Solidago serrotina

Smooth Goldenrod     
Tall Goldenrod     

 

State Status * CT MA RI VT NH ME
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Ecology: Fields, roadsides, thickets, open woods; often in damp soil
Blooming Period: August to September
Typical Height Range: 3' to 5'   (9 to 15 dm)

 

 What to look for in the field: 
  The capitulescence consists of numerous ascending or spreading, and often recurved branches.  It is often roughly conical in shape and located at the top of the stem.  Branches are densely pubescent.  Heads are crowded in one-sided arrays on branches.  The capitulescence is similar to that of S. altissima and S. canadensis, but is somewhat more open.
  Stems are stout, glabrous and glaucous below, becoming pubescent within the capitulescence.
  Basal and lower stem leaves are deciduous by flowering.  Mid- to upper stem leaves are lanceolate, toothed, lacking petioles, and have three prominent, parallel veins.  Stem leaves only gradually become smaller upwards.
  Colony-forming from rhizomes.

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* State status data obtained from the NatureServe website and from published state natural heritage data.  Click link for a list of state status codes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

11/16/2009