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  5. Beeches, Oaks, Walnuts, and Allies
  6. Wax Trees and Shrubs
  7. Sweet-ferns

genus

Sweet-ferns

Comptonia

Traits
Includes
1 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Sweetfern native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native sweet-ferns All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Sweetfern Comptonia peregrina caterpillars 67 food 4 flowers 4

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