Top native heathers
18 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Deerberry
Vaccinium stamineum
keystone
caterpillars
135
bees
11
hosts
1
food
38
flowers
51
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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Red Huckleberry
Vaccinium parvifolium
keystone
caterpillars
62
hosts
2
food
24
flowers
27
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Evergreen Huckleberry
Vaccinium ovatum
keystone
caterpillars
60
hosts
2
food
21
flowers
32
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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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Black Huckleberry
Gaylussacia baccata
caterpillars
30
bees
1
food
14
flowers
36
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Bearberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
caterpillars
23
bees
4
food
23
flowers
94
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Pointleaf Manzanita
Arctostaphylos pungens
caterpillars
19
bees
2
food
16
flowers
37
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Dwarf Huckleberry
Gaylussacia dumosa
caterpillars
19
bees
1
food
11
flowers
8
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Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia
caterpillars
18
bees
3
food
4
flowers
39
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Hairy Manzanita
Arctostaphylos columbiana
caterpillars
18
bees
2
food
9
flowers
42
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Pinemat Manzanita
Arctostaphylos nevadensis
caterpillars
17
bees
2
food
11
flowers
37
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Common Manzanita
Arctostaphylos manzanita
caterpillars
16
bees
2
food
31
flowers
38
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Sourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum
caterpillars
11
hosts
1
flowers
10
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Black Crowberry
Empetrum nigrum
caterpillars
4
food
21
flowers
1
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Pipsissewa
Chimaphila umbellata
caterpillars
2
flowers
9
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Eastern Teaberry
Gaultheria procumbens
caterpillars
1
food
9
flowers
6