↗ 9 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N
Maryland view state ↗ 4 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 33 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 19 N
Virginia view state ↗ 15 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/SOFI ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5389106 ↗

Record version

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