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  8. Common Guava

species 28,250 observations

Common Guava

Psidium guajava

Status
introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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44 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Snowy Eupseudosoma Moth, North American Common Gray, Evergreen Bagworm Moth, Echo Moth 17
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Caribbean Fruit Fly 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat, Great Kiskadee, Tropical Kingbird, Chilli Thrips 23
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Dingy Purplewing 1
  • Sheltered animals Animals that nest or roost in it Parasitoid Wasp, Pteromalid Wasp 2

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

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