Monday, June 8, 2009

Bloodroot


Native to eastern N. America from Nova Scotia, Canada southward to Florida, USA. They can grow 20 to 50 cm tall and bloom from March to May. Bloodroot stores sap in a rhizome, that grows horizontally just under or at the soil surface. Over many years of growth, the branching rhizome can grow into a large colony. The foliage will expand to it's full size after blooming and go summer dormant in mid to late summer. Plants are found growing in moist to dry woods and thickets, often on flood plains and near shores or streams on slopes, they grow less frequently in clearings and meadows or on dunes, and are rarely found in disturbed sites. Deer will feed on the plants in early spring

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