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.
If not for its spherical clusters of bright white flowers, Buttonbush would be much harder to identify. It’s valuable for stormwater and shoreline projects, and well suited to growing in floodplains and wetlands. As a rich pollen and nectar source, it attracts monarchs, bumblebees and a wide range of other pollinators.
