Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wildflower gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Commonly available at native plant nurseries in central Florida. Available in Miami at Dade County FNPS.
Description:
	Small to medium herb with attractive spikes of yellow flowers.
Height:
	About 3-9 inches in height; up to 4 feet when in flower. Taller than broad when in flower.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate to fast.
Range:
	Southeastern United States north to New Jersey, west to Texas and south to the Monroe County Keys; West Indies, southern Mexico and Guatemala. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to the pine rocklands of Big Pine Key.
Habitats:
	Pinelands, prairies and marshes.
Soils:
	Seasonally wet to moist, moderately- to poorly-drained freshwater soils, without humus.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Moderate; tolerates brackish water or occasional inundation by salt water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance:
	Moderate to high; plants growing in extremely dry soils may die during extended periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Yellow.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy spikes.
Flowering Season:
	All year; peak summer-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous achene.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Attracts native bees and other beneficial insects. Valuable source of insects for birds.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed and division.
Comments:
	The leaves can be used to make a tea. Goldenrods are not a cause of hay fever as has been suggested.