What Showy Goldenrod supports

729 native animals
supported in the US

99 caterpillars 32 bees 21 hosts 49 food 524 flowers 4 shelter

Caterpillars All

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

Specialist bees All

32 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee Megachile xylocopoides Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more on goldenrods
Dark-veined Longhorn Bee Melissodes trinodis Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more on goldenrods
Drury's Long-horned Bee Melissodes druriellus Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 5 more on goldenrods
Hairy-banded Mining Bee Andrena hirticincta Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Grindelia and 1 more on goldenrods
Cloudy-winged Mining Bee Andrena nubecula Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Euthamia on goldenrods
Parallel Leafcutter Bee Megachile parallela Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more on goldenrods
Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee Megachile fidelis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 20 more on goldenrods
Giant Sweat Bee Dieunomia heteropoda Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more on goldenrods

Hosted animals All

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

Plant eaters All

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

Flower visitors All

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

Sheltered animals All

4 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.