Cressonii mining bee
Andrena cressonii
Insect
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Small metallic green mining bee; specialist on native buckwheat. Early spring Bay Area pollinator; solitary ground nester crucial for wildflower reproduction.
Plants that support Cressonii mining bee
4 plants
Naked Buckwheat
Eriogonum nudum var. auriculatum
perennial herb
Pollen
Bay Area native
Annual Agoseris
Agoseris heterophylla
annual
Pollen
Bay Area native
Chilean Sweet-cicely
Osmorhiza berteroi
perennial herb
Pollen
Bay Area native
Deerbrush
Ceanothus integerrimus
perennial herb
Pollen
Bay Area native
Keystone species