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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Goldenrods
  8. Solidago Subsect. Triplinerviae
  9. Elegant Goldenrod

species 5,802 observations

Elegant Goldenrod

Solidago lepida

Status
native
Bees
18 specialists raised on its pollen
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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428 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Wavy-lined Emerald, Pink-barred Pseudeustrotia Moth, Tufted Apple Bud Moth, One-lined Sparganothis Moth 54
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Dark-veined Longhorn Bee, Hairy-banded Mining Bee, Parallel Leafcutter Bee, Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee 18
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Liriomyza eupatorii, Goldenrod Gall Fly, Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge, Dasineura folliculi 11
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Western Encephalitis Mosquito, Buffalo Treehopper, Greater Sage-Grouse, North American Tarnished Plant Bug 26
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Ligated Furrow Bee, Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, Woodland Skipper 318
  • Sheltered animals Animals that nest or roost in it Ripiphorus californicus 1

Range

United States

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

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