Solidago sempervirens

To 1 m tall and has fleshy, lance shaped, petiolate leaves, growing in fresh to brackish marsh. Leaves entire that come up in spring and overwinter. Leaves alternate, folded into scoop shape, no teeth on edges. Long petiole. Evergreen (unique in goldenrods).

Seeds germinate at alternating temperatures of 68-78 degrees F (20-25 C). Germination is significantly better in light (Mitchell 1926). Seeds germinate when fresh. Steffen (1979) recommends cold/moist stratification, possiably due to dormancy induced by

The following information is for the genus Solidago with notation that available records are concentrated in the East: Animals that eat the plant: White-tailed deer. Animals that eat its leaves: Greater prairie chicken, Beaver, Eastern cottontail rabbit

All of the goldenrods were called "verge d'or" by the Acadians of south Louisiana (Holmes 1990).

Brackish marshes, saline sands.