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  3. Vascular Plants
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  6. Agave and Allies
  7. Century Plants
  8. Schott's Century Plant
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What Schott's Century Plant supports

17 native animals
supported in the US
3 caterpillars 8 food 6 flowers

Caterpillars All

3 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

  • Poling's Giant-Skipper Agathymus polingi
  • Huachuca Giant-Skipper Agathymus evansi on century plants
  • Arizona Giant-Skipper Agathymus aryxna on century plants

Plant eaters All

8 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

  • Mexican Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris nivalis
  • Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae
  • Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna on century plants
  • Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus on century plants
  • Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum on century plants
  • White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis on century plants
  • Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae on century plants
  • Long-tongued Bat Choeronycteris mexicana on century plants

Flower visitors All

6 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.

  • Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
  • Lucifer Hummingbird Calothorax lucifer on century plants
  • Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens on century plants
  • Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina on century plants
  • Two-tailed Swallowtail Papilio multicaudata on century plants
  • Western Carpenter Bee Xylocopa californica on century plants

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