Persicaria coccinea

(scarlet smartweed)

Habitat:Wet meadows, swales, marshes, swamps, low areas along ponds and streams (including areas with shallow, standing water). The preference is full sun, wet conditions where flooding occasionally occurs, and soil containing loam or silt. This plant will grow in shallow water, where it will assume a more aquatic habit and form, but it can also grow in soil that is steadily moist. It does not tolerate drought.