Bloom Native gardener's
field companion

Explore

Field report Layers Search
Log in Sign up
  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Goldenbushes
  8. Columbian Goldenbush

species 257 observations

Columbian Goldenbush

Ericameria resinosa

Status
native
Bees
15 specialists raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

56 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Rabbitbrush Stem Gall Moth 1
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Parallel Leafcutter Bee, Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee, Small Long-horned Bee, Short Sun-digger Bee 15
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Cotton-gall Tephritid, Cotton-gall Midge, Rosette Bud Gall Midge, Bubble-gall Tephritid 5
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Hairy Bear Scarab Beetle, Painted Lady, Great Purple Hairstreak, Orange Sulphur 35

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From USDA PLANTS.

We can't find the internet

Attempting to reconnect

Something went wrong!

Attempting to reconnect