Pityopsis graminifolia var. graminifolia
Pityopsis graminifolia var. graminifolia
Native to Mississippi (estimated). 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
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 16 Mississippi counties.
Who uses this plant?
16CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including MS
Genus host records with ranges including MS · Heterotheca
- Chloridea virescensTobacco Budworm Moth
- Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
- Epiblema scudderianaScudder's Epiblema, Goldenrod Gall Moth
- Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
- Heliocheilus paradoxusParadoxical Grass Moth
- Pelochrista ridingsanaSnakeweed Borer
- Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
- Ponometia semiflavaHalf-Yellow Bird-Dropping Moth, Half-Yellow Moth
- Schinia arcigeraArcigera Flower Moth
- Schinia lynxLynx Flower Moth
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- Schinia nubilaCamphorweed Flower Moth
- Schinia saturataBrown Flower Moth
- Schinia sirenAluring Schinia Moth
- Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
- Synchlora frondariaSouthern Emerald
- Hellinsia chlorias
48BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Pityopsis
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
22Specialist beesPollen specialists
Pollen specialists · Heterotheca
- Andrena fulvipennis
- Ashmeadiella bucconis
- Colletes speculiferus
- Colletes thysanellae
- Dieunomia heteropoda
- Dieunomia nevadensis
- Hesperapis carinata
- Melissodes coreopsis
- Melissodes dentiventris
- Melissodes desponsus
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- Melissodes druriellus
- Melissodes menuachus
- Perdita albipennis
- Perdita bishoppi
- Perdita boltoniae
- Perdita consobrina
- Perdita georgica
- Perdita graenicheri
- Perdita ignota
- Perdita octomaculata
- Perdita swenki
- Perdita xanthismae
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- ASTERACEAE
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Mississippi rank | SNR |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5T4 |
| MS status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- 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

