What Groundsel Tree supports
119
native animals
supported in the US
17
caterpillars
9
bees
6
hosts
7
food
80
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
17 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Bucculatrix ivella
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Salt Marsh Moth
Estigmene acrea
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Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera ornithogalli
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Common Tan Wave Pleuroprucha insulsaria
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North American Common Gray
Anavitrinella pampinaria
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Carpenterworm Moth
Prionoxystus robiniae
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Sparganothis Fruitworm Moth
Sparganothis sulfureana
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White-dotted Groundling
Condica videns
Specialist bees All
9 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Parallel Leafcutter Bee
Megachile parallela
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more
on baccharis
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Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile inimica
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more
on baccharis
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Nevada Nomia
Dieunomia nevadensis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Heterotheca, Baccharis and 9 more
on baccharis
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Valiant Long-horned Bee
Melissodes illatus
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 18 more
on baccharis
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Eight-spotted Fairy Bee
Perdita octomaculata
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Pityopsis and 4 more
on baccharis
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Dark-faced Longhorn Bee
Melissodes tristis
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 17 more
on baccharis
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Protandrena albitarsis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Coreopsis, Rudbeckia and 3 more
on baccharis
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Sabine Longhorn Bee
Epimelissodes sabinensis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Baccharis, Heterotheca and 8 more
on baccharis
Hosted animals All
6 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
7 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
80 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Monarch
Danaus plexippus
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Eastern Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa virginica
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Black-shouldered Drone Fly
Eristalis dimidiata
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Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia
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Fraternal Potter Wasp
Eumenes fraternus
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Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp
Scolia dubia
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui