Elmleaf Golden Rod; Elmleaved Golden Rod; Elm Leaf Golden Rod; Elm Leaved Golden Rod; Elmleaf Goldenrod; Elmleaved Goldenrod; Elm Leaf Goldenrod; Elm Leaved Goldenrod; Bog Goldenrod; Bog Golden Rod
Solidago uliginosa var. uliginosa
Found in bogs, wet meadows, mafic fens, acidic seepage swamps. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you
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Keystone
Native to Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?
Profile 82%
- Height
- About 2.5 feet
- Light
- 2 or more hours of direct sun
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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source
Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.
At a glance
- Bloom
- Mid summer
- Fruiting season
- Summer to fall
Not yet recorded · Spread · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves
Recorded in 6 Virginia counties.
Natural habitats
Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
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Open, wet, grassy or sedgy ground that is not a bog.
Wet, open, peaty mountain wetlands fed by seepage, often with sphagnum moss.
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
117CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including VA
Genus host records with ranges including VA · Solidago
- Aethes sexdentataSix-Toothed Aethes
- Agnorisma badinodisPale-Banded Dart
- Agonopterix pulvipennellaGoldenrod Leaffolder, Featherduster Agonopterix
- Agrotis gladiariaSwordsman Dart, Clay-Backed Cut-Worm
- Agrotis vetustaOld Man Dart
- Alsophila pometariaFall Cankerworm Moth
- Amorbia humerosanaWhite-Lined Leafroller Moth
- Anania funebrisWhite-Spotted Sable Moth
- Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
- Ancylis floridanaStrawberry Leafroller
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- Archips purpuranaOmnivorous Leafroller Moth
- Argyrotaenia velutinanaRed-Banded Leafroller Moth, Jack Pine Tube Moth
- Bucculatrix angustataNarrow Bucculatrix
- Catabena lineolataFine-Lined Sallow
- Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
- Chlosyne harrisiiHarris' Checkerspot
- Chlosyne nycteisSilvery Checkerspot
- Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
- Chrysodeixis includensSoybean Looper Moth
- Cisseps fulvicollisYellow-Collared Scape Moth
- Clepsis clemensianaClemens' Clepsis
- Clepsis persicanaWhite Triangle Tortrix
- Condica sutorThe Cobbler, Cobbler Groundling
- Condica vidensWhite-Dotted Groundling
- Cremastobombycia solidaginisGoldenrod Leafminer
- Ctenoplusia oxygrammaSharp-Stigma Looper Moth
- Cucullia asteroidesThe Asteroid, Asteroid Paint, Goldenrod Hooded Owlet
- Cucullia convexipennisBrown Hooded Owlet, Calico Paint
- Cucullia floreaGray Hooded Owlet
- Cucullia speyeriSpeyer's Cucullia, Speyer's Paint
- Dichomeris bilobellaBilobed Dichomeris Moth
- Dichomeris flavocostellaCream-Edged Dichomeris
- Dichomeris inserrataIndented Dichomeris
- Dichomeris juncidellaOrange-Dotted Dichomeris
- Dichomeris ochripalpellaShining Dichomeris Moth
- Dichomeris setosellaHairy Dichomeris
- Endothenia hebesanaVerbena Bud Moth
- Epiblema otiosanaBidens Borer Moth
- Epiblema scudderianaScudder's Epiblema, Goldenrod Gall Moth
- Epiblema tripartitanaThree-Parted Epiblema
- Episimus argutanaSumac Leaftier
- Eucosma formosanaBeautiful Phaneta
- Eucosma ochroterminanaBuff-Tipped Phaneta
- Eucosma raracanaReddish Eucosma, Reddish Phaneta
- Euphydryas phaetonThe Baltimore, The Black Checker
- Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
- Eupsilia deviaLost Sallow
- Eusarca confusariaConfused Eusarca
- Evora hemidesmaSpirea Leaftier
- Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
- Gnorimoschema gallaeasterellaGoldenrod Gall Moth
- Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginisGoldenrod Gall Moth
- Gnorimoschema jocelynaeX
- Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
- Hellinsia kellicottiiGoldenrod Borer Plume Moth
- Herpetogramma aeglealisSerpentine Webworm
- Herpetogramma pertextalisBold-Feathered Grass Moth
- Herpetogramma thestealisZigzag Herpetogramma, Subtle-Feathered Grass Moth
- Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
- Iridopsis larvariaBent-Line Gray
- Lacinipolia meditataThe Thinker
- Leuconycta diphteroidesGreen Leuconycta
- Lioptilodes albistriolatusMousy Plume Moth
- Melanchra adjunctaHitched Arches
- Melanchra assimilisBlack Arches
- Nephelodes miniansBronzed Cutworm
- Orthodes cynicaCynical Quaker, Cynical Groundcat
- Orthodes majusculaRustic Quaker, Rustic Groundcat
- Ostrinia obumbratalisSmartweed Borer
- Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
- Papaipema duovataSeaside Golden Rod Borer
- Papaipema rutilaMayapple Borer
- Pelochrista cataclystianaSolidaga Eucosma, Solidaga Pelochrista
- Pelochrista derelictaDerelict Eucosma
- Pelochrista dorsisignatanaTriangle-Backed Eucosma
- Pelochrista robinsonanaRobinson's Pelochrista, Robinson's Eucosma
- Pelochrista similianaSimilar Eucosma
- Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
- Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
- Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
- Pseudeustrotia carneolaPink-Barred Lithacodia, Pink-Barred Pseudeustrotia
- Schinia nundinaGoldenrod Flower Moth
- Sonia canadanaCanadian Sonia Moth
- Sonia constrictanaConstricted Sonia
- Sparganothis distinctaDistinct Sparganothis
- Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
- Sparganothis unifascianaOne-Lined Sparganothis
- Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
- Synchlora aerataWavy-Lined Emerald, Camouflaged Looper
- Synchlora frondariaSouthern Emerald
- Tricholita notataX
- Tricholita signataSignate Quaker, Signate Groundcat
- Trichordestra legitimaStriped Garden Caterpillar Moth
- Udea rubigalisCelery Leaftier
- Utetheisa ornatrixOrnate Moth, Pink Underwing, Rattlebox Moth, Bella Moth
- Xanthotype urticariaFalse Crocus Geometer
- Xestia c-nigrumSpotted Cut-Worm, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Lesser Black-letter Dart
- Xestia dolosaGreater Black-Letter Dart, Greater Spotted Cutworm
- Xestia smithiiSmith's Dart
- Zale lunataLunate Zale
- Anania mysippusalis
- Astrotischeria solidagonifoliella
- Bucculatrix solidaginiella
- Dichomeris agonia
- Epiblema desertana
- Epiblema mandana
- Epiblema obfuscana
- Epiblema resumptana
- Eucosma radiatana
- Gnorimoschema salinaris
- Hahncappsia marculenta
- Hellinsia glenni
- Hellinsia lacteodactylus
- Helvibotys helvialis
- Herpetogramma aquilonalis
- Pelochrista vagana
- Xenotemna pallorana
82BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Solidago
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
36Specialist beesPollen specialists
Pollen specialists · Solidago
- Andrena asteris
- Andrena braccata
- Andrena canadensis
- Andrena chromotricha
- Andrena fulvipennis
- Andrena hirticincta
- Andrena nubecula
- Andrena placata
- Andrena simplex
- Calliopsis coloradensis
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- Colletes americanus
- Colletes compactus
- Colletes rufocinctus
- Colletes simulans
- Colletes solidaginis
- Colletes speculiferus
- Colletes thysanellae
- Dianthidium simile
- Megachile inimica
- Megachile xylocopoides
- Melissodes coreopsis
- Melissodes dentiventris
- Melissodes druriellus
- Melissodes fumosus
- Melissodes illatus
- Melissodes niveus
- Melissodes trinodis
- Perdita boltoniae
- Perdita bruneri
- Perdita laticincta
- Perdita octomaculata
- Perdita swenki
- Protandrena aestivalis
- Protandrena andrenoides
- Protandrena citripes
- Protandrena compositarum
2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Solidago
- Centrocercus urophasianusGreater Sage-Grouse
- Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- ASTERACEAE
- Flower color
- Yellow
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Growth habit
- Spreads by rhizomes
- Foliage color
- Green
- Fruit begins
- Summer
- Fruit ends
- Fall
Growing sources and scope
- Bloom · “Mid summer” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Flower color · “Yellow” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Foliage color · “Green” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Fruit begins · “Summer” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Fruit ends · “Fall” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Growth habit · “Spreads by rhizomes” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Growth rate · “Moderate” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Height · “About 2.5 feet” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- primary_flower_color · “yellow” · USDA PLANTS
Conservation status
| Virginia rank | S2 |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5T4T5 |
| VA status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Growing cautions
- Spreads by rhizomes. USDA PLANTS lists its growth form as rhizomatous. USDA PLANTS
For planning only; these do not change the score or Fit.
Sources
- Virginia DCR Natural Heritage rare plant list
- Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora
- USDA PLANTS
- Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program)
- NatureServe Explorer
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications