What Woodland Sunflower supports
305
native animals
supported in the US
48
caterpillars
38
bees
4
hosts
41
food
173
flowers
1
shelter
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
48 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Silvery Checkerspot
Chlosyne nycteis
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Gorgone Checkerspot
Chlosyne gorgone
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Giant Sunflower Borer Moth
Papaipema maritima
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Sunflower Borer Moth
Papaipema necopina
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Pelochrista womonana
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Salt Marsh Moth
Estigmene acrea
on sunflowers
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Virginian Tiger Moth
Spilosoma virginica
on sunflowers
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Bordered Patch
Chlosyne lacinia
on sunflowers
Specialist bees All
38 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee
Megachile xylocopoides
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more
on sunflowers
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Oblique Longhorn Bee
Epimelissodes obliquus
Pollen specialist on Cirsium, Helianthus, Rudbeckia and 4 more
on sunflowers
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Dark-veined Longhorn Bee
Melissodes trinodis
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more
on sunflowers
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Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee
Megachile pugnata
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Helianthus and 3 more
on sunflowers
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Drury's Long-horned Bee
Melissodes druriellus
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 5 more
on sunflowers
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Denticulate Longhorn Bee
Melissodes denticulatus
Pollen specialist on Helianthus and Vernonia
on sunflowers
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Parallel Leafcutter Bee
Megachile parallela
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more
on sunflowers
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Sunflower Chimney Bee
Diadasia enavata
Pollen specialist on Helianthus
on sunflowers
Hosted animals All
4 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
41 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
on sunflowers
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American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
on sunflowers
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Eastern Fox Squirrel
Sciurus niger
on sunflowers
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Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
on sunflowers
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Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
on sunflowers
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Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
on sunflowers
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Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
on sunflowers
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White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
on sunflowers
Flower visitors All
173 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Pure Green Sweat Bee
Augochlora pura
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Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
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Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus citrinus
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Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
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Transverse-banded Flower Fly
Eristalis transversa
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
Sheltered animals All
1 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.