What Short-leaved Baccharis supports
62
native animals
supported in the US
4
caterpillars
5
bees
3
hosts
6
food
44
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
4 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Specialist bees All
5 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Parallel Leafcutter Bee
Megachile parallela
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more
on baccharis
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Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile inimica
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more
on baccharis
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Nevada Nomia
Dieunomia nevadensis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Heterotheca, Baccharis and 9 more
on baccharis
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Dark-faced Longhorn Bee
Melissodes tristis
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 17 more
on baccharis
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Sabine Longhorn Bee
Epimelissodes sabinensis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Baccharis, Heterotheca and 8 more
on baccharis
Hosted animals All
3 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
6 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
44 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Variable Checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona
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Great Purple Hairstreak
Atlides halesus
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Northern White-Skipper
Heliopetes ericetorum
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California Patch
Chlosyne californica
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Mormon Metalmark
Apodemia mormo
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
on baccharis
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Glorious Protoxaea
Protoxaea gloriosa
on baccharis
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
on baccharis