Sweetgum

Sweetgum is common in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont sections of Virginia and the southeastern U.S. It is only used to a small extent by wildlife. At least seven species of insects feed on the leaves of sweetgum, including the forest tent caterpillar and luna moth.

 

Producer
Consumers

Herbivores
Luna moth (leaves)
Beaver (seeds and wood)
Gray squirrel (seeds and wood)
Purple finch (seeds)
Omnivores

Carnivores
Decomposers
Lucidus root and but rot (heartwood, roots)

 

 

 


hornbeam (producer) => skeletonizer (herbivore) => fox sparrow (omnivore) => turkey vulture (carnivore)

 

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