Bidens hyperborea facts for kids
Bidens hyperborea, also known as the estuary beggarticks or northern beggar-ticks, is a cool plant that grows near the ocean. It's part of the daisy family, which means it's related to sunflowers and dandelions! You can find this plant along the coasts of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States.
About Estuary Beggarticks
Bidens hyperborea is an annual herb. This means it grows from a seed, flowers, produces seeds, and then dies all within one year. It can grow up to 70 centimeters (about 28 inches) tall. That's almost as tall as a typical 10-year-old!
What Does It Look Like?
This plant produces bright yellow flowers. These flowers are often called flower heads because they are actually made up of many tiny flowers grouped together. Each flower head usually has two types of tiny flowers:
- Disc florets: These are the small, tube-shaped flowers in the center of the flower head.
- Ray florets: These are the petal-like flowers around the edge of the flower head. They look like the "petals" of a daisy.
Sometimes, you might see just one flower head on a plant, or sometimes two or three.
Where Does It Grow?
The estuary beggarticks loves to live near the water. You can find it growing in special places called salt marshes. A salt marsh is a coastal wetland that is flooded by ocean water during high tides. The soil in these areas is very salty.
It also grows along the banks of estuaries. An estuary is where a river meets the sea. Here, fresh river water mixes with salty ocean water. This creates a unique environment where Bidens hyperborea thrives.
You can find this plant in many places across North America. It grows along the coasts of Hudson Bay, the Arctic Ocean, and the North Atlantic Ocean.
Specific Locations
In Canada, you can find it in:
In the northeastern United States, it grows in:
