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Two insects induce galls on California coffeeberry: a moth, Sorhagenia nimbosa, induces swelling along the leaf midrib, and a midge of the genus Asphondylia induces flower-bud galls. [23] The flower is an attactor for native bees and supports pollenation in areas with a high quantity of coffeeberry.
R. californica's open flowers and nectar attract insects and pollinators. Its lengthened spring to fall blooming period [4] offers food for local bees. R. californica's fruits also persist on thickets through the forage-scarce winter, [5] serving as food for bugs, birds, and hoofed mammals like deer and elk. [6] [7]
Well, yes, and I don't just mean the native ceanothus shrubs, a.k.a. California lilacs, that start coloring (and perfuming) our wild hills and many native habitat gardens as early as March.
California also has 1,023 species of non-native plants, some now problematic invasive species such as yellow starthistle, that were introduced during the Spanish colonization, the California Gold Rush, and subsequent immigrations and import trading of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
[4] [7] They grow singly and in shrubby clumps alongside California buckeye, ceanothus, manzanita, and other chaparral brush. [6] It is noted for attracting birds and other wildlife. [5] [7] The leaves are harvested by native leafcutter bees and the flowers are an important nectar and pollen source for native insects and hummingbirds. [10]
Salvia apiana, the Californian white sage, bee sage, or sacred sage is an evergreen perennial shrub that is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, found mainly in the coastal sage scrub habitat of Southern California and Baja California, on the western edges of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.
The winged insects fall into the order Hymenoptera, which includes bees and ants. Wasps come in a variety of colors — from yellow and black to red and blue — and are split into two primary ...
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