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Light Requirements: full sun

Soil Moisture: medium-wet/wet

Bloom Color: green

Bloom Time: May-July

Height: 2 ft.

Root Structure: rhizomes, in preferred conditions, I can form large colonies.

Deer Resistant? Yes

Black Walnut tolerant? Not sure

Grow from local seed? No

New York Flora Distribution Map

Sweet Flag (Acorus americanus)

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I'm a native of New York state.

My natural habitat is marshes, and along quiet water..

I like my feet wet. If you have a rain garden or wet spot I'd do well there.

I like to form colonies and act as very good erosion control when established.

I'm called "sweet" because of he cinnamon-like scent that you smell when my leaves are broken.

Muskrats eat my roots; they must like the spicy scent.

* Native Americans used my roots medicinally for treating nausea, colds and heartburn, and often traveled with my roots to use when trading.

* Source: Prairie Moon

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