species 340,487 observations
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Field notes
Supports All
837
native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Garden Tiger, Wormwood Pug, Olive Arches Moth, Smeathmann's Aethes Moth
23
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Small Long-horned Bee, Megachile subnigra, Megachile wheeleri
3
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Acmaeodera rubronotata
1
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Goldenrod Crab Spider, Greater Sage-Grouse, Xestoleptura crassipes, California Lady Beetle
83
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Ligated Furrow Bee, Margined Leatherwing Beetle, Margined Calligrapher, Ornate Checkered Beetle
726
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Sheltered animals
Animals that nest or roost in it
Broad Damsel Bug
1
Children
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Ground covers
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry Well drained
- Water use
- Medium
- Soil pH
- Neutral
- Drought tolerant
- Yes
- Deer resistant
- Yes
- Plant type
- Wildflower Ground cover Herbaceous perennial
From NC State Extension, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and USDA PLANTS.