Top native heathers
15 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
keystone
caterpillars
161
bees
10
hosts
1
food
41
flowers
82
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Early Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium pallidum
keystone
caterpillars
158
bees
10
hosts
1
food
38
flowers
51
shelter
1
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Northern Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum
keystone
caterpillars
154
bees
11
hosts
1
food
42
flowers
190
shelter
1
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Deerberry
Vaccinium stamineum
keystone
caterpillars
135
bees
11
hosts
1
food
38
flowers
51
shelter
1
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Rabbiteye Blueberry
Vaccinium virgatum
keystone
caterpillars
77
bees
5
hosts
1
food
29
flowers
35
shelter
1
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Pacific Madrone
Arbutus menziesii
caterpillars
33
hosts
3
food
16
flowers
25
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Pinxter Flower
Rhododendron periclymenoides
caterpillars
32
bees
1
food
6
flowers
59
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Dwarf Huckleberry
Gaylussacia dumosa
caterpillars
19
bees
1
food
11
flowers
8
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Sand Myrtle
Kalmia buxifolia
caterpillars
15
bees
3
food
3
flowers
17
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He-huckleberry
Lyonia ligustrina
caterpillars
7
bees
4
flowers
15
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Fetterbush Lyonia
Lyonia lucida
caterpillars
5
flowers
8
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Staggerbush
Lyonia mariana
caterpillars
3
bees
2
food
1
flowers
4
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Eastern Teaberry
Gaultheria procumbens
caterpillars
1
food
9
flowers
6
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Mountain Doghobble
Leucothoe fontanesiana
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
2
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Fetterbush
Eubotrys racemosus
caterpillars
1
flowers
2