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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Staff-vines and Allies

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Staff-vines and Allies

Celastrales

Includes
27 native 7 introduced 13 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Bittersweet Family 27 native

Range

United States

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

Top native staff-vines and allies All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Wahoo Euonymus atropurpureus caterpillars 6 hosts 2 food 2 flowers 28
  • Strawberry Bush Euonymus americanus caterpillars 4 food 7 flowers 5
  • Running Strawberry-bush Euonymus obovatus caterpillars 4 food 2 flowers 3
  • American Bittersweet Celastrus scandens caterpillars 3 food 7 flowers 18
  • Western Burning Bush Euonymus occidentalis caterpillars 2 food 4 flowers 1
  • Oregon Boxwood Paxistima myrsinites caterpillars 1 food 1
  • Christmasberry Crossopetalum ilicifolium caterpillars 1
  • Fen Grass of Parnassus Parnassia glauca bees 1 food 8 flowers 8
  • Bigleaf Grass-of-parnassus Parnassia grandifolia bees 1 food 1 flowers 2
  • Kidney-leaved Grass of Parnassus Parnassia asarifolia bees 1 food 1
  • Marsh grass-of-Parnassus Parnassia palustris food 6 flowers 14
  • Fringed Grass of Parnassus Parnassia fimbriata food 1 flowers 2
  • Maidenberry Crossopetalum rhacoma food 1
  • Kotzebue's Grass-of-Parnassus Parnassia kotzebuei food 1
  • San Bernardino Grass of Parnassus Parnassia cirrata food 1
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