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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mustards, Capers, and Allies
  6. Mustard Family
  7. Cabbages and Mustards
  8. Brassica Subgen. Brassica
  9. Rapeseed

species 14,786 observations

Rapeseed

Brassica napus

Status
introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

112 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Carolina Sphinx, Bertha Armyworm Moth, Bristly Cutworm Moth, Red-backed Cutworm Moth 19
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Black-horned Tenthredo 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Cabbage Root Fly, Striped Flea Beetle, Mallard, Common Raven 25
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Prunus Miner Bee, Joker Miner Bee, Variable Duskyface Fly, Tripartite Sweat Bee 67

Children

  • Oil-seed Rape

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Annual Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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