Keeled Goosefoot

Dysphania carinata

Found in disturbed area. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Recorded in 2 Alabama counties.

Habitats

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

32CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Chenopodium

Achyra rantalisGarden Webworm Moth
Amyna strictaEight-Spot Moth
Apantesis argeArge Tiger Moth
Apantesis naisNais Tiger Moth
Apantesis partheniceParthenice Tiger Moth
Autographa precationisCommon Looper Moth
Blepharomastix ranalisHollow-Spotted Blepharomastix Moth
Burnsius communisCommon Checkered-Skipper
Cenopis reticulatanaReticulated Fruitworm Moth
Chrysodeixis includensSoybean Looper Moth

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Emmelina monodactylaMorning-Glory Plume Moth
Epiblema otiosanaBidens Borer Moth
Epiblema strenuanaRagweed Borer
Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
Herpetogramma bipunctalisSouthern Beet Webworm, Two-Spotted Herpetogramma
Hyles lineataWhite-Lined Sphinx
Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Pholisora catullusCommon Sootywing
Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
Rachiplusia ouGray Looper
Spilosoma congruaAgreeable Tiger Moth
Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
Spodoptera eridaniaSouthern Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
Spoladea recurvalisHawaiian Beet Webworm
Staphylus hayhurstiiHayhurst's Scallopwing, Scalloped Sooty Wing, Scalloped Sootywing
Trichoplusia niNi Moth, Cabbage Looper Moth
Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
Virbia aurantiacaOrange Virbia, Orange Holomelina

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

24BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Chenopodium

Acanthis flammeaCommon Redpoll
Agelaius phoeniceusRed-winged Blackbird
Anthus rubescensAmerican Pipit
Aythya collarisRing-necked Duck
Calcarius lapponicusLapland Longspur
Calcarius ornatusChestnut-collared Longspur
Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
Callipepla gambeliiGambel's Quail
Euphagus cyanocephalusBrewer's Blackbird
Mareca americanaAmerican Wigeon

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Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
Melospiza melodiaSong Sparrow
Melozone crissalisCalifornia Towhee
Molothrus aterBrown-headed Cowbird
Perdix perdixGray Partridge
Plectrophenax nivalisSnow Bunting
Pooecetes gramineusVesper Sparrow
Rallus limicolaVirginia Rail
Rhynchophanes mccowniiMcCown's Longspur
Spinus psaltriaLesser Goldfinch
Spizella breweriBrewer's Sparrow
Vireo flavifronsYellow-throated Vireo
Zenaida macrouraMourning Dove
Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

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

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Chenopodiaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Alabama rank	Not available
Global rank	Not available
AL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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