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  8. Heart-leaf Panicled Asters
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species 909 observations

Manyray Aster

Symphyotrichum anomalum

Status
native
Keystone
101 caterpillar species raised on Symphyotrichum herbaceous plants
Bees
10 specialists raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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260 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Pearl Crescent, Isabella Tiger Moth, Peppered Moth, American Lady 53
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Dark-veined Longhorn Bee, Drury's Long-horned Bee, Cloudy-winged Mining Bee, Parallel Leafcutter Bee 10
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Ophiomyia quinta, Calycomyza promissa 2
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp, Keeled Treehopper, Scudder's Short-winged Grasshopper, Swamp Cicada 9
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Doubled Ceratina, Common Eastern Bumble Bee, American Bumble Bee, Ligated Furrow Bee 186

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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