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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies
  6. Irises and Allies
  7. Irises
  8. Section Iris
  9. Bearded Iris
  10. Supports

What Bearded Iris supports

24 native animals
supported in the US
2 caterpillars 10 food 12 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Eufala Skipper Lerodea eufala
  • Putnam's Looper Moth Plusia putnami

Plant eaters All

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

  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  • Common Raven Corvus corax
  • Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
  • Redpoll Acanthis flammea
  • Bird Cherry-oat Aphid Rhopalosiphum padi
  • Foxglove Aphid Aulacorthum solani
  • Rose Grain Aphid Metopolophium dirhodum
  • Western Aphideater Eupeodes fumipennis
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Flower visitors All

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

  • Eastern Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica
  • Margined Calligrapher Toxomerus marginatus
  • Valley Carpenter Bee Xylocopa sonorina
  • Long-tailed Aphideater Eupeodes americanus
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens
  • Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus
  • White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata
  • American Lady Vanessa virginiensis
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