Sweetgale

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Tolerant

Water

Water Use Medium

Drought Tolerance Medium

Flood Tolerance Medium

Soil

Soil Types Clay, Loam

CaCO3 Tolerance Low

Fertility Need Low

Stress Tolerance

Fire Tolerance High

Salt Tolerance None

Climate

pH Range 5.0 – 7.8

Frost-Free Days 95 days

Precipitation 30 – 50 in

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Larval Host (Moth); Wind

Larval Host Acleris bowmanana, Acleris fragariana, Acleris kearfottana, Acleris minuta, Acrobasis comptoniella, Acronicta impressa, Acronicta oblinita, Agonopterix walsinghamella, Aphelia alleniana, Apotomis paludicolana, Archips myricana, Argyrotaenia repertana, Argyrotaenia velutinana, Autographa ampla, Bucculatrix paroptila, Caloptilia asplenifoliatella, Caloptilia flavella, Catocala coelebs, Cingilia catenaria, Cleora projecta, Coenophila opacifrons, Eugraphe subrosea, Lithophane thaxteri, Lymantria dispar, Macaria sulphurea, Melanchra assimilis, Melanolophia canadaria, Mniotype ducta, Morrisonia confusa, Nemoria rubrifrontaria, Olethreutes galevora, Orgyia leucostigma, Ortholepis myricella, Pandemis limitata, Pero zalissaria, Rheumaptera hastata, Sparganothis daphnana, Sphinx gordius, Sphinx poecila, Spilosoma virginica, Syngrapha epigaea, Tacparia atropunctata, Utetheisa bella, Xestia youngii

Fall Color No

Evergreen No

Native Range

USA: Alaska, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin
CAN: Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N), SPM (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.