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Bread Wheat

Triticum aestivum

Not native to South Carolina

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Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

28CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including SC

Genus host records with ranges including SC · 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
  • Apamea sordensBordered Apamea, Rustic Shoulder-Knot
  • Dargida diffusaWheat Head Armywotm Moth
  • Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
  • Euxoa detersaRubbed Dart, Sandhill Cutworm
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  • Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
  • 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
  • Elachista illectella
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
Also known as

Wheat

Conservation status

South Carolina rankNot available
Global rankGNR
SC statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

Sources