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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Plume Thistles
  8. Cabbage Thistle

species 17,186 observations

Cabbage Thistle

Cirsium oleraceum

Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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42 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Ruby Tiger Moth, Garden Tiger, Pointed Groundling, Long-winged Shade 4
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Hadroplontus litura 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Mallard, Common Raven, Eurasian Jackdaw, Redpoll 19
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Old World Swallowtail, Common Flower Fly, Moorland Clouded Yellow, Putnam's Looper Moth 18

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