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Arizona Baccharis
Baccharis thesioides
Field notes
Baccharis thesioides is a North American species of shrubs in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Arizona baccharis. It is widespread in Mexico from Chihuahua to Oaxaca, and also found in the southwestern United States (Arizona + New Mexico).
Baccharis thesioides is a branching shrub up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall. It grows in mountains and canyons in pine-oak forests.
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native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Fatal Metalmark
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Parallel Leafcutter Bee, Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee, Nevada Nomia, Dark-faced Longhorn Bee
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Bumelia Borer, Neolasioptera lathami, Desert Broom Gallfly
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Great Golden Digger Wasp, Figeater Beetle, Sphex lucae, Citrus Cicada
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Gray Hairstreak, Glorious Protoxaea, Monarch, Variable Checkerspot
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Shrubs
From USDA PLANTS.