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

What Big Bur-reed supports

18 native animals
supported in the US
2 caterpillars 12 food 4 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • 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.

  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  • American Coot Fulica americana
  • Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
  • Subtle Reed Beetle Donacia subtilis
  • 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
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Flower visitors All

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

  • Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee Agapostemon virescens
  • Common Bog Fly Parhelophilus laetus
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens on bur-reeds
  • Pure Green Sweat Bee Augochlora pura on bur-reeds

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