Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also butterfly gardens in wet soils.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	A common but somewhat ephemeral understory herb in swamps and moist forests.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts and occasionally by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Short-lived medium herb.
Height:
	Typically 2-3 feet in height. Sometimes as broad as tall.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Widespread in North America south to the Monroe County mainland; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Habitats:
	Swamps and moist forests.
Soils:
	Moist to wet, moderately well-drained to well-drained, sandy, limestone, or organic soils, with humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Light shade to moderate shade.
Flower Color:
	Greenish.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	Summer-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host and nectar plant for red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) butterflies; larval host for question mark (Polygonia interrogationis) butterflies.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
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