Editing Heracleum maximum (section)

== Ecology ==
The species is widely recognized as a valuable pasture plant for cows, sheep, and goats. It is also known to be important in the diets of numerous wild animals, especially bears, both grizzly bears and black bears.<ref name="UMT-73973" /> It is a host plant for the black swallowtail butterfly (''[[Papilio polyxenes]]''), short-tailed swallowtail butterfly (''[[Papilio brevicauda]]''), old world swallowtail butterfly (''[[Papilio machaon]]''), anise swallowtail butterfly (''[[Papilio zelicaon]]''), and the moths ''[[Eupithecia tripunctaria]]'', ''[[Papaipema harrisii]]'', ''[[Papaipema impecuniosa]]'', ''[[Agonopterix clemensella]]'', ''[[Agonopterix flavicomella]]'', and ''[[Depressaria pastinacella]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Robinson |first1=Gaden S. |last2=Ackery |first2=Phillip R. |last3=Kitching |first3=Ian |last4=Beccaloni |first4=George W. |last5=Hernández |first5=Luis M. |date=2023 |title=HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database at the Natural History Museum |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&Familyqtype=starts+with&Family=&PFamilyqtype=starts+with&PFamily=&Genusqtype=starts+with&Genus=&PGenusqtype=starts+with&PGenus=heracleum&Speciesqtype=starts+with&Species=&PSpeciesqtype=starts+with&PSpecies=maximum&Country=&sort=Family |journal= |doi=10.5519/havt50xw |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118164723/https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&Familyqtype=starts+with&Family=&PFamilyqtype=starts+with&PFamily=&Genusqtype=starts+with&Genus=&PGenusqtype=starts+with&PGenus=heracleum&Speciesqtype=starts+with&Species=&PSpeciesqtype=starts+with&PSpecies=maximum&Country=&sort=Family |archive-date=2022-11-18 |website=www.nhm.ac.uk}}</ref>