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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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Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 3 Part shade 7 Dappled shade 5 Full shade 5

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 4 Well drained 8 Moist 8 Wet 2

Water use

Low 3 Medium 1

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 6 Loam 8 Clay 4 Organic 6

Soil pH

Acid 10 Neutral 2

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 2

Deer resistant

Yes 10

Resists

Dry soil 4 Heavy shade 3 Erosion 2 Humidity 2 Poor soil 2 Salt 2 Compaction 1 Diseases 1 Fire 1 Wet soil 1

Form

Habit

Erect 8 Arching 3 Dense 3 Rounded 3 Spreading 3 Mounding 1 Multi stemmed 1 Open 1 Oval 1 Pyramidal 1

Plant type

Perennial 8 Shrub 7 Poisonous 4 Tree 2 Ground cover 1
  • Pacific Madrone Arbutus menziesii caterpillars 33 hosts 3 food 16 flowers 25
  • Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia caterpillars 18 bees 3 food 4 flowers 39
  • Sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum caterpillars 11 hosts 1 flowers 10
  • Fetterbush Lyonia Lyonia lucida caterpillars 5 flowers 8
  • Mountain Doghobble Leucothoe fontanesiana caterpillars 1 food 1 flowers 2
  • Florida Rosemary Ceratiola ericoides caterpillars 1 food 1 flowers 2
  • Fetterbush Eubotrys racemosus caterpillars 1 flowers 2
  • Florida Hobblebush Agarista populifolia caterpillars 1
  • Striped Wintergreen Chimaphila maculata flowers 2
  • Mountain Fetterbush Eubotrys recurvus

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