Plants that support California harvester ant
4 plants
California Dichondra
Dichondra donelliana
perennial herb
Low vegetation provides nesting and foraging substrate
Bay Area native
Collared Annual Lupine
Lupinus truncatus
annual
seed collection and storage for colony provisioning
Bay Area nativeKeystone species
Evergreen Violet
Viola sempervirens
perennial herb
Ants disperse violet seeds via myrmecochory; seeds collected for colony storage
Bay Area native
Giant Wakerobin
Trillium chloropetalum
perennial herb
Harvests and disperses seeds following fruit dehiscence
Bay Area native