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Shrubs
Steeplebush
Spiraea tomentosa
Zone 1 · Closest to the Water
Zone 2 · Intermediate Zone
- Size
- Height: 3 to 4 ft Width: 3 to 5 ft Suckers to form thickets
- Bloom Color
- pink, purple
- Wetland Indicator Status
- FACW Facultative wetland — usually occurs in wetlands
- Salinity Tolerance
- Low soil salt and moderate salt spray tolerance
Notes
Wet to moist soils, sun to part shade
Wildlife Value
Food source for bees and butterflies; larval host for the New England buckmoth (historic records in Connecticut)