Ragwort is abundant in waste land, waysides and grazing pastures. It grows in burned forests, clearings, herb-rich areas, meadows, waysides, and wooded pastures. The vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub is common along waysides. The cattle graze on field edges and waysides and on steep escarpments. Four of these units were redesignated as state waysides and are listed above. Several public campgrounds and waysides along these highways afford access to the river. The plant may invade waysides, deforested areas, overgrazed pastureland, and wastelands. The various waysides are interspersed with units of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Mediterranean hartwort is found as a weed of cultivation, on waste land, and by waysides.