Sandweed

Would be nice to see this used more in restoration, but the hydrology and substrate need to be correct.



Adapted to edge of marshes. Suited for use only where the hydrology matches its needs. Where present, protect by protection hydrology and water quality.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Foliage and seeds are food source for birds and mammals.

Cutthroat seeps, wet prairie, flatwoods marshes, margins of cypress swamps.

• Showy flowers
• Attracts insect pollinators, especially bees.  Bees include Colletes nudus and Coelioxys sayi plus the non-native Apis mellifera (honeybee), Bombus irnpatiens and Xylocopa micans (Deyrup et al. 2002).