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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Geraniums, Bridal Wreaths, and Allies
  6. Geranium Family
  7. Geraniums and Cranesbills
  8. Section Geranium
  9. Northern Cranesbill

species 3,094 observations

Northern Cranesbill

Geranium bicknellii

Status
native
Bees
1 specialist raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

71 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Tobacco Budworm Moth, Double-banded Carpet Moth, Bridled Arches Moth, Rusty Tussock Moth 7
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Cranesbill Miner 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Mourning Dove, Philaronia abjecta 2
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Two-spotted Bumble Bee, Brown-belted Bumble Bee, Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee 61

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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