Asteraceae
Iva frutescens subsp. oraria
Iva frutescens subsp. oraria
Also known as Iva frutescens var. oraria, Iva oraria
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Coastal Native · Salt Marsh · Shrub · Perennial · Eastern Native · Wildlife Habitat · Shoreline · Asteraceae · Rare · Wetland
Coastal marsh elder is a robust native shrub native to eastern U.S. salt marshes and coastal edges, thriving in salty, moist soils with partial shade. Once established, it requires little maintenance and is well suited to stabilizing coastal shorelines and providing wildlife habitat. This plant is an excellent choice for coastal restoration and native habitat gardening along the Atlantic seaboard.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil slightly moist; tolerates brief dry periods once established · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–5.7
- Temperature
- -10°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Masachusettes, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Texas, Virginia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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