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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
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  6. Knotweed Family
  7. Wild Buckwheats
  8. Buckwheat
  9. Spreading Buckwheat

species 1,084 observations

Spreading Buckwheat

Eriogonum effusum

Status
present
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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140 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Gray Hairstreak, Mormon Metalmark, Sheridan's Hairstreak, Lupine Blue 17
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Sphex lucae, Western Yellowjacket, Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle, Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp 11
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Orange Sulphur, Variegated Fritillary, Clouded Sulphur, Checkered White 112

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.

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