Bloom Native gardener's
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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Spanish Brooms
  8. Spanish Broom
  9. Supports

What Spanish Broom supports

11 native animals
supported in the US
2 caterpillars 6 food 3 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Genista Broom Moth Uresiphita reversalis
  • Celypha Moth Celypha cespitana

Plant eaters All

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

  • Laburnum Aphid Aphis cytisorum
  • Ornate Checkered Beetle Trichodes ornatus
  • Jumping Plant Bug Orthocephalus saltator
  • Oleander Scale Aspidiotus nerii
  • Timothy Thrips Chirothrips manicatus
  • Black Bean Aphid Aphis fabae

Flower visitors All

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

  • Banded Mud Bee Megachile ericetorum
  • Mountain Mason Bee Osmia inermis
  • Variable Checkerspot Euphydryas chalcedona

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