What Flat-topped Goldenrod supports
384
native animals
supported in the US
14
caterpillars
8
bees
5
hosts
26
food
331
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
14 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Ailanthus Webworm Moth
Atteva aurea
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Reddish Aethes
Aethes biscana
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Aster Tentiform Blotchminer
Acrocercops astericola
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White-dotted Groundling
Condica videns
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Goldenrod Gall Moth
Epiblema scudderiana
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Gray Hooded Owlet
Cucullia florea
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Garden Tiger
Arctia caja
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Peppered Moth
Biston betularia
Specialist bees All
8 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Drury's Long-horned Bee
Melissodes druriellus
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 5 more
on grass-leaved goldenrods
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Hairy-banded Mining Bee
Andrena hirticincta
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Grindelia and 1 more
on grass-leaved goldenrods
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Cloudy-winged Mining Bee
Andrena nubecula
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Euthamia
on grass-leaved goldenrods
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Spine-shouldered Cellophane Bee
Colletes simulans
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Euthamia
on grass-leaved goldenrods
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Eight-spotted Fairy Bee
Perdita octomaculata
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Pityopsis and 4 more
on grass-leaved goldenrods
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Andrena braccata
Pollen specialist on Solidago and Euthamia
on grass-leaved goldenrods
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Beach Dune Cellophane Bee
Colletes speculiferus
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Euthamia
on grass-leaved goldenrods
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American Cellophane Bee
Colletes americanus
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 4 more
on grass-leaved goldenrods
Hosted animals All
5 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
26 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Buffalo Treehopper
Stictocephala bisonia
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Small Milkweed Bug
Lygaeus kalmii
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Goldenrod Leafminer
Microrhopala vittata
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Nine-spotted Lady Beetle
Coccinella novemnotata
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Black-legged Gossamer
Megasyrphus laxus
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Stratiomys badia
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Saygorytes phaleratus
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Tufted Potter Wasp
Symmorphus cristatus
Flower visitors All
331 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Northern Paper Wasp
Polistes fuscatus
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Locust Borer
Megacyllene robiniae
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Goldenrod Soldier Beetle
Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
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Fraternal Potter Wasp
Eumenes fraternus
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Tricolored Bumble Bee
Bombus ternarius
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Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp
Scolia dubia
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Eastern Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa virginica