Goldenrod
Solidago ulmicaesia
Taxonomy
- Division:
- Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
- Family:
- Asteraceae
- Genus:
- Solidago
- Species:
- Solidago ulmicaesia
Growth Characteristics
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Growth Habit:
- Forb/herb
- Height:
- 4-6 ft
- Light Requirements:
- Full Sun
- Drought Tolerance:
- Medium
- Bloom Months:
- aug, sep, oct
- Bloom Colors:
- Yellow
Keystone Species Ranking
- Caterpillar Keystone:
- ★★☆☆☆ Based on number of butterfly and moth species using this genus as host plant (Source: National Wildlife Federation)
- Bee Keystone:
- ★☆☆☆☆ Based on number of native bee species using this genus for pollen and nectar (Source: National Wildlife Federation)
Reported Fauna Sightings
Bees: American bumble bee (Bombus pensylvanicus), American bumble bee (Bombus pensylvanicus), Black and gold bumble bee (Bombus auricomus), Black and gold bumble bee (Bombus auricomus), Black-tailed bumble bee (Bombus melanopygus), Black-tailed bumble bee (Bombus melanopygus), Brown-belted bumble bee (Bombus griseocollis), Brown-belted bumble bee (Bombus griseocollis), bumblebee (Bombus Latreille), bumblebee (Bombus Latreille), Central bumble bee (Bombus centralis), Central bumble bee (Bombus centralis), Common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens), Common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens), Confusing bumble bee (Bombus perplexus), Confusing bumble bee (Bombus perplexus), Fernald cuckoo bumble bee (Bombus flavidus), Fernald cuckoo bumble bee (Bombus flavidus), Forest bumble bee (Bombus sylvicola), Forest bumble bee (Bombus sylvicola), Frigid Bumble Bee (Bombus frigidus), Frigid Bumble Bee (Bombus frigidus), Fuzzy-horned bumble bee (Bombus mixtus), Fuzzy-horned bumble bee (Bombus mixtus), Half-black bumble bee (Bombus vagans), Half-black bumble bee (Bombus vagans), High country bumble bee (Bombus kirbiellus), High country bumble bee (Bombus kirbiellus), Hunt's bumble bee (Bombus huntii), Hunt's bumble bee (Bombus huntii), Indiscriminate cuckoo bumble bee (Bombus insularis), Indiscriminate cuckoo bumble bee (Bombus insularis), Lemon cuckoo bumble bee (Bombus citrinus), Lemon cuckoo bumble bee (Bombus citrinus), Nevada bumble bee (Bombus nevadensis), Nevada bumble bee (Bombus nevadensis), Northern amber bumble bee (Bombus borealis), Northern amber bumble bee (Bombus borealis), Red-belted bumble bee (Bombus rufocinctus), Red-belted bumble bee (Bombus rufocinctus), 🛑Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), 🛑Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), Sanderson bumble bee (Bombus sandersoni), Sanderson bumble bee (Bombus sandersoni), Sitka bumble bee (Bombus sitkensis), Sitka bumble bee (Bombus sitkensis), Southern plains bumble bee (Bombus fraternus), Southern plains bumble bee (Bombus fraternus), Tri-colored bumble bee (Bombus ternarius), Tri-colored bumble bee (Bombus ternarius), Two-form bumble bee (Bombus bifarius), Two-form bumble bee (Bombus bifarius), Two-spotted bumble bee (Bombus bimaculatus), Two-spotted bumble bee (Bombus bimaculatus), van Dyke bumble bee (Bombus vandykei), van Dyke bumble bee (Bombus vandykei), Western bumble bee (Bombus occidentalis), Western bumble bee (Bombus occidentalis), White-shouldered bumble bee (Bombus appositus), White-shouldered bumble bee (Bombus appositus), Yellow bumble bee (Bombus fervidus), Yellow bumble bee (Bombus fervidus), Yellow head bumble bee (Bombus flavifrons), Yellow head bumble bee (Bombus flavifrons), Yellow-banded bumble bee (Bombus terricola), Yellow-banded bumble bee (Bombus terricola), Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii), Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) Butterflies:American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis), American Snout (Libytheana carinenta), American Snout (Libytheana carinenta), Anglewings (Polygonia Hübner), Aphrodite Fritillary (Argynnis aphrodite), Appalachian Eyed Brown (Lethe appalachia), Appalachian Eyed Brown (Lethe appalachia), Arizona Powdered-Skipper (Systasea zampa), Arizona Powdered-Skipper (Systasea zampa), Atlantis Fritillary (Argynnis atlantis), Azure sp. (Celastrina Tutt), Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes), (Pieris rapae), (Pieris rapae), Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Pterourus canadensis), Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius), Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius), Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus), Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus), Checkered White (Pontia protodice), Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius), Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius), Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice), Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice), Clouded Yellows (Colias Fabricius), Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae), Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae), Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia), Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia), Common Checkered-skipper (Burnsius communis), Common Checkered-skipper (Burnsius communis), Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis), Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis), Common Ringlet (North America) (Coenonympha california), Common Ringlet (North America) (Coenonympha california), Common Wood-Nymph (Cercyonis pegala), Common Wood-Nymph (Cercyonis pegala), Crescents (Phyciodes Hübner), Crossline Skipper (Limochores Scudder), Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole), Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole), Delaware Skipper (Anatrytone logan), Delaware Skipper (Anatrytone logan), Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris), Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris), Duskywing sp. (Erynnis Schrank), Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma), Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma), Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma), Eastern Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes), Eastern Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes), Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas), Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas), Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Pterourus glaucus), Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Pterourus glaucus), Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala), Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala), (Thymelicus lineola), (Thymelicus lineola), Eyed Brown (Lethe eurydice), Eyed Brown (Lethe eurydice), Field Skipper (Atalopedes campestris), Field Skipper (Atalopedes campestris), Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus), Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus), Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus), Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus), Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus), Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus), Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele), Great Spangled Fritillary (Argynnis cybele), Great Spangled Fritillary (Argynnis cybele), Greater Fritillary (Speyeria Scudder), Green Comma (Polygonia faunus), Green Comma (Polygonia faunus), Gulf Fritillary (Dione vanillae), Gulf Fritillary (Dione vanillae), Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis), Hoary Edge (Achalarus lyciades), Hobomok Skipper (Lon hobomok), Hobomok Skipper (Lon hobomok), Horace's Duskywing (Gesta Evans), Large Heath (Coenonympha tullia), Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor), Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor), Little Glassywing (Vernia verna), Little Glassywing (Vernia verna), Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela), Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela), Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa), Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa), Long Dash Skipper (Limochores Scudder), Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus), Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus), Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Aglais milberti), Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Aglais milberti), ⚠️Monarch (Danaus plexippus), Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa), ⚠️Mustard White (Pieris oleracea), ⚠️Mustard White (Pieris oleracea), Mylitta Crescent (Phyciodes mylitta), Mylitta Crescent (Phyciodes mylitta), Northern Broken-Dash (Polites egeremet), Northern Crescent (Phyciodes cocyta), Northern Crescent (Phyciodes cocyta), Northern Pearly-eye (Lethe anthedon), Northern Pearly-eye (Lethe anthedon), Northern White-Skipper (Heliopetes ericetorum), Northern White-Skipper (Heliopetes ericetorum), Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola), Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola), Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme), Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme), Pahaska Skipper (Hesperia pahaska), Pahaska Skipper (Hesperia pahaska), Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Peck's Skipper (Polites coras), Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon), Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon), Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor), Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor), Queen (Danaus gilippus), Queen (Danaus gilippus), Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis), Reakirt's Blue (Echinargus isola), Reakirt's Blue (Echinargus isola), Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops), Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops), Red-spotted Admiral (Limenitis arthemis), Red-spotted Admiral (Limenitis arthemis), Sachem (Atalopedes Scudder), Salt Marsh Skipper (Panoquina panoquin), Salt Marsh Skipper (Panoquina panoquin), Silver-bordered Fritillary (Boloria Moore), Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus), Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus), Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe), Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe), Southern Cloudywing (Cecropterus Herrich-Schäffer), Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia), Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia), Southern Skipperling (Copaeodes minima), Southern Skipperling (Copaeodes minima), Spicebush Swallowtail (Pterourus troilus), Striped Hairstreak (Satyrium liparops), Striped Hairstreak (Satyrium liparops), Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta), Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta), Tawny-edged Skipper (Polites themistocles), Tawny-edged Skipper (Polites themistocles), Tiger Swallowtails and Allies (Pterourus Scopoli), Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus), Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus), Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia), Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia), Viceroy (Limenitis archippus), West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella), Western Pygmy-Blue (Brephidium exilis), Western Pygmy-Blue (Brephidium exilis), Whirlabout (Polites vibex), Whirlabout (Polites vibex), White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae), White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae), White-m Hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album), White-m Hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album), witches (Euphyes-Pompeius-Wallengrenia sp.) (Euphyes Scudder), Zabulon Skipper (Lon zabulon), Zabulon Skipper (Lon zabulon), Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon), Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon), Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia), Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
Soil Requirements
- Soil Type:
- rich, well-drained loamy soil
- pH:
- 5.5 - 7.0 (slightly acidic to neutral)
- Drainage:
- excellent drainage required
- Moisture:
- consistently moist
- Notes:
- prefers habitats like open woods and meadows