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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies
  6. Rose Family
  7. Apples and Crabapples
  8. Apple

species 63,059 observations

Apple

Malus domestica

Status
introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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487 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Spotted Tentiform Leafminer Moth, Cecropia Moth, Garden Apple Slender, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 244
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Pacific Flat-Headed Borer, Hawthorn Root Borer, Flat-headed Hardwood Borer, Polycesta californica 14
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Eastern Fox Squirrel, Red Fox, Rosy Apple Aphid, Eastern Gray Squirrel 70
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Two-spotted Bumble Bee, Red Mason Bee, Tricolored Bumble Bee 155
  • Sheltered animals Animals that nest or roost in it Zagrammosoma multilineatum, Eastern Red Bat, Perilampus fulvicornis, Confused Sap Beetle 4

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Light
Full sun Part shade
Moisture
Dry Well drained Moist
Soil
Sand Loam Clay
Soil pH
Neutral Alkaline
Habit
Dense Erect Rounded
Plant type
Perennial Tree Edible

From NC State Extension and USDA PLANTS.

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