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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Goldenrods
  8. Solidago Sect. Ptarmicoidei
  9. Houghton's Goldenrod

species 243 observations

Houghton's Goldenrod

Solidago houghtonii

Status
native
Keystone
108 caterpillar species raised on Solidago herbaceous plants
Bees
10 specialists raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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412 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Brown-hooded Owlet, Wavy-lined Emerald, Pink-barred Pseudeustrotia Moth, Tufted Apple Bud Moth 76
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Dark-veined Longhorn Bee, Drury's Long-horned Bee, Hairy-banded Mining Bee, Cloudy-winged Mining Bee 10
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Goldenrod Gall Fly, Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge, Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge, Goldenrod Brussels Sprout Gall Fly 17
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Keeled Treehopper, Buffalo Treehopper, North American Tarnished Plant Bug, American Grapevine Leafhopper 18
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Northern Paper Wasp, Tricolored Bumble Bee, Goldenrod Soldier Beetle 291

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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