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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies
  6. Heathers
  7. Mountain-laurels
  8. Alpine Azalea
  9. Supports

What Alpine Azalea supports

16 native animals
supported in the US
3 caterpillars 7 food 6 flowers

Caterpillars All

3 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

  • Brown Elfin Callophrys augustinus on mountain-laurels
  • Brown Angle Shades Phlogophora periculosa on mountain-laurels
  • Sharp-lined Powder Moth Eufidonia discospilata on mountain-laurels

Plant eaters All

7 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  • Common Raven Corvus corax
  • Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
  • Redpoll Acanthis flammea
  • Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
  • High Mountain Grasshopper Melanoplus frigidus
  • Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus on mountain-laurels

Flower visitors All

6 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.

  • Black-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus melanopygus on mountain-laurels
  • Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee Bombus mixtus on mountain-laurels
  • Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee Bombus flavifrons on mountain-laurels
  • Perplexing Bumble Bee Bombus perplexus on mountain-laurels
  • Vancouver Bumble Bee Bombus vancouverensis on mountain-laurels
  • Heath Bumble Bee Bombus jonellus on mountain-laurels

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