Solidago rigida / Rigid Goldenrod
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Medium
Growth: 1.5-2.5’ Wide , 3-5’ Tall
Bloom: Yellow in August - September
Info: This common native plant can be found in woods, glades, and prairies. This is nectar and pollen source for a wide variety of insects. Many species of bee, wasp, butterfly, and syrphid flies. Some attractive victors to keep a eye out for are great golden digger wasps, monarch butterflies, Sulphur butterflies, and buckeye butterflies. Some specialist bee (oligolectic bees) feed their larva exclusively on the pollen from goldenrods and asters. So this species is important for their life cycle.
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Medium
Growth: 1.5-2.5’ Wide , 3-5’ Tall
Bloom: Yellow in August - September
Info: This common native plant can be found in woods, glades, and prairies. This is nectar and pollen source for a wide variety of insects. Many species of bee, wasp, butterfly, and syrphid flies. Some attractive victors to keep a eye out for are great golden digger wasps, monarch butterflies, Sulphur butterflies, and buckeye butterflies. Some specialist bee (oligolectic bees) feed their larva exclusively on the pollen from goldenrods and asters. So this species is important for their life cycle.
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Medium
Growth: 1.5-2.5’ Wide , 3-5’ Tall
Bloom: Yellow in August - September
Info: This common native plant can be found in woods, glades, and prairies. This is nectar and pollen source for a wide variety of insects. Many species of bee, wasp, butterfly, and syrphid flies. Some attractive victors to keep a eye out for are great golden digger wasps, monarch butterflies, Sulphur butterflies, and buckeye butterflies. Some specialist bee (oligolectic bees) feed their larva exclusively on the pollen from goldenrods and asters. So this species is important for their life cycle.
