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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies
  6. Buckthorn Family
  7. California-lilacs
  8. Cerastes
  9. Musk Brush

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Musk Brush

Ceanothus jepsonii

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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118 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Ceanothus Stem Gall Moth, California Tortoiseshell, Pacuvius Duskywing, Pale Swallowtail 39
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Ceanothus Bud Gall Midge, Pacific Flat-Headed Borer 2
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Eumecomera bicolor, Margined Calligrapher, White-bowed Smoothwing, Common Grass Skimmer 17
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Muir's Hairstreak, Lotus Hairstreak, Black-tailed Bumble Bee, Euclidia ardita 60

Children

  • Ceanothus jepsonii albiflorus
  • Muskbrush

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From USDA PLANTS.

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