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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Bulrush and Cattail Family
  7. Bur-reeds
  8. American Bur-reed
  9. Supports

What American Bur-reed supports

21 native animals
supported in the US
7 caterpillars 12 food 2 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Pondside Crambid Moth Elophila icciusalis
  • Chestnut-marked Pondweed Moth Parapoynx badiusalis
  • Obscure Pondweed Moth Parapoynx obscuralis
  • Floating-heart Waterlily Moth Parapoynx seminealis
  • Black Langessa Moth Langessa nomophilalis
  • Putnam's Looper Moth Plusia putnami on bur-reeds
  • Cattail Borer Moth Bellura obliqua on bur-reeds

Plant eaters All

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

  • Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
  • Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
  • Canada Goose Branta canadensis on bur-reeds
  • Hairy-necked Pondweed Beetle Donacia hirticollis on bur-reeds
  • Donacia caerulea on bur-reeds
  • Glittering Reed Beetle Donacia fulgens on bur-reeds
  • Subtle Reed Beetle Donacia subtilis on bur-reeds
  • Macrosteles bifurcatus on bur-reeds
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Flower visitors All

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

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens on bur-reeds
  • Pure Green Sweat Bee Augochlora pura on bur-reeds

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