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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Hawkweeds
  8. Chionoracium
  9. Hairy Hawkweed

species 1,272 observations

Hairy Hawkweed

Hieracium longipilum

Status
native
Bees
1 specialist raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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22 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Civil Rustic Moth, Satyr Pug Moth 2
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Dwarf-dandelion Mining Bee 1
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Aulacidea hieracii 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Ruffed Grouse, Pine Grosbeak, Sow-thistle Aphid 3
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Ligated Furrow Bee, Yellow-banded Bumble Bee, Tricolored Bumble Bee 15

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Light
Full sun
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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