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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Conifers
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  6. Cypresses, Junipers, Redwoods, and Allies
  7. Junipers
  8. Scale-leaf Junipers
  9. Sierra Juniper
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What Sierra Juniper supports

28 native animals
supported in the US
9 caterpillars 5 hosts 14 food

Caterpillars All

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

  • Juniper Hairstreak Callophrys gryneus on junipers
  • Red-striped Needleworm Moth Epinotia radicana on junipers
  • Small Engrailed Ectropis crepuscularia on junipers
  • Hemlock Looper Moth Lambdina fiscellaria on junipers
  • Curved-lined Angle Digrammia continuata on junipers
  • Arizona Lappet Gloveria arizonensis on junipers
  • Doll's Sphinx Sphinx dollii on junipers
  • Abagrotis mirabilis on junipers
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Hosted animals All

5 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

  • Juniper Urn Gall Midge Walshomyia juniperina
  • Juniper Tip Midge Oligotrophus betheli
  • Cypress Gall Midge Walshomyia cupressi on junipers
  • Gyascutus carolinensis on junipers
  • Megastigmus on junipers

Plant eaters All

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

  • Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
  • American Robin Turdus migratorius on junipers
  • Red-headed Ash Borer Neoclytus acuminatus on junipers
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata on junipers
  • Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator on junipers
  • Juniper Spittlebug Clastoptera juniperina on junipers
  • Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura on junipers
  • Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum on junipers
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