Senna hebecarpa (Native)

Habitat: Low, moist to wet habitats of riverbanks, rocky or sandy shores, open floodplain forests, old fields, meadows, and roadsides. Infrequent in the mountains and Piedmont; rare in the Coastal Plain.

Wildlife Value: Bumblebees are attracted to pollen. Birds enjoy the seeds particularly Bobwhites. Larval host plant of various types of Sulphur butterflies. Insects like ladybird beetles, ants and flies eat the nectar at the glands found at the base of the petioles because the flowers are nectar-less.