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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Conifers
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  6. Cypresses, Junipers, Redwoods, and Allies
  7. Junipers
  8. Scale-leaf Junipers
  9. Alligator Juniper
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What Alligator Juniper supports

38 native animals
supported in the US
10 caterpillars 4 hosts 24 food

Caterpillars All

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

  • Doll's Sphinx Sphinx dollii
  • Juniper Hairstreak Callophrys gryneus on junipers
  • Spruce Budworm Moth Choristoneura fumiferana on junipers
  • Celypha Moth Celypha cespitana on junipers
  • Evergreen Bagworm Moth Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis on junipers
  • Curved-lined Angle Digrammia continuata on junipers
  • Arizona Lappet Gloveria arizonensis on junipers
  • Juniper Seed Moth Argyresthia alternatella on junipers
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Hosted animals All

4 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

  • Chrysobothris ignicollis
  • Juniper Urn Gall Midge Walshomyia juniperina on junipers
  • Juniper Tip Midge Oligotrophus betheli on junipers
  • Gyascutus carolinensis on junipers

Plant eaters All

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

  • Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
  • Striated Lanternfly Angulapteryx texana
  • American Robin Turdus migratorius on junipers
  • Red-headed Ash Borer Neoclytus acuminatus on junipers
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata on junipers
  • Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator on junipers
  • Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura on junipers
  • Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum on junipers
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