BWSR’s monthly Featured Plant includes information on native species identification, range, preferred habitat, uses and planting recommendations. Focusing on plants that are important for conservation projects, BWSR’s senior ecologist and vegetation specialist curates the feature with occasional contributions from other experts. Find the current Plant of the Month here. Browse the archive here.
Wetlands can play an important role in providing pollinator habitat, as they often contain a diversity of flowering forbs, shrubs and trees. Meadowsweet is a low growing shrub in the Rose family that occurs in a variety of wetland habitats and provides nectar and pollen to native bees and butterflies.
