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Big Bursage

Ambrosia ambrosioides

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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35 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Wavy-lined Emerald, Olive-shaded Bird-dropping Moth, Bordered Patch, American Lady 7
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Euarestoides acutangulus, Microrhopala rubrolineata, Euaresta bellula, Canyon Ragweed Tortoise Beetle 4
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Aceria ambrosioides, Gray Bird Grasshopper, Hyaline Grass Bug, Brown-headed Cowbird 20
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Publilia erecta, Yellow-bellied Bee Assassin, Hourglass Plume Moth, Lesser Long-nosed Bat 4

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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