Marshcress; Austrian Yellowcress; Marsh Cress; Austrian Yellow Cress

Rorippa austriaca

Found in hay meadows, other disturbed areas. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 1 Virginia county.

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Open, grassy or flowery ground that is not wet, such as mountain meadows; wet meadows are separate.

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

Ecological relationships

4CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including VA

Genus host records with ranges including VA · Rorippa

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Growing and identification

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.