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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Begonias, Gourds, and Allies
  6. Gourd Family
  7. Cucurbiteae
  8. Gourds, Squash, and Pumpkins

genus

Gourds, Squash, and Pumpkins

Cucurbita

Includes
3 native 4 introduced 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Buffalo Gourd native
  • Winter Squash introduced
  • Coyote Melon native
  • Fig-leafed Gourd introduced
  • Finger-leaved Gourd native
  • Wild Giant Squash
  • Coyote Gourd
  • Cucurbita × scabridifolia
  • Cucurbita pepo

Range

United States

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

Top native gourds, squash, and pumpkins All

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

  • Buffalo Gourd Cucurbita foetidissima caterpillars 4 bees 3 food 6 flowers 36 shelter 1
  • Coyote Melon Cucurbita palmata caterpillars 1 bees 3 food 4 flowers 9 shelter 1
  • Finger-leaved Gourd Cucurbita digitata caterpillars 1 bees 3 food 3 flowers 6 shelter 1

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