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  9. Common Jay
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  11. Caterpillar hosts

Caterpillar hosts for Common Jay

4 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.

  • Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora 6 records
  • Common Pawpaw Asimina triloba 1 record
  • Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana 1 record
  • Pond Apple Annona glabra 1 record

Not native to the US

5 plants, most recorded first.

  • False Ashoka Monoon longifolium 5 records · introduced
  • Banana-shrub Magnolia figo 4 records · introduced
  • Champak Tree Magnolia champaca 3 records · introduced
  • Avocado Persea americana 1 record · introduced
  • Kobus Magnolia Magnolia kobus 1 record · introduced

Nativity unknown

9 recorded only to genus or family, or with no nativity on record.

  • Formosan Michelia Magnolia compressa 3 records
  • Ceylon Ironwood Mesua ferrea 3 records
  • Magnolia coco 3 records
  • Camphor Camphora officinarum 2 records
  • Biriba Annona mucosa 2 records
  • Sweetsop Annona squamosa 1 record
  • White Champaca Magnolia × alba 1 record · hybrid
  • Large-leaved Uvaria Uvaria littoralis 1 record
  • Corky Debbar Tree Polyalthia suberosa 1 record

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