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  1. Life
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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Nances, Willows, and Allies
  6. St. John's Worts and Allies
  7. St. John's-worts
  8. Hypericum Sect. Elodea

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Hypericum Sect. Elodea

Elodea

Traits
Includes
4 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Fraser's Marsh St. John's-wort native
  • Virginia Marsh St. John's-wort native
  • Greater Marsh St. John's-wort native
  • Southern Marsh St. John's Wort native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native hypericum sect. elodea All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Greater Marsh St. John's-wort Hypericum walteri caterpillars 5 hosts 1 food 3 flowers 23
  • Virginia Marsh St. John's-wort Hypericum virginicum caterpillars 5 food 3 flowers 45
  • Fraser's Marsh St. John's-wort Hypericum fraseri caterpillars 5 food 3 flowers 31
  • Southern Marsh St. John's Wort Hypericum tubulosum caterpillars 2 food 2 flowers 14

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