Top native heathers
25 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Large Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
keystone
caterpillars
160
bees
10
food
42
flowers
101
shelter
1
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Bog Cranberry
Vaccinium oxycoccos
keystone
caterpillars
153
bees
9
hosts
1
food
44
flowers
54
shelter
1
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Bog Bilberry
Vaccinium uliginosum
keystone
caterpillars
148
bees
4
hosts
1
food
45
flowers
56
shelter
1
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Lingonberry
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
keystone
caterpillars
142
bees
8
food
46
flowers
54
shelter
1
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Black Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium fuscatum
keystone
caterpillars
138
bees
11
hosts
1
food
38
flowers
47
shelter
1
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Oval-leaf Blueberry
Vaccinium ovalifolium
keystone
caterpillars
123
bees
1
hosts
1
food
32
flowers
40
shelter
1
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Thinleaf Huckleberry
Vaccinium membranaceum
keystone
caterpillars
121
bees
1
hosts
1
food
32
flowers
48
shelter
1
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Southern Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium formosum
keystone
caterpillars
80
bees
5
food
27
flowers
37
shelter
1
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Shiny Blueberry
Vaccinium myrsinites
keystone
caterpillars
56
bees
3
food
39
flowers
29
shelter
1
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Rhodora
Rhododendron canadense
caterpillars
35
bees
1
food
10
flowers
59
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Pinxter Flower
Rhododendron periclymenoides
caterpillars
32
bees
1
food
6
flowers
59
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Swamp Azalea
Rhododendron viscosum
caterpillars
30
bees
1
food
4
flowers
58
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Sheep Laurel
Kalmia angustifolia
caterpillars
28
bees
3
food
6
flowers
55
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Dangleberry
Gaylussacia frondosa
caterpillars
24
bees
1
hosts
1
food
12
flowers
3
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Leatherleaf
Chamaedaphne calyculata
caterpillars
19
bees
1
food
9
flowers
39
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White-flowered Rhododendron
Rhododendron albiflorum
caterpillars
19
food
2
flowers
36
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He-huckleberry
Lyonia ligustrina
caterpillars
7
bees
4
flowers
15
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Wild Rosemary
Andromeda polifolia
caterpillars
5
food
7
flowers
8
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Western Bog Laurel
Kalmia microphylla
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
15
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Black Crowberry
Empetrum nigrum
caterpillars
4
food
21
flowers
1
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Slender Wintergreen
Gaultheria ovatifolia
caterpillars
3
food
1
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Creeping Snowberry
Gaultheria hispidula
caterpillars
1
food
4
flowers
5
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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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Honey-cup
Zenobia pulverulenta