Tall Tickseed
Coreopsis tripteris
- Plant Type
- Forb (Deciduous)
- Landscape Layer
- Herb
- Sun
- ☀️ Full Sun, ⛅ Part Sun
- Moisture
- 💧 Regular
- Soil
- Loam, Sand, Silt, Calcareous
- Bloom
- July, August, September, October
- Sociability
- S3 – Small colonies
Pollinator Value
Ecology & Conservation
- Proximity Score
- 2
- Native Status
- ❌ Outaouais ❌ Ottawa ❌ QC ✅ ON
- Closest Direction
- SW
- CEC Eco-Regions
- 8 – Eastern Temperate Forests, 8.1 – Mixed Wood Plains, 8.1.2 – Lake Erie Lowland
- Rarity Notes
- Critically imperiled in Ontario (S1) with a national rank of N1 in Canada. Global rank is G5 (secure). Not listed under SARA. Ontario populations are confined to the extreme southwestern part of the province (Windsor-Essex area). Introduced in Quebec, where it has SNA rank. The species is secure across much of its US range.
- Rarity Ranks
- QC SNA – Not Applicable, ON S1 – Critically Imperiled
- Migration
- Stable
- Ecological Context
- Coreopsis tripteris occupies open woods, moist prairies, and woodland margins across the eastern tallgrass prairie and mixed-wood plains. In Ontario it is critically imperiled (S1), restricted to the Lake Erie Lowland ecoregion near Windsor and Essex County. Michigan Flora records it in dry to wet prairies, meadows, open oak forests, and roadside clearings. Habitat associations include sandy to loamy soils in mesic to slightly dry conditions [S4+S7].
Permaculture & Companion Planting
- Roles
- Fortress/Barrier, Pollinator Attractor
S73/S29/S72 Evidence: Fortress/Barrier: S61 keyword match: spines? (supporting signal only)] | Pollinator Attractor: S73 [HIGH]: S64 Xerces listed (source-classified)]
- Notes
- OWSL lists several tallgrass prairie and meadow companions including switchgrass, goldenrods, and asters. These pairings reflect natural prairie community associations where tall Coreopsis provides late-season bloom among grasses and earlier-blooming composites, extending the pollinator resource window into autumn.
Medicinal Properties ℹ
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- Foraging Notes
- No food uses are documented for Coreopsis tripteris. Moerman's database records only medicinal (Drug) uses by the Meskwaki.
Seed Source
- OWSL