Buttonbush

Description:

Common Buttonbush is a wetland shrub or small tree which can grow to nearly 10 feet tall along the banks of streams, ponds, lakes, marshes, and in other wetland areas. See this specimen before it bloomed: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/438... And larvae feeding on the leaves: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/567... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/567...

Habitat:

Native Distribution: N.B. & Que. to upper Mississippi R. Valley, e. NE & e. KS, s. to FL & TX Native Habitat: In swamps, around ponds and margins of streams throughout the state. Sand, loam, clay, limestone; moist, poor drainage or standing water okay. Prairie swales; lake, marsh, creek & swamp margins; dry, limestone bluffs

Notes:

Spotted on the bank of a wooded detention/retention pond in an office building complex in Kennesaw, GA