genus
Bully Trees
Sideroxylon
Field notes
Children
- Gum Bumelia native
- White Milkwood
- Coma native
- Tough Bully native
- False Mastic native
- Willow Bustic native
- Buckthorn Bully native
- Florida Bully native
- Argan Tree
- Sideroxylon obtusifolium
- Breakbill
- Sideroxylon capiri
- Milk-berry
- Bastard-cherry
- Rufous Bully
- Alachua Bully native
- Keahi native
- Sideroxylon portoricense
- Sideroxylon cubense
- Sideroxylon thornei native
- Ohoopee Bumelia
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Trees
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native bully trees All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Gum Bumelia
Sideroxylon lanuginosum
caterpillars
5
bees
2
food
7
flowers
21
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Willow Bustic
Sideroxylon salicifolium
caterpillars
4
bees
2
food
3
flowers
1
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Coma
Sideroxylon celastrinum
caterpillars
4
bees
2
food
1
flowers
6
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Florida Bully
Sideroxylon reclinatum
caterpillars
3
bees
2
hosts
1
flowers
4
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False Mastic
Sideroxylon foetidissimum
caterpillars
2
bees
2
food
1
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Tough Bully
Sideroxylon tenax
caterpillars
1
bees
2
flowers
4
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Buckthorn Bully
Sideroxylon lycioides
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
1
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Alachua Bully
Sideroxylon alachuense
bees
1
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Keahi
Sideroxylon polynesicum
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Sideroxylon thornei