Claim · model-written summary
Myosotis arvensis was attractive to a broad range of insects.
- Taxon
- Myosotis arvensis
Myosotis arvensise7 - Outcome
- attractive to a broad range of insectse7
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e1“insect visitation to metre square plots of 111 different ornamental plant cultivars”
e7“Some plant cultivars such as Eryngium planum and Myosotis arvensis were attractive to a broad range of insects”
Title
Quantifying the attractiveness of garden flowers for pollinators
Rosi Rollings; Dave Goulson Journal of Insect Conservation 2019. doi:10.1007/s10841-019-00177-3
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Observation The most-visited ornamental cultivars were Calamintha nepeta, Helenium autumnale and Geranium rozanne.
- Association Native and non-native ornamental cultivars did not differ in the number of insects they attracted.
- Association Annual, biennial and perennial ornamental cultivars did not differ in the number of insects they attracted.
- Association Native plants attracted a significantly higher diversity of flower-visiting insects than non-native plants.
- Observation Aster novi belgii visitors were 72% honeybees or bumblebees.
- Observation Anthemis tinctoria did not attract a single honeybee or bumblebee.
- Observation Anthemis tinctoria was popular with solitary bees and hoverflies.
- Observation Eryngium planum was attractive to a broad range of insects.
- Observation Veronicastrum virginicum was visited predominantly by honey bees.
- Observation Helenium autumnale was visited predominantly by honey bees.
- Observation Visitation patterns differed for every insect taxon examined.
- Observation Short-tongued bumblebee species showed little overlap in their most-preferred cultivars.
- Recommendation Cultivars can be combined to provide forage for a diversity of pollinator groups from early spring to autumn.