European Woodland Strawberry
Fragaria vesca
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Not native
Not native to Mississippi. How scores work Is it native here?
Profile 65%
- Height
- 3–9 inches
- Spread
- 9 inches–1 foot
- Light
- Part shade, Shade
- Soil moisture
- Moist to wet
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At a glance
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Not yet recorded · Leaves · Bloom
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County records are not available.
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
49CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including MS
Genus host records with ranges including MS · Fragaria
- Abagrotis alternataGreater Red Dart, Mottled Grey Cutworm
- Achyra rantalisGarden Webworm Moth
- Acrolophus arcanellaGrass Tubeworm Moth
- Acrolophus plumifrontellaEastern Grass Tubeworm
- Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
- Agrotis gladiariaSwordsman Dart, Clay-Backed Cut-Worm
- Agrotis ipsilonIpsilon Dart, Black Cutworm, Greasy Cutworm
- Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
- Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
- Ancylis floridanaStrawberry Leafroller
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- Ancylis muricanaRed-Headed Ancylis
- Apantesis naisNais Tiger Moth
- Archips purpuranaOmnivorous Leafroller Moth
- Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
- Choristoneura obsoletanaObsolete Leafroller
- Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
- Clepsis peritanaGarden Tortrix
- Coelostathma discopunctanaThe Batman Moth
- Diaphania hyalinataMelonworm Moth
- Dichomeris juncidellaOrange-Dotted Dichomeris
- Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
- Eucirroedia pampinaScalloped Sallow
- Feltia herilisMaster's Dart
- Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
- Geina tenuidactylaHimmelman's Plume Moth
- Haploa colonaColona Moth
- Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
- Heliothis phloxiphagaSpotted Straw Sun Moth, Darker Spotted Straw Moth
- Herpetogramma pertextalisBold-Feathered Grass Moth
- Herpetogramma thestealisZigzag Herpetogramma, Subtle-Feathered Grass Moth
- Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
- Lobocleta ossulariaDrab Brown Wave
- Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
- Monochroa absconditellaStrawberry Crown Miner
- Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
- Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
- Nephelodes miniansBronzed Cutworm
- Olethreutes permundanaRaspberry Leafroller
- Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
- Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
- Platynota flavedanaBlack-Shaded Platynota
- Pyrrharctia isabellaIsabella Tiger Moth, Banded Woolybear
- Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
- Spodoptera dolichosSweetpotato Armyworm, Dolichos Armyworm, Large Cotton Armyworm
- Spodoptera eridaniaSouthern Armyworm Moth
- Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
- Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
- Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
- Xenotemna pallorana
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
1Specialist beesPollen specialists
Pollen specialists · Fragaria
- Andrena melanochroa
7BirdsRecorded eating Fragaria in Mississippi
Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Birds whose range includes Mississippi, most records first.
- American RobinFruit. 2 diet records
- Brewer's BlackbirdFruit. 1 diet record
- Eastern KingbirdFruit. 1 diet record
- Hermit ThrushFruit and seeds. 1 diet record
- Lapland Longspur1 diet record
- Red-headed WoodpeckerFruit. 1 diet record
- VeeryFruit and seeds. 1 diet record
Direct food only. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
Birds that eat Fragaria 7
Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Hardiness
- Zones 5–9
- Flower color
- White
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Flower color · “White” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Hardiness · “Zones 5–9” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
- Height · “3–9 inches” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder (ranked first; Minnesota Wildflowers differs)
- Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Light · “Part shade; Shade” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (ranked first; Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder differs)
- primary_flower_color · “white” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Soil · “Moist; Wet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (ranked first; Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder differs)
- Spread · “9 inches–1 foot” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
Also known as
European Woodland Straw Berry; Woodland Straw Berry; Woodland Strawberry
Conservation status
| Mississippi rank | Not available |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5 |
| MS status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
Sources
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025)
- USDA PLANTS
- Mississippi occurrence source
- 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