What California Swamp Thistle supports

111 native animals
supported in the US

9 caterpillars 9 bees 9 food 84 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

Specialist bees All

9 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

Oblique Longhorn Bee Epimelissodes obliquus Pollen specialist on Cirsium, Helianthus, Rudbeckia and 4 more on plume thistles
Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee Megachile pugnata Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Helianthus and 3 more on plume thistles
Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee Megachile fidelis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 20 more on plume thistles
Small Long-horned Bee Melissodes microstictus Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Symphyotrichum and 14 more on plume thistles
Colorado Mason Osmia coloradensis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 3 more on plume thistles
Osmia montana Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 10 more on plume thistles
Western Thistle Longhorn Bee Melissodes rivalis Pollen specialist on Cirsium, Helianthus, Brickellia and 1 more on plume thistles
California Mason Bee Osmia californica Pollen specialist on Cirsium, Senecio, Ericameria and 6 more on plume thistles

Plant eaters All

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

Flower visitors All

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