Ficus pumila
Ficus pumila
Found in walls, disturbed urban areas. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you
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 4 Alabama counties.
Who uses this plant?
14CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL
Genus host records with ranges including AL · Ficus
- Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
- Amyelois transitellaNavel Orangeworm
- Automeris ioIo Moth
- Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
- Euclea delphiniiSpiny Oak-Slug Moth
- Glyphodes pyloalisBeautiful Glyphodes, Mulberry Moth
- Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
- Megalopyge opercularisSouthern Flannel Moth, Puss Caterpillar
- Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
- Platynota rostranaOmnivorous Platynota
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- Prionoxystus robiniaeCarpenterworm Moth, Black Locust Borer, Cottonwood Borer
- Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
- Spodoptera latifasciaOrange-Striped Armyworm, Velvet Armyworm Moth
- Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
12BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Ficus
- Aphelocoma californicaCalifornia Scrub-Jay
- Catharus guttatusHermit Thrush
- Catharus ustulatusSwainson's Thrush
- Icterus bullockiiBullock's Oriole
- Melospiza melodiaSong Sparrow
- Patagioenas leucocephalaWhite-crowned Pigeon
- Pheucticus melanocephalusBlack-headed Grosbeak
- Pipilo maculatusSpotted Towhee
- Sialia mexicanaWestern Bluebird
- Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
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- Tyrannus tyrannusEastern Kingbird
- 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
Plant details
- Family
- MORACEAE
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Alabama rank | SNA |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| AL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
Native alternatives
Find natives for your gardenSources
- Alabama Plant Atlas
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition
- 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