Baptisia tinctoria Yellow Wild Indigo
Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: UPL Soil: pH 5.8-7.0
Form/Color Perennial, grows to 3', sometimes Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
mounding, freely branched, flowers Tolerance: tolerance.
yellow, in short, unbranched clusters in
June-July. Urban Adapted to coarse and medium soils,
Tolerance: no tolerance of soil compaction.
Habitat: Dry, open areas, sandy soil.
Ecosystem Moderately palatable by browse
Services: animals, host to some butterfly
species.
Hydrology: High tolerance to drought.
Ornamental Small rounded, blue-green foliage in
Value: threes along thin green stems. Yellow Compatibility:
flowers at tips of branches. Seed pods
turn black and rattle when mature.
Salt Intolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Leaves are black when dead,
nitrogen fixer.
Shade Tolerant of partial shade.
Tolerance:
Bidens frondosa Beggar Ticks
Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FACW Soil: pH 5.2-7.2
Form/Color Annual, grows to 4', purple stems, flowers Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
yellow in June-October. Tolerance: tolerance.
Urban Adapted to coarse and medium soils,
Tolerance: moderate tolerance of soil
compaction.
Habitat: Wet, open areas, fields, edges, disturbed
soil.
Ecosystem Seeds eaten by birds, plant eaten by
Services: rabbits.
Hydrology: Low tolerance to drought.
Ornamental Yellow flower heads without rays can
Value: reach up to 4 ft tall. The distinctive seeds Compatibility: Can be weedy.
are flat and awned, hitchhiking with all
those that pass it by.
Salt Intolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other:
Shade Moderately tolerant of shade.
Tolerance: