species 35,100 observations
Groundsel Tree
Baccharis halimifolia
Field notes
Supports All
119
native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Bucculatrix ivella, Salt Marsh Moth, Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth, Common Tan Wave
17
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Parallel Leafcutter Bee, Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee, Nevada Nomia, Valiant Long-horned Bee
9
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Groundselbush Beetle, Neolasioptera lathami, Nemorimyza posticata, Tephritis subpura
6
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Double-banded Plushback, Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp, Myzinum obscurum, Festive Diabrotica
7
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Monarch, Eastern Carpenter Bee, Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Black-shouldered Drone Fly
80
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Shrubs
- Light
- Part shade
- Moisture
- Wet
- Water use
- High
- Soil pH
- Neutral
- Habit
- Erect Multi stemmed Multi trunked Open
From NC State Extension, USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.