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Top native bully trees

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

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10 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 3 Part shade 3

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 4 Well drained 2 Moist 2

Water use

Low 2 Medium 1

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 3 Loam 2

Soil pH

Acid 1 Neutral 1 Alkaline 1

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 2

Resists

Dry soil 1

Form

Habit

Erect 2 Rounded 1

Plant type

Perennial 8 Tree 8 Shrub 7 Edible 1
  • Gum Bumelia Sideroxylon lanuginosum caterpillars 5 bees 2 food 7 flowers 21
  • Willow Bustic Sideroxylon salicifolium caterpillars 4 bees 2 food 3 flowers 1
  • Coma Sideroxylon celastrinum caterpillars 4 bees 2 food 1 flowers 6
  • Florida Bully Sideroxylon reclinatum caterpillars 3 bees 2 hosts 1 flowers 4
  • False Mastic Sideroxylon foetidissimum caterpillars 2 bees 2 food 1
  • Tough Bully Sideroxylon tenax caterpillars 1 bees 2 flowers 4
  • Buckthorn Bully Sideroxylon lycioides caterpillars 1 food 2 flowers 1
  • Alachua Bully Sideroxylon alachuense bees 1
  • Keahi Sideroxylon polynesicum
  • Sideroxylon thornei

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