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What supports American Copper

533 native plants
support it in the US
12 caterpillar hosts 521 flowers

Caterpillar hosts All

12 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.

  • Willow Dock Rumex salicifolius on dock
  • Hastate-leaved Dock Rumex hastatulus on dock
  • Swamp Dock Rumex verticillatus on dock
  • Tall Dock Rumex altissimus on dock
  • Golden Dock Rumex maritimus on dock
  • Greater Water Dock Rumex britannica on dock
  • Western Dock Rumex occidentalis on dock
  • White Willow Dock Rumex triangulivalvis on dock
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Nectar plants All

521 native plants whose flowers it visits, most recorded first.

  • Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
  • Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium
  • Flat-topped Goldenrod Euthamia graminifolia
  • Lance-leaved Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
  • Narrowleaf Mountainmint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
  • Clustered Mountainmint Pycnanthemum muticum
  • Annual Fleabane Erigeron annuus
  • Virginia Strawberry Fragaria virginiana keystone
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