Solidago gigantea

Family
Asteraceae
Life form

H

hemicryptophyte
Other names
giant goldrod
 
Classified as invasive in
Austria
Germany
Norway
Slovenia
Sweden
The Netherlands
Origin
North America

Solidago gigantea is a perennial species with annual aboveground shoots and persistent belowground rhizomes native to North America. It can build up monoculture communities reducing plant and faunistic species richness. In Europe, S. gigantea is found mainly on forest edges and roadsides, railway embankments, abandoned fields and areas with an inappropriate land-use management.

Sources

Weber E (1998): The dynamics of plant invasions: a case study of three exotic goldenrod species (Solidago L.) in Europe. Journal of Biogeography 25, 147-154.

Moron D, Lenda M, Skórka P, Szentgyörgyi H, Settele J, Woyciechowski M (2009): Wild pollinator communities are negatively affected by invasion of alien goldenrods in grassland landscapes. Biological Conservation 142, 1322-1332.