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Location
May not be native
Use Location
Type
Shrubs
Attributes
Butterflies, Caterpillars, Fruit, Nuts
This plant is also known as Button Willow. It is a perennial, deciduous shrub that usually grows 6 to 12 feet tall and has a twisting trunk and crooked branches. Small, white flowers grow to form a distinctive, dense, spherical cluster with protruding pistils, and the fruits are brown and button-like in appearance. This shrub grows in partial to full shade, and in a variety of moist to wet soils including loam, clay, limestone, and sandy soils. The flowers and fruits attract many pollinators and birds.
May Attract
Common Buttonbush is thought to attract these families of birds
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird at a butterflyweed. Photo: Dave Maslowski
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