Common Name:
STRAWBERRY BLITE
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Coefficient of Conservatism:
5
Coefficient of Wetness:
5
Wetness Index:
UPL
Physiognomy:
Nt A-Forb
A. A. Reznicek
inflorescence
Characteristic, along with Corydalis aurea, Capnoides sempervirens, and Leucophysalis grandiflora, of sandy or gravelly (often very calcareous) sites one or two years after disturbance (e.g., bulldozing) and dying out (if disturbance is not maintained) within another 2 or 3 years. Besides growing in dumps, gravel pits, clearings, and newly graded roadsides (all basically in forested areas), strawberry blite is occasionally found on gravelly shores, limestone ledges, burned-over ridges, and other naturally disturbed raw sites. A most distinctive native plant, with its striking, fleshy bright red fruiting clusters; found essentially throughout the state but becoming very rare southward.