GOLDENROD

The goldenrod has many members in its family, but no attempt is made here to identify a specific one. It is a flower that transforms fields, roadsides and gardens into masses of golden sunshine from July to October.

The minute flowers are massed in clusters along angled stems and branches. Most leaves are saw-toothed, tapering to a point and gradually decreasing in size from the base of the plant upward.

The goldenrod is favored by many kinds of bees, hornets, wasps, flies, and beetles. In the winter when the blooms have faded into seeds, flocks of juncos, finches, sparrows and other song birds dine at the well-stocked cafeteria.

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