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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Goldenrods
  8. Solidago Sect. Maritimae
  9. Graceful Goldenrod

species 32 observations

Graceful Goldenrod

Solidago gracillima

Status
native
Keystone
108 caterpillar species raised on Solidago herbaceous plants
Bees
7 specialists raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
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  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Wavy-lined Emerald, Tufted Apple Bud Moth, Goldenrod Elliptical-Gall Moth, Common Eupithecia Moth 39
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee, Drury's Long-horned Bee, Parallel Leafcutter Bee, Giant Sweat Bee 7
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Goldenrod Gall Fly, Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge, Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge, Goldenrod Brussels Sprout Gall Fly 12
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Oxycopis notoxoides, Keeled Treehopper, North American Tarnished Plant Bug, Dark-eyed Junco 21
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Northern Paper Wasp, Goldenrod Soldier Beetle, Eastern Carpenter Bee 288

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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