Baccharis douglasii - Marsh baccharis

Marsh baccharis (Baccharis douglasii) is a fast-growing perennial shrub of wet and seasonally flooded ground from Baja California to Humboldt County, an important nectar source for predatory wasps and other beneficial insects.¹ It grows 1-2 m tall and wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Moist soil¹
• Wet soil¹

Type

• Shrub¹
• Perennial¹

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Attracting beneficial insects¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	1-2
Diameter (m)	1-2

Footnotes

1. Baccharis douglasii, Marsh Baccharis | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩