Native shrubs

1,124 shrubs, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

Pussy Willow Salix discolor keystone caterpillars 400 bees 10 hosts 28 food 83 flowers 137
Sage-leaf Willow Salix candida keystone caterpillars 397 bees 10 hosts 25 food 80 flowers 127
Bog Willow Salix pedicellaris keystone caterpillars 358 bees 10 hosts 23 food 62 flowers 119
Prairie Willow Salix humilis keystone caterpillars 344 bees 10 hosts 23 food 77 flowers 146
Narrowleaf Willow Salix exigua keystone caterpillars 338 bees 5 hosts 32 food 74 flowers 137 shelter 1
False Mountain Willow Salix pseudomonticola keystone caterpillars 338 bees 3 hosts 17 food 43 flowers 96
Sand Dune Willow Salix cordata keystone caterpillars 296 bees 5 hosts 17 food 53 flowers 141
Sand Cherry Prunus pumila keystone caterpillars 291 hosts 13 food 53 flowers 87
Swamp Birch Betula pumila keystone caterpillars 289 hosts 15 food 48 flowers 4
Geyer's Willow Salix geyeriana keystone caterpillars 275 bees 3 hosts 23 food 46 flowers 82
Rocky Mountain Willow Salix petrophila keystone caterpillars 265 bees 3 hosts 22 food 42 flowers 76
Bearberry Willow Salix uva-ursi keystone caterpillars 265 bees 7 hosts 15 food 41 flowers 89
Susquehana Sandcherry Prunus susquehanae keystone caterpillars 265 hosts 10 food 45 flowers 69
Dwarf Resin Birch Betula glandulosa keystone caterpillars 263 hosts 13 food 39 flowers 3
Beach Plum Prunus maritima keystone caterpillars 262 hosts 10 food 45 flowers 83
Drummond's Willow Salix drummondiana keystone caterpillars 260 bees 3 hosts 20 food 41 flowers 76
Running Oak Quercus pumila keystone caterpillars 253 hosts 57 food 71 flowers 29
Dwarf Live Oak Quercus minima keystone caterpillars 250 hosts 54 food 72 flowers 26
Short-fruit Willow Salix brachycarpa keystone caterpillars 249 bees 2 hosts 15 food 36 flowers 74
Least Willow Salix herbacea keystone caterpillars 245 bees 3 hosts 10 food 67 flowers 77
Red Willow Salix laevigata keystone caterpillars 242 bees 2 hosts 29 food 50 flowers 80
Lemmon's Willow Salix lemmonii keystone caterpillars 241 bees 2 hosts 24 food 42 flowers 78
Booth's Willow Salix boothii keystone caterpillars 240 bees 1 hosts 24 food 37 flowers 73
Snow Willow Salix nivalis keystone caterpillars 237 bees 2 hosts 18 food 36 flowers 68
Undergreen Willow Salix commutata keystone caterpillars 233 bees 3 hosts 17 food 35 flowers 76
Arctic Willow Salix arctica keystone caterpillars 229 bees 2 hosts 14 food 33 flowers 74
Cascade Willow Salix cascadensis keystone caterpillars 217 bees 1 hosts 22 food 36 flowers 70
Sierra Willow Salix eastwoodiae keystone caterpillars 198 bees 1 hosts 19 food 37 flowers 70
Rock Willow Salix vestita keystone caterpillars 197 bees 1 hosts 12 food 22 flowers 57
Wolf's Willow Salix wolfii keystone caterpillars 184 hosts 15 food 33 flowers 56
Dewystem Willow Salix irrorata keystone caterpillars 171 bees 1 hosts 15 food 39 flowers 66
Barratt's Willow Salix barrattiana keystone caterpillars 170 hosts 10 food 21 flowers 46
Creek Plum Prunus rivularis keystone caterpillars 167 hosts 11 food 39 flowers 51
Florida Scrub Oak Quercus inopina keystone caterpillars 161 hosts 34 food 44 flowers 17
Early Lowbush Blueberry Vaccinium pallidum keystone caterpillars 158 bees 10 hosts 1 food 38 flowers 51 shelter 1
Northern Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum keystone caterpillars 154 bees 11 hosts 1 food 42 flowers 190 shelter 1
Bog Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos keystone caterpillars 153 bees 9 hosts 1 food 44 flowers 54 shelter 1
Del Norte Willow Salix delnortensis keystone caterpillars 152 bees 1 hosts 12 food 28 flowers 53
Red Raspberry Rubus idaeus caterpillars 152 hosts 9 food 90 flowers 244 shelter 1
Velvetleaf Blueberry Vaccinium myrtilloides keystone caterpillars 148 bees 9 food 37 flowers 55 shelter 1
Bog Bilberry Vaccinium uliginosum keystone caterpillars 148 bees 4 hosts 1 food 45 flowers 56 shelter 1
Dwarf Bilberry Vaccinium cespitosum keystone caterpillars 146 bees 5 hosts 2 food 37 flowers 50 shelter 1
One-color Willow Salix monochroma keystone caterpillars 145 bees 1 hosts 11 food 23 flowers 52
Lingonberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea keystone caterpillars 142 bees 8 food 46 flowers 54 shelter 1
Black Hawthorn Crataegus douglasii caterpillars 139 hosts 8 food 36 flowers 18
Black Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium fuscatum keystone caterpillars 138 bees 11 hosts 1 food 38 flowers 47 shelter 1
Deerberry Vaccinium stamineum keystone caterpillars 135 bees 11 hosts 1 food 38 flowers 51 shelter 1
Allegheny Blackberry Rubus allegheniensis caterpillars 134 hosts 8 food 79 flowers 212
Oklahoma Plum Prunus gracilis keystone caterpillars 133 hosts 10 food 36 flowers 46
Beaked Hazelnut Corylus cornuta caterpillars 128 hosts 4 food 19 flowers 1