Distribution
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Lower elevations, generally 0-50 m, in humid temperate swamps, on riversides, and along watercourses in various vegetation formations, in eastern North America from eastern Canada through the eastern and central US and also in California, through Mexico to northern Central America, from Belize and Guatemala to Honduras. This species is frequent in many areas of its native range, and is cultivated rather widely in temperate regions as an ornamental and also planted to stabilize banks in areas subject to flooding and water damage.
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