Symphyotrichum cordifolium (Blue Wood Aster)
grows 2-5 ft. tall
sun to part shade
dry to medium soil
light blue to rich blue flowers from Sept.-Oct.
beneficial to bumblebees, solitary bees, specialist bees, moths/butterflies, wasps, beetles
*host plant for Coleophora dextrella, Coleophora duplicis, Dichomeris levisella, Dichomeris ochripalpella, Acrocercops astericola, Parectopa pennsylvaniella, Asymmetrura impositella, Asymmetrura matutella, Tischeria astericola
natural habitat: mesic to dry upland forests, woodlands, and shaded road banks; tolerant of a range of soil chemistries
grows 2-5 ft. tall
sun to part shade
dry to medium soil
light blue to rich blue flowers from Sept.-Oct.
beneficial to bumblebees, solitary bees, specialist bees, moths/butterflies, wasps, beetles
*host plant for Coleophora dextrella, Coleophora duplicis, Dichomeris levisella, Dichomeris ochripalpella, Acrocercops astericola, Parectopa pennsylvaniella, Asymmetrura impositella, Asymmetrura matutella, Tischeria astericola
natural habitat: mesic to dry upland forests, woodlands, and shaded road banks; tolerant of a range of soil chemistries
grows 2-5 ft. tall
sun to part shade
dry to medium soil
light blue to rich blue flowers from Sept.-Oct.
beneficial to bumblebees, solitary bees, specialist bees, moths/butterflies, wasps, beetles
*host plant for Coleophora dextrella, Coleophora duplicis, Dichomeris levisella, Dichomeris ochripalpella, Acrocercops astericola, Parectopa pennsylvaniella, Asymmetrura impositella, Asymmetrura matutella, Tischeria astericola
natural habitat: mesic to dry upland forests, woodlands, and shaded road banks; tolerant of a range of soil chemistries
