What supports Henry's Elfin

109 native plants
support it in the US

98 caterpillar hosts 11 flowers

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98 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.

• Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis
• Northern Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum keystone
• Black Cherry Prunus serotina keystone
• American Holly Ilex opaca
• Mapleleaf Viburnum Viburnum acerifolium
• Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria
• Texas Bluebonnet Lupinus texensis keystone
• Black Huckleberry Gaylussacia baccata

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Nectar plants All

11 native plants whose flowers it visits, most recorded first.

• Virginia Saxifrage Micranthes virginiensis
• Bastard Toadflax Comandra umbellata
• Leatherleaf Chamaedaphne calyculata
• Carolina Willow Salix caroliniana keystone
• Virginia Springbeauty Claytonia virginica
• White Beggarticks Bidens alba
• Sassafras Sassafras albidum
• Fragrant Sumac Rhus aromatica

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