What Ground-plum supports
75
native animals
supported in the US
25
caterpillars
5
bees
2
food
43
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
25 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
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Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
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Afranius Duskywing
Erynnis afranius
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Marine Blue
Leptotes marina
on milkvetches
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Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur
Colias alexandra
on milkvetches
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Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
on milkvetches
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Arctic Blue
Agriades glandon
on milkvetches
Specialist bees All
5 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Black-and-gray Leafcutter Bee
Megachile melanophaea
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Lupinus and Hedysarum
on milkvetches
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Porter's Digger Bee
Anthophora porterae
Pollen specialist on Astragalus
on milkvetches
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Scurfy Pea Carder Bee
Anthidium tenuiflorae
Pollen specialist on Astragalus
on milkvetches
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Osmia longula
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Lupinus and Hedysarum
on milkvetches
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University Nomia
Nomia universitatis
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Pediomelum and Ladeania
on milkvetches
Plant eaters All
2 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
43 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Bufflehead Mason Bee
Osmia bucephala
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Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes
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White-lined Sphinx
Hyles lineata
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
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Question Mark
Polygonia interrogationis
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Greater Bee Fly
Bombylius major
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Snowberry Clearwing
Hemaris diffinis
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Black-and-gold Bumble Bee
Bombus auricomus