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  8. Tropical Plushback
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What supports Tropical Plushback

69 native plants
support it in the US
7 food 62 flowers

Food plants All

7 native plants it feeds on, most recorded first.

  • Narrowleaf Mountainmint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
  • Pigeonberry Rivina humilis
  • Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium
  • Texas Prairie Parsley Polytaenia texana
  • Shrubby Boneset Ageratina havanensis
  • White Vervain Verbena urticifolia
  • American Basketflower Plectocephalus americanus

Nectar plants All

62 native plants whose flowers it visits, most recorded first.

  • White Beggarticks Bidens alba
  • Clustered Mountainmint Pycnanthemum muticum
  • Sunshine Mimosa Mimosa strigillosa
  • Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
  • Late Boneset Eupatorium serotinum
  • Coyote Brush Baccharis pilularis
  • Bitterweed Helenium amarum
  • Calico Aster Symphyotrichum lateriflorum keystone
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