{"product_id":"river-locust","title":"River Locust","description":"\u003cp\u003eLight Requirements\u003cbr\u003e•    Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) to partial shade (2 to 6 hours of direct sunlight part of the day).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoil Preference\u003cbr\u003e•    Highly versatile, tolerating a large range of soil types including poor, sandy, and clay textures.\u003cbr\u003e•    Adapts to moist, dry, or wet soils, managing drainage conditions that range from occasionally dry to occasionally wet.\u003cbr\u003e•    Thrives in an acidic (\u0026lt; 6.0) to neutral (6.0–8.0) soil pH environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWildlife Benefit\u003cbr\u003e•    Larval Host: Critical host plant for multiple species, including the California and southern dogfaces, Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus), Gray Hairstreak, and Hoary Edge butterflies.\u003cbr\u003e•    Pollinator Forage: The narrow, fragrant purple and gold flower racemes attract butterflies, nectar-bees, and various other pollinating insects.\u003cbr\u003e•    Mammal Forage: The fine-textured, pinnately compound foliage is browsed by small mammals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuman Uses\u003cbr\u003e•    Landscape \u0026amp; Screening: Reaches a mature size of 4 to 15 feet tall and spreads up to 15 feet wide. It is used as a functional barrier, hedge, or privacy screen, and works well massed in woodland gardens, bog gardens, rain gardens, and stormwater systems.\u003cbr\u003e•    Erosion \u0026amp; Restoration: Because of its rapid growth rate and horizontal, suckering habit, it is heavily used for erosion control on roadsides, steep slopes, banks, and riparian zones.\u003cbr\u003e•    Crafts: Utilized historically and modernly as a native dye plant asset.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResistance to Challenges\u003cbr\u003e•    Mammals: Highly deer resistant.\u003cbr\u003e•    Harsh Environments: Showcases strong natural resistance to poor soil, dry soil, wet soil, frost, and overall poor site conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote on Management: It can become weedy because it spreads easily via seeds and root suckers to form dense thickets. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thistlebird Farm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48917059535091,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0782\/9635\/0963\/files\/RiverLocust-1.jpg?v=1786441948","url":"https:\/\/thistlebirdfarm.com\/products\/river-locust","provider":"Thistlebird Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}