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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Nances, Willows, and Allies
  6. St. John's Worts and Allies
  7. St. John's-worts
  8. Saint John's Worts
  9. St. Andrew's Cross
  10. Supports

What St. Andrew's Cross supports

38 native animals
supported in the US
5 caterpillars 3 food 30 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Gray Half-Spot Nedra ramosula on st. john's-worts
  • Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum on st. john's-worts
  • Grey Pug Moth Eupithecia subfuscata on st. john's-worts
  • Pallid Leafroller Moth Xenotemna pallorana on st. john's-worts
  • Stained-back Leafroller Moth Acleris maculidorsana on st. john's-worts

Plant eaters All

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

  • Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris on st. john's-worts
  • Greater St. John's Wort Beetle Chrysolina quadrigemina on st. john's-worts
  • Alconeura macra on st. john's-worts

Flower visitors All

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

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens
  • Tropical Orbweaver Eriophora ravilla
  • Tylozygus bifidus
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis on st. john's-worts
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee Bombus bimaculatus on st. john's-worts
  • Andrena gardineri Pollen specialist on Packera, Senecio and Gutierrezia on st. john's-worts
  • Rusty-patched Bumble Bee Bombus affinis on st. john's-worts
  • Half-black Bumble Bee Bombus vagans on st. john's-worts
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