American Goldfinch

Spinus tristis bird

Bright yellow seed-eating finch. Heavily dependent on Asteraceae seed (sunflower, thistle, goldenrod, aster).

17 documented plant relationships, 1 of them as a specialist with no alternative.

eats seed of

Canada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberEvening PrimroseOenothera bienniswildflower · July–SeptemberJerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosuswildflower · August–SeptemberLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberMaximilian SunflowerHelianthus maximilianiwildflower · August–OctoberNuttall's SunflowerHelianthus nuttalliiwildflower · August–SeptemberPrairie GoldenrodSolidago missouriensiswildflower · July-AugustPrairie Thistle ★Cirsium flodmaniiwildflower · June-AugustShowy AsterEurybia conspicuawildflower · July–SeptemberSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–OctoberStiff GoldenrodSolidago rigidawildflower · August–SeptemberStiff Sunflower (Rhombic-leaved Sunflower)Helianthus paucifloruswildflower · August–SeptemberTall GoldenrodSolidago altissimawildflower · Aug-SepThinleaf AlderAlnus incanashrub · April-MayWhite SprucePicea glaucatree · May–JuneWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustYellow AvensGeum aleppicumwildflower · June–August