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• #Zigzag plant scientific name full#

Showy goldenrod, however, is better suited to dry sites than Riddell?s goldenrod. Riddell?s goldenrod (Solidago riddellii) was also tested for attractiveness to natural enemies and attracted more natural enemies and fewer pests than showy goldenrod (S. This plant can be grown from seed (flowers in third year) or plug material (flowers in second year). It may be found along roadsides and railroads, and also occurs in the Upper Peninsula in thin soil on high rock mountains. It naturally occurs in dry, open, sandy areas including prairies, field, and oak and jack pine savannas.

#Zigzag plant scientific name full#

Showy goldenrod grows in full to partial sun, and very dry to average soil moisture. This species was the seventh most attractive to natural enemies in the late season, with three times as many natural enemies as the grass control. Yellow flower spikes bloom on plants that filled in well and many insects, including locust borer, were seen at it. Mildly attractive: weevils and froghoppers Plant notes Moderately attractive: leaf beetles and leafhoppers. Highly attractive: bees including Andrenid bees, sweat bees, large carpenter bees, and bumble bees also highly attractive to honey bees. Mildly attractive: Vespidae polistes, Ichneumonidae, Salticidae, Thomisidae, Braconidae, Cynipoidea, Carabidae and Nabidae. Moderately attractive: Chalcidoidea and Coccinellidae.