Sideroxylon reclinatum

Sideroxylon reclinatum

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Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

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Light: 2 or more hours of direct sun

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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

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At a glance

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

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Recorded in 5 Alabama counties.

Ecological relationships

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What these records mean

8CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Sideroxylon

Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
Enaemia pupulaBumelia Leafworm Moth, Streaked Lactura
Enaemia subfervensSpeckled Lactura
Euerythra phasmaRed-Tailed Specter Moth
Eustixia pupulaSpotted Peppergrass Moth
Litodonta hydromeliOrange-Banded Prominent
Urodus parvulaBumelia Webworm
Zomaria interruptolineanaBroken-Lined Zomaria

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

8BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Sideroxylon

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

2Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Sideroxylon

Colletes bumeliae
Colletes inuncantipedis

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

3BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

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

Ortalis vetulaPlain Chachalaca
Patagioenas leucocephalaWhite-crowned Pigeon
Zenaida asiaticaWhite-winged Dove

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

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: SAPOTACEAE

What its natural habitat tells you

Conservation status

Alabama rank	S1?
Global rank	Not available
AL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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