Top native heathers
16 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Sparkleberry
Vaccinium arboreum
caterpillars
91
bees
6
hosts
3
food
49
flowers
59
shelter
1
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Pacific Madrone
Arbutus menziesii
caterpillars
33
hosts
3
food
16
flowers
25
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Great Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
caterpillars
29
bees
1
food
4
flowers
57
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Big Berry Manzanita
Arctostaphylos glauca
caterpillars
24
bees
2
food
15
flowers
39
shelter
1
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Whiteleaf Manzanita
Arctostaphylos viscida
caterpillars
18
bees
2
hosts
3
food
13
flowers
36
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Hairy Manzanita
Arctostaphylos columbiana
caterpillars
18
bees
2
food
9
flowers
42
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Santee Azalea
Rhododendron eastmanii
caterpillars
17
food
2
flowers
41
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Pacific Rhododendron
Rhododendron macrophyllum
caterpillars
16
food
2
flowers
43
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Pringle's Manzanita
Arctostaphylos pringlei
caterpillars
12
bees
1
food
12
flowers
35
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Del Norte Manzanita
Arctostaphylos nortensis
caterpillars
12
bees
1
food
9
flowers
33
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Sourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum
caterpillars
11
hosts
1
flowers
10
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Rusty Staggerbush
Lyonia ferruginea
caterpillars
4
flowers
8
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Texas Madrone
Arbutus xalapensis
caterpillars
1
food
5
flowers
10
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Pūkiawe
Leptecophylla tameiameiae
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Summer Holly
Comarostaphylis diversifolia
food
1
flowers
2
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Georgia Plume
Elliottia racemosa