Iva frutescens
high water shrub, jesuit's bark, bigleaf sumpweed, high-tide bush, high-water shrub, marsh elder, maritime marsh-elder, marsh-elder, seacoast marsh elder,
Family
Asteraceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate, opposite
Leaf Attachment
petiolate
Leaf Margin
serrate
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
elliptic, lanceolate
Growth Form
forb, shrub
Flower Color
white
Flower Month
June - November
Height (meters)
0.5 - 3.5
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
perennial
Wetland Class
FACW
Wetland Coefficient of Conservatism
4
Field Characters
Not woody. Opposite, narrow leaves. Leaves toothed all along the margins. Look alike: Baccharis halimifolia- alternate leaves and toothed all along the margin.
Habitat
Saline marshes and shores, moist places along seashores, mud flats, shallow water, brackish marshes.