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Re: stuff

In a message dated 10/8/00 5:09:29 PM Central Daylight Time, 
mjhatfield@oneota.org writes:

> Can someone tell me the proper prairie habitat for Senecia aurens,
>  golden ragwort? Is it moist, but not wet, prairie?

I would be happy to tell you about Golden Ragwort.  Actually, the name is 
Senecio aureus. That is, it was.  It has recently been reclassified as 
Packera aurea.

Anyway, by any name, it is found in moist soil and not wet.  It occurs near 
springs and streams and other low, moist areas.  However, I don't think it 
has a proper prairie habitat.  It is a woodland species that grows in the 
shade.  I have never seen it growing in the sun and I am not aware of it 
growing on prairies.  

There is a prairie species, in fact it is called Prairie Ragwort.  That is 
Senecio plattensis. (I am not sure if this species has also been renamed, but 
I seem to recall that the entire genus was changed to Packera.)  It is found 
on dry upland prairies throughout the tallgrass prairie region.  

I do not know of a moist or wet prairie species of Packera/Senecio.  That 
doesn't mean there isn't one.  It is a large group and I am only familiar 
with a few of them.  

Hope this helps.  --Janis








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