Common in its native habitat of salt and brackish marshes. This salt-loving species has expanded inland due to heavy application of salt compounds along our roads. It is now easily observed along nearly all of our major highways.
Note the alternate leaves and flowering structure which separates Eastern Baccharis from the similar Marsh Elder.
Salt and brackish marshes and major roadsides.
Host plant for many types of moths including Dark-edged Eusarca Moth, Salt Marsh Moth, Brown-shaded Gray Moth, Common Gray Moth, Common Tan Wave Moth, White-dotted Gorundling Moth, Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth, Parallel-banded Leafroller Moth, Epiblema discretivana, Hebrew Sonia Moth, and Sparganothis Fruitworm Moth.
There are 582 records in the project database.
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