Bread Wheat

Triticum aestivum

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Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

26CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including GA

Genus host records with ranges including GA · Triticum

Achatodes zeaeElder Shoot Border Moth, Spindele Worm, Cornstalk Borer
Acronicta insularisHenry's Marsh Moth, Cattail Caterpillar
Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
Agnorisma badinodisPale-Banded Dart
Anicla infectaGreen Cutworm Moth
Apamea amputatrixYellow-Headed Cutworm Moth
Dargida diffusaWheat Head Armywotm Moth
Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
Euxoa detersaRubbed Dart, Sandhill Cutworm
Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm

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Feltia subgothicaSubgothic Dart
Feltia subterraneaSubterranean Dart, Granulate Cutworm
Fissicrambus mutabilisStriped Webworm, Striped Sodworm, Changeable Grass-Veneer
Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
Lacinipolia meditataThe Thinker
Leucania pseudargyriaFalse Wainscot
Mocis latipesSmall Mocis, Striped Grass Looper
Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
Neodactria caliginosellusCorn Webworm, Corn Root Webworm, Sooty Crambus
Nephelodes miniansBronzed Cutworm
Ogdoconta cinereolaCommon Pinkband Groundling
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Rachiplusia ouGray Looper
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
Xestia dolosaGreater Black-Letter Dart, Greater Spotted Cutworm

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

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

56BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

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

Agelaius phoeniceusRed-winged Blackbird
Agelaius tricolorTricolored Blackbird
Alectoris chukarChukar
Anas platyrhynchosMallard
Anser albifronsGreater White-fronted Goose
Anthus rubescensAmerican Pipit
Antigone canadensisSandhill Crane
Aphelocoma californicaCalifornia Scrub-Jay
Branta canadensisCanada Goose
Calcarius lapponicusLapland Longspur

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Calcarius ornatusChestnut-collared Longspur
Calcarius pictusSmith's Longspur
Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
Cardinalis cardinalisNorthern Cardinal
Centrocercus urophasianusGreater Sage-Grouse
Colinus virginianusNorthern Bobwhite
Columba liviaRock Pigeon
Columbina passerinaCommon Ground Dove
Corvus brachyrhynchosAmerican Crow
Corvus caurinusNorthwestern Crow
Corvus coraxCommon Raven
Cyanocitta stelleriSteller's Jay
Dryobates pubescensDowny Woodpecker
Ectopistes migratoriusPassenger Pigeon
Eremophila alpestrisHorned Lark
Euphagus cyanocephalusBrewer's Blackbird
Ixoreus naeviusVaried Thrush
Mareca americanaAmerican Wigeon
Melanerpes erythrocephalusRed-headed Woodpecker
Melospiza melodiaSong Sparrow
Melozone crissalisCalifornia Towhee
Molothrus aterBrown-headed Cowbird
Oreortyx pictusMountain Quail
Passer domesticusHouse Sparrow
Patagioenas fasciataBand-tailed Pigeon
Perdix perdixGray Partridge
Phasianus colchicusRing-necked Pheasant
Pheucticus ludovicianusRose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalusBlack-headed Grosbeak
Pipilo maculatusSpotted Towhee
Plectrophenax nivalisSnow Bunting
Quiscalus quisculaCommon Grackle
Rhynchophanes mccowniiMcCown's Longspur
Sialia sialisEastern Bluebird
Sitta carolinensisWhite-breasted Nuthatch
Spinus psaltriaLesser Goldfinch
Sturnella neglectaWestern Meadowlark
Sturnus vulgarisEuropean Starling
Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
Tympanuchus pallidicinctusLesser Prairie-Chicken
Tympanuchus phasianellusSharp-tailed Grouse
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalusYellow-headed Blackbird
Zenaida asiaticaWhite-winged Dove
Zenaida macrouraMourning Dove
Zonotrichia atricapillaGolden-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow

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

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Poaceae
Soil pH: Neutral
Flower color: Green
Growth rate: Rapid
Growth habit: Grows in clumps
Foliage color: Green
Fruit begins: Spring
Fruit ends: Summer

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

Growing sources and scope

Bloom · “Early spring” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
Flower color · “Green” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Foliage color · “Green” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
Fruit begins · “Spring” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
Fruit ends · “Summer” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
Growth habit · “Grows in clumps” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
Growth rate · “Rapid” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
Height · “2–4 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Life cycle · “Annual” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Light · “Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Soil · “Moist; Occasionally dry” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Soil pH · “Neutral” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Spread · “6 inches–1 foot” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox

Also known as

Wheat

Conservation status

Georgia rank	Not available
Global rank	GNR
GA status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source