Eutrochium maculatum

Taxobox
name = Joe-pye Weed


image_caption = "Eupatorium maculatum" in Portage, Michigan, USA
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
genus = "Eutrochium"
species = "E. maculatum"
binomial = "Eutrochium maculatum"
binomial_authority = (L.) E.E.Lamont
synonyms=
* "Eupatorium maculatum" L.
*"E. purpureum" subsp. "maculatum"
(L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
*"E. purpureum" var. "maculatum "(L.) Voss
*"E. trifoliatum" var. "maculatum"
(L.) Farw.
*"Eupatoriadelphus maculatus"
(L.) R.M.King & H.Rob.

"E. maculatum" (Spotted Joe-pye Weed) is a member of the Asteraceae family. "E. maculatum" ranges from Missouri east to the Atlantic Ocean and as far north as Ontario and Quebec south to Kentucky [cite web |title= Eutrochium maculatum |url= https://glfc.cfsnet.nfis.org/mapserver/phmapper/map.phtml?LAYERS=82399,51501,70201,2700,2701,2057,4240&title=Eutrochium+maculatum&NEK=e&bc=%3Ca%20href%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fplanthardiness%2Egc%2Eca%2Fph%5Fgenus%2Epl%3Flang%3Den%26familyid%3D65%3E%3EAsteraceae%3C%2Fa%3E%3Ca%20href%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fplanthardiness%2Egc%2Eca%2Fph%5Fspp%2Epl%3Flang%3Den%26genusid%3D1015794%3E%3EEutrochium%3C%2Fa%3E%3Ca%20href%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fplanthardiness%2Egc%2Eca%2Fph%5Fspp%5Fintro%2Epl%3Flang%3Den%26speciesid%3D1004568%3E%3EEutrochium%20maculatum%3C%2Fa%3E%0A |publisher= Natural Resources Canada |accessdate=2008-09-24 |year=2007] .

Habitat

Spotted Joe-pye Weed thrives in marshes, rich fens and swamps. It also does well in man made moist expanses such as ditches, seepage areas and wet fields. Above all else the plant flourishes in the non-shaded environments that are so abundant in wetlands [cite web |title= Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum |url= http://atlas.nyflora.org/ecology.asp?plantID=6992 |publisher= New York Flora Association |year=2005 |accessdate=2008-09-24] .

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