Top native heathers
10 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Pacific Madrone
Arbutus menziesii
caterpillars
33
hosts
3
food
16
flowers
25
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Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia
caterpillars
18
bees
3
food
4
flowers
39
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Sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum caterpillars 11 hosts 1 flowers 10
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Fetterbush Lyonia
Lyonia lucida
caterpillars
5
flowers
8
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Mountain Doghobble
Leucothoe fontanesiana
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
2
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Florida Rosemary
Ceratiola ericoides
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
2
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Fetterbush
Eubotrys racemosus
caterpillars
1
flowers
2
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Florida Hobblebush
Agarista populifolia
caterpillars
1
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Striped Wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
flowers
2
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Mountain Fetterbush
Eubotrys recurvus