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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Buttercups, Poppies, and Allies
  6. Barberry Family
  7. Barberries
  8. American Barberry
  9. Supports

What American Barberry supports

12 native animals
supported in the US
5 caterpillars 4 food 3 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Fall Webworm Moth Hyphantria cunea
  • White-marked Tussock Moth Orgyia leucostigma
  • Promethea Silkmoth Callosamia promethea on barberries
  • Bent-winged Owlet Bleptina caradrinalis on barberries
  • Moonseed Webworm Omphalocera cariosa on barberries

Plant eaters All

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

  • American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla on barberries
  • Citrus Flatid Planthopper Metcalfa pruinosa on barberries
  • Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus on barberries
  • Greenhouse Whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum on barberries

Flower visitors All

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

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens on barberries
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus on barberries
  • Perplexing Bumble Bee Bombus perplexus on barberries

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