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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Carrots, Ivies, and Allies
  6. Ivy Family
  7. Spikenards
  8. Bristly Sarsaparilla
  9. Supports

What Bristly Sarsaparilla supports

29 native animals
supported in the US
2 caterpillars 5 food 22 flowers

Caterpillars All

2 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

  • Satyr Pug Moth Eupithecia satyrata
  • Argyrotaenia repertana on spikenards

Plant eaters All

5 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

  • American Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus on spikenards
  • Ivy Aphid Aphis hederae on spikenards
  • Oleander Scale Aspidiotus nerii on spikenards
  • Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis on spikenards
  • Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus on spikenards

Flower visitors All

22 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.

  • Tricolored Bumble Bee Bombus ternarius
  • Chestnut Longhorn Beetle Judolia cordifera
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee Bombus bimaculatus
  • Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Papilio canadensis
  • Orange-legged Furrow Bee Halictus rubicundus
  • Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee Bombus flavidus
  • Frigid Leafcutter Bee Megachile frigida
  • Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus
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