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Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
74CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including SC
Genus host records with ranges including SC · Nyssa
- Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
- Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
- Acronicta afflictaAfflicted Dagger
- Acronicta fragilisFragile Dagger
- Acronicta funeralisFunerary Dagger, Paddle Caterpillar
- Acronicta impletaYellow-Haired Dagger
- Acronicta ovataOvate Dagger, Epauleted Oak Dagger
- Actias lunaLuna Moth
- Actrix nyssaecolellaTupelo Leaffolder
- Adoneta spinuloidesPurple-Crested Slug
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- Allotria elonymphaFalse Underwing
- Alsophila pometariaFall Cankerworm Moth
- Amorbia humerosanaWhite-Lined Leafroller Moth
- Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
- Antispila nysaefoliellaTupelo Leafminer Moth
- Argyrotaenia quercifolianaYellow-Winged Oak Leafroller Moth, Lined Oak Leafroller
- Argyrotaenia velutinanaRed-Banded Leafroller Moth, Jack Pine Tube Moth
- Cecrita biundataWavy-Lined Heterocampa
- Cecrita guttivittaMaple Prominent, Saddled Prominent
- Celastrina neglectaSummer Azure
- Cenopis directanaChokecherry Leafroller Moth
- Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
- Citheronia regalisRoyal Walnut Moth, Hickory Horned Devil
- Cleora sublunariaDouble-Lined Gray
- Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
- Darapsa choerilusAzalea Sphinx
- Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
- Ennomos subsignariaElm Spanworm Moth
- Episimus argutanaSumac Leaftier
- Euclea delphiniiSpiny Oak-Slug Moth
- Eupithecia fletcherataFletcher's Eupithecia
- Eupithecia jejunataSwift Pug
- Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
- Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
- Glenoides texanariaTexas Gray
- Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
- Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
- Hydriomena transfigurataTransfigured Hydriomena
- Hypagyrtis unipunctataOne-Spotted Variant
- Hypena bijugalisDimorphic Bomolocha, Dimorphic Snout
- Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
- Iridopsis defectariaBrown-Shaded Gray, Willow Looper
- Isa textulaCrowned Slug
- Kocakina fidelisIntractable Quaker, Green Fruitworm, Fourlined Green Fruitworm
- Lithacodes fasciolaYellow-Shouldered Slug
- Lithophane antennataAshen Pinion
- Lithophane unimodaDowdy Pinion
- Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
- Malacosoma disstriaForest Tent Caterpillar
- Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
- Melanolophia signatariaSignate Melanolphia
- Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
- Morrisonia latexFluid Arches, Fluid Mamestra
- Natada nasoniNason's Slug Moth
- Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
- Oedemasia leptinoidesBlack-Blotched Schizura
- Olethreutes fasciatanaBanded Olethreutes
- Oneida lunulalisOrange-Tufted Oneida
- Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
- Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
- Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
- Papilio cresphontesEastern Giant Swallowtail
- Phigalia strigatariaSmall Phigalia, Small Oak Looper
- Plagodis alcoolariaHollow-Spotted Plagodis
- Polygrammate cadburyiCadbury's Lichen Moth, Cadbury's Mystique
- Polygrammate hebraeicumThe Hebrew
- Probole alienariaDogwood Probole, Alien Probole
- Prolimacodes badiaSkiff Moth, Skiff Caterpillar
- Sereda tautanaSpeckled Sereda
- Synanthedon rubrofasciaBlack Gun Borer
- Tetracis cachexiataWhite Slant-Line
- Tortricidia testaceaEarly Button Slug
- Chionodes pereyra
- Eupithecia swettii
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
10BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Nyssa
- Hylocichla mustelinaWood Thrush
- Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
- Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
- Catharus fuscescensVeery
- Catharus guttatusHermit Thrush
- Catharus minimus/bicknelliGray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush
- Mareca streperaGadwall
- Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
- Sialia sialisEastern Bluebird
- Sturnus vulgarisEuropean Starling
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- NYSSACEAE
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| South Carolina rank | Not available |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| SC status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- South Carolina 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