Garden Strawberry

Fragaria × ananassa

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Not native

Not native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

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Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Ecological relationships

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What these records mean

70CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · 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
Biston betulariaSalt-and-Pepper Geometer, Cleft-Headed Looper
Celypha nr.Celypha Moth
Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
Choristoneura obsoletanaObsolete Leafroller
Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
Clepsis peritanaGarden Tortrix
Clepsis persicanaWhite Triangle Tortrix
Coelostathma discopunctanaThe Batman Moth
Diaphania hyalinataMelonworm Moth
Dichomeris juncidellaOrange-Dotted Dichomeris
Dysstroma citrataDark Marbled Carpet
Dysstroma truncataMarbled Carpet
Eucirroedia pampinaScalloped Sallow
Eueretagrotis attentusAttentive Dart
Eueretagrotis perattentusTwo-Spot Dart
Eupsilia morrisoniMorrison's Sallow
Eupsilia tristigmataThree-Spotted Sallow, Brown Fruitworm
Euxoa detersaRubbed Dart, Sandhill Cutworm
Euxoa messoriaReaper Dart, Darksided Cutworm, Dark-Sided Cutworm
Feltia herilisMaster's Dart
Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
Feltia subgothicaSubgothic Dart
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
Lacanobia subjunctaSpeckled Arches, Subdues Arches, Harnessed Mamestra, Speckled Cutworm Moth, Grand Arches?(incorrectly)
Lacinipolia loreaBridled Arches, Bridle Groundcat
Lobocleta ossulariaDrab Brown Wave
Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
Melanchra adjunctaHitched Arches
Melanchra pictaPainted Arches, Zebra Caterpillar Moth
Monochroa absconditellaStrawberry Crown Miner
Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
Nephelodes miniansBronzed Cutworm
Olethreutes olivaceanaOlivaceous Olethreutes
Olethreutes permundanaRaspberry Leafroller
Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Platynota flavedanaBlack-Shaded Platynota
Polia purpurissataPurple Arches
Proxenus mirandaMiranda Moth, Glistening Rustic
Pyrgus centaureaeGrizzled Skipper
Pyrrharctia isabellaIsabella Tiger Moth, Banded Woolybear
Pyrrhia exprimensPurple-Lined Sallow, Purple-Lined Sun Moth
Spaelotis clandestinaClandestine Dart, W-Marked Cutworm
Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
Xanthotype sospetaCrocus Geometer
Xestia smithiiSmith's Dart
Xenotemna pallorana

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

1Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Fragaria

Andrena melanochroa

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

14BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Fragaria

Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
Calcarius lapponicusLapland Longspur
Catharus fuscescensVeery
Catharus guttatusHermit Thrush
Cyanocitta stelleriSteller's Jay
Dendragapus obscurusDusky Grouse
Euphagus cyanocephalusBrewer's Blackbird
Falcipennis canadensisSpruce Grouse
Melanerpes erythrocephalusRed-headed Woodpecker
Melozone crissalisCalifornia Towhee

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Pheucticus melanocephalusBlack-headed Grosbeak
Pinicola enucleatorPine Grosbeak
Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
Tyrannus tyrannusEastern Kingbird

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification