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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Goldenrods
  8. Solidago Subg. Nemorales
  9. Dwarf Goldenrod

species 71 observations

Dwarf Goldenrod

Solidago nana

Status
native
Keystone
108 caterpillar species raised on Solidago herbaceous plants
Bees
8 specialists raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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327 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Wavy-lined Emerald, Pink-barred Pseudeustrotia Moth, Goldenrod Elliptical-Gall Moth, One-lined Sparganothis Moth 41
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Dark-veined Longhorn Bee, Hairy-banded Mining Bee, Parallel Leafcutter Bee, Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee 8
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Goldenrod Gall Fly, Goldenrod Leafminer, Goldenrod Leaf Beetle, Nemorimyza posticata 6
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Western Encephalitis Mosquito, Buffalo Treehopper, Greater Sage-Grouse, North American Tarnished Plant Bug 23
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Frigid Bumble Bee, Gray Hairstreak, Acmon Blue, Spring Azure 248
  • Sheltered animals Animals that nest or roost in it Ripiphorus californicus 1

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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