Cercis canadensis var. canadensis
Cercis canadensis var. canadensis
Found in moist to dry forests and woodlands, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, also commonly planted as an ornamental. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you
Native to Virginia. 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 93 Virginia counties.
Natural habitats
Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.
Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry.
Who uses this plant?
29CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including VA
Genus host records with ranges including VA · Cercis
- Automeris ioIo Moth
- Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
- Acronicta americanaAmerican Dagger
- Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
- Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
- Biston betulariaSalt-and-Pepper Geometer, Cleft-Headed Looper
- Callophrys henriciHenry's Elfin
- Callophrys irusThe Hoary Elfin, Bog Elfin?, Frosted Elfin
- Cenopis directanaChokecherry Leafroller Moth
- Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
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- Desmia funeralisGrape Leaffolder Moth
- Euclea delphiniiSpiny Oak-Slug Moth
- Fascista cercerisellaRedbud Leafroller
- Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
- Lithacodes fasciolaYellow-Shouldered Slug
- Lophocampa maculataSpotted Tussock Moth, Yellow-Spotted Tiger Moth
- Macaria promiscuataPromiscuous Angle
- Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
- Megalopyge crispataBlack-Waved Flannel Moth, Crinkled Flannel Moth
- Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
- Norape cretataWhite Flannel Moth
- Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
- Oedemasia semirufescensRed-Washed Prominent
- Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
- Papilio troilusSpicebush Swallowtail
- Parasa indeterminaStinging Rose Caterpillar Moth, Rose Slug Caterpillar
- Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
- Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
- Cenopis chambersana
14BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Cercis
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
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claimNo records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- FABACEAE
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Virginia rank | S5 |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5T5 |
| VA status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora
- USDA PLANTS
- Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program)
- NatureServe Explorer
- 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