What Forked Aster supports
24
native animals
supported in the US
6
bees
1
hosts
17
flowers
supported in the US
Specialist bees All
6 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Drury's Long-horned Bee
Melissodes druriellus
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 5 more
on wood asters
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Aster Mining Bee
Andrena asteris
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Eurybia
on wood asters
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Eastern Bare-Miner
Protandrena andrenoides
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Rudbeckia and 1 more
on wood asters
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Composite Bare-Miner
Protandrena compositarum
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Bidens and 2 more
on wood asters
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Canadian Mining Bee
Andrena canadensis
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Eurybia and 2 more
on wood asters
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Simple Miner Bee
Andrena simplex
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago and Eurybia
on wood asters
Hosted animals All
1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
17 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Rusty-patched Bumble Bee
Bombus affinis
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Black-shouldered Drone Fly
Eristalis dimidiata
on wood asters
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Northern Paper Wasp
Polistes fuscatus
on wood asters
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Pure Green Sweat Bee
Augochlora pura
on wood asters
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Perplexing Bumble Bee
Bombus perplexus
on wood asters
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Common Eastern Physocephala
Physocephala tibialis
on wood asters
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Hairy-banded Mining Bee
Andrena hirticincta
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Grindelia and 1 more
on wood asters