What Smooth Sumac supports

253 native animals
supported in the US

32 caterpillars 1 bees 3 hosts 39 food 178 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

Specialist bees All

1 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

Short-palped Miner Andrena brevipalpis Pollen specialist on Rhus on sumacs

Hosted animals All

3 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

Plant eaters All

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

Flower visitors All

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