Native ground covers

158 ground covers, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

Lowbush Blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium keystone caterpillars 161 bees 10 hosts 1 food 41 flowers 82
Large Cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon keystone caterpillars 160 bees 10 food 42 flowers 101 shelter 1
Dwarf Raspberry Rubus pubescens keystone caterpillars 114 hosts 9 food 72 flowers 200
Swamp Dewberry Rubus hispidus keystone caterpillars 107 hosts 9 food 61 flowers 188
Dewdrop Rubus repens keystone caterpillars 102 hosts 8 food 59 flowers 175
Creeping Blueberry Vaccinium crassifolium keystone caterpillars 74 bees 3 food 28 flowers 31 shelter 1
Virginia Strawberry Fragaria virginiana keystone caterpillars 69 bees 1 hosts 2 food 35 flowers 177
Woodland Strawberry Fragaria vesca keystone caterpillars 68 bees 1 hosts 1 food 41 flowers 69
Beach Strawberry Fragaria chiloensis keystone caterpillars 61 hosts 1 food 12 flowers 31
Carolina Clover Trifolium carolinianum keystone caterpillars 57 hosts 1 food 12 flowers 41 shelter 2
Canadian Bunchberry Cornus canadensis keystone caterpillars 54 bees 3 hosts 6 food 47 flowers 122
Trailing Blackcurrant Ribes laxiflorum caterpillars 44 bees 2 hosts 4 food 8 flowers 28
Mahala Mat Ceanothus prostratus caterpillars 43 hosts 2 food 16 flowers 62
Point Reyes Ceanothus Ceanothus gloriosus caterpillars 43 hosts 2 food 16 flowers 57
Walter's Aster Symphyotrichum walteri caterpillars 41 bees 9 hosts 2 food 11 flowers 151
Cascades Strawberry Fragaria cascadensis keystone caterpillars 31 hosts 1 food 9 flowers 14
Creeping Juniper Juniperus horizontalis caterpillars 30 food 22 flowers 3
Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium caterpillars 23 bees 3 hosts 1 food 83 flowers 726 shelter 1
Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi caterpillars 23 bees 4 food 23 flowers 94
Leadplant Amorpha canescens caterpillars 19 bees 3 food 5 flowers 114
Cutleaf Coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata caterpillars 18 bees 28 hosts 1 food 11 flowers 304
Western Bunchberry Cornus unalaschkensis keystone caterpillars 18 hosts 4 food 22 flowers 26
Coralberry Symphoricarpos orbiculatus caterpillars 18 hosts 4 food 12 flowers 111
Brown-eyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba caterpillars 15 bees 25 food 5 flowers 268
Pinkladies Oenothera speciosa caterpillars 14 bees 5 hosts 1 food 14 flowers 89
Woolly Blue Violet Viola sororia caterpillars 14 bees 1 hosts 4 food 5 flowers 54
Robin's-plantain Erigeron pulchellus caterpillars 13 bees 6 hosts 3 food 11 flowers 208
Creeping Snowberry Symphoricarpos mollis caterpillars 13 bees 1 hosts 2 food 5 flowers 27
Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum caterpillars 11 bees 1 hosts 1 food 2 flowers 140
Canada Violet Viola canadensis caterpillars 10 bees 1 hosts 4 food 6 flowers 55
Hookedspur Violet Viola adunca caterpillars 10 hosts 3 food 6 flowers 55
Prairie Pricklypear Opuntia macrorhiza caterpillars 9 bees 4 hosts 2 food 11 flowers 41 shelter 1
Kidneyleaf White Violet Viola renifolia caterpillars 9 bees 1 hosts 3 food 7 flowers 51
Stream Violet Viola glabella caterpillars 9 hosts 2 food 5 flowers 32
Low Pricklypear Opuntia humifusa caterpillars 8 bees 4 hosts 2 food 15 flowers 42
Seaside Daisy Erigeron glaucus caterpillars 7 bees 9 hosts 3 food 12 flowers 107
Dooryard Violet Viola communis caterpillars 7 bees 1 hosts 4 food 5 flowers 58
Salal Gaultheria shallon caterpillars 7 food 5 flowers 14
Cream Violet Viola striata caterpillars 6 bees 1 hosts 4 food 4 flowers 63
Redwood Violet Viola sempervirens caterpillars 6 hosts 2 food 3 flowers 26
Sunshine Mimosa Mimosa strigillosa caterpillars 6 food 2 flowers 24
Eastern Milk-pea Galactia regularis caterpillars 6 food 1 flowers 17
Prostrate Blue Violet Viola walteri caterpillars 5 bees 1 hosts 2 food 3 flowers 41
Rocky Mountain Zinnia Zinnia grandiflora caterpillars 5 food 7 flowers 113
Lanceleaf Frogfruit Phyla lanceolata caterpillars 5 food 3 flowers 62
Large-leaved Aster Eurybia macrophylla caterpillars 4 bees 7 hosts 3 food 1 flowers 53
Labrador Violet Viola labradorica caterpillars 4 bees 1 hosts 4 food 5 flowers 50
Sweet White Violet Viola blanda caterpillars 4 bees 1 hosts 4 food 5 flowers 49
Halberd-leaved Violet Viola hastata caterpillars 4 bees 1 hosts 3 food 4 flowers 43
Hummingbird Sage Salvia spathacea caterpillars 4 bees 1 hosts 2 food 10 flowers 96