What Shiny Goldenrod supports

460 native animals
supported in the US

58 caterpillars 12 bees 19 hosts 35 food 336 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

Specialist bees All

12 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee Megachile xylocopoides Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more on goldenrods
Dark-veined Longhorn Bee Melissodes trinodis Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more on goldenrods
Drury's Long-horned Bee Melissodes druriellus Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 5 more on goldenrods
Cloudy-winged Mining Bee Andrena nubecula Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Euthamia on goldenrods
Parallel Leafcutter Bee Megachile parallela Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more on goldenrods
Giant Sweat Bee Dieunomia heteropoda Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more on goldenrods
Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee Megachile inimica Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more on goldenrods
Melissodes dentiventris Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more on goldenrods

Hosted animals All

19 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

Plant eaters All

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

Flower visitors All

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