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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. American Asters
  8. Foliaceous Asters
  9. Suisun Marsh Aster

species 190 observations

Suisun Marsh Aster

Symphyotrichum lentum

Status
native
Keystone
101 caterpillar species raised on Symphyotrichum herbaceous plants
Bees
4 specialists raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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274 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Isabella Tiger Moth, Satyr Pug Moth, American Lady, Armyworm Moth 18
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Parallel Leafcutter Bee, Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee, Small Long-horned Bee, Melissodes pallidisignatus 4
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Calycomyza promissa 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Western Calligrapher, Ruffed Grouse, Snakeweed Grasshopper, Purple Bromeliad Fly 4
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Monarch, Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Brown-belted Bumble Bee, Red-spotted Admiral 247

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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