What Elegant Goldenrod supports

428 native animals
supported in the US

54 caterpillars 18 bees 11 hosts 26 food 318 flowers 1 shelter

Caterpillars All

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

Specialist bees All

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

Dark-veined Longhorn Bee Melissodes trinodis Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more on goldenrods
Hairy-banded Mining Bee Andrena hirticincta Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Grindelia and 1 more on goldenrods
Parallel Leafcutter Bee Megachile parallela Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more on goldenrods
Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee Megachile fidelis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 20 more on goldenrods
Giant Sweat Bee Dieunomia heteropoda Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more on goldenrods
Small Long-horned Bee Melissodes microstictus Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Symphyotrichum and 14 more on goldenrods
Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee Megachile inimica Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more on goldenrods
Variable Pebble Bee Dianthidium subparvum Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Solidago, Grindelia and 12 more on goldenrods

Hosted animals All

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

Plant eaters All

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

Flower visitors All

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

Sheltered animals All

1 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.

Ripiphorus californicus on goldenrods