Spotted Joe-pye-weed

Eutrochium maculatum

Pollinator Value

🐛 Larval Host: Papaipema cataphracta, Eupithecia miserulata
S13+S15 2 verified Eastern NA

Proximity Score: 0
Native Status: ✅ Outaouais ❌ Ottawa ✅ QC ✅ ON
Closest Direction: Local
CEC Eco-Regions: 5 – Northern Forests, 5.2 – Mixed Wood Shield, 5.2.3 – Algonquin/Southern Laurentians
Rarity Notes: Globally secure (G5) and nationally secure in both Canada (N5) and the United States (N5). S5 in Ontario. Not ranked in Quebec but widespread with 455 QC preserved specimens across multiple ecoregions. Not listed under SARA or COSEWIC. IUCN Least Concern.
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Rarity Ranks: QC SNR – Not Ranked, ON S5 – Secure
Migration: Stable
Ecological Context: Spotted Joe-Pye-weed is a tall wetland perennial of marshes, sedge meadows, fens, wet prairies, swampy thickets, and shorelines. In the Outaouais, it occurs in moist meadows along the Gatineau River, wet prairie at Pontiac, and riverine herbaceous communities. Obligate wetland indicator (OBL) reflecting its dependence on saturated or seasonally flooded substrates. Common and widespread in eastern North America.
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Roles: Fortress/Barrier, Insectary Plant, Pollinator Attractor
S73/S29/S72 Evidence: Fortress/Barrier: S61 keyword match: spines? (supporting signal only)] | Insectary Plant: S64 NPPBI 'beneficial insects' flag] | Pollinator Attractor: S73 [HIGH]: S64 Xerces listed (source-classified)]
Notes: Excellent rain garden and wetland restoration plant. Tall stature provides vertical structure in wet meadow plantings. Tolerates juglone, making it suitable near black walnut. Deer and rabbit resistant. Associates naturally with sedges, goldenrods, and other wet meadow species.
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❌ Not Edible

Foraging Notes: No ethnobotanical food use records found for Eutrochium maculatum in the Moerman database. PFAF does not list edibility data for this species. Not known to be commonly consumed.
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