species 32,088 observations
Common Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Field notes
Supports All
381
native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Aster Tentiform Blotchminer, Anania mysippusalis, Pearl Crescent, Isabella Tiger Moth
77
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Dark-veined Longhorn Bee, Drury's Long-horned Bee, Hairy-banded Mining Bee, Cloudy-winged Mining Bee
24
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Sumitrosis inaequalis, Asteromyia laeviana, Asteromyia modesta, Ophiomyia quinta
5
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Flower Lebia Beetle, Ruffed Grouse, Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp, Keeled Treehopper
15
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Tricolored Bumble Bee, Narrow-headed Marsh Fly, Black-shouldered Drone Fly
260
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Light
- Full sun Dappled shade
- Moisture
- Well drained Moist
- Water use
- Low
- Deer resistant
- Yes
- Plant type
- Perennial Wildflower Herbaceous perennial
From NC State Extension, USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.