Ceanothus microphyllus
Ceanothus microphyllus
Found in longleaf pine sandhills. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you
Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?
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- Light
- Up to 6 hours of direct sun
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
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Recorded in 6 Alabama counties.
Natural habitats
Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.
Who uses this plant?
37CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL
Genus host records with ranges including AL · Ceanothus
- Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
- Ancylis semiovanaHalf-Oval Ancylis
- Apodrepanulatrix liberariaBarrens Carpet
- Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
- Biston betulariaSalt-and-Pepper Geometer, Cleft-Headed Looper
- Callophrys augustinusThe Brown Elfin
- Calycopis cecropsRed-Banded Hairstreak, Cecrops Hairstreak
- Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
- Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
- Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
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- Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
- Erastria colorariaBroad-Lined Erastria
- Erastria cruentariaThin-Lined Erastria
- Euchlaena marginariaOchre Euchlaena
- Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
- Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
- Gesta martialisMottled Duskywing
- Haploa leconteiLeconte's Haploa
- Harrisimemna trisignataHarris's Three-Spot
- Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
- Hypena bijugalisDimorphic Bomolocha, Dimorphic Snout
- Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
- Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
- Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
- Nemoria rubrifrontariaRed-Fronted Emerald
- Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
- Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
- Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
- Phyllodesma americanaLappet Moth, American Lappet Moth, Southern Lappet Moth
- Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
- Redectis vitreaWhite-Spotted Redactis
- Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
- Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
- Synchlora aerataWavy-Lined Emerald, Camouflaged Looper
- Zale minereaColorful Zale
- Lithacodes fiskeanus
- Periploca ceanothiella
46BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Ceanothus
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
1Specialist beesPollen specialists
Pollen specialists · Ceanothus
- Protandrena pauper
2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Ceanothus
- Coccothraustes vespertinusEvening Grosbeak
- Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow
Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- RHAMNACEAE
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Alabama rank | S3 |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| AL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Alabama Plant Atlas
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025)
- NatureServe Explorer
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications