species 183,394 observations
Creeping Thistle
Cirsium arvense
Field notes
Supports All
418
native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Painted Lady, American Lady, Small Engrailed, Mylitta Crescent
19
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Red-tailed Thistle Fly, Hadroplontus litura, Thistle Crown Weevil, Phytomyza spinaciae
4
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Keeled Treehopper, American Goldfinch, Black Bean Aphid, Large Thistle Aphid
32
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Tripartite Sweat Bee, Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Monarch, Margined Leatherwing Beetle
363
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Light
- Full sun Part shade
- Habit
- Erect
- Plant type
- Perennial Herbaceous perennial Weed
From NC State Extension and USDA PLANTS.