Top native blackberries
43 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Allegheny Blackberry
Rubus allegheniensis
caterpillars
134
hosts
8
food
79
flowers
212
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Smooth Blackberry
Rubus canadensis
caterpillars
108
hosts
9
food
64
flowers
238
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Swamp Dewberry
Rubus hispidus
keystone
caterpillars
107
hosts
9
food
61
flowers
188
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Small Bristleberry
Rubus setosus
caterpillars
106
hosts
9
food
59
flowers
179
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Leafy-bracted Blackberry
Rubus frondosus
caterpillars
105
hosts
9
food
62
flowers
181
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Common Dewberry
Rubus flagellaris
caterpillars
104
hosts
9
food
65
flowers
245
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Sawtooth Blackberry
Rubus argutus
caterpillars
102
hosts
8
food
64
flowers
187
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Recurved Blackberry
Rubus recurvans
caterpillars
100
hosts
7
food
58
flowers
169
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Regional Bristleberry
Rubus regionalis
caterpillars
100
hosts
7
food
54
flowers
162
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Sand Blackberry
Rubus cuneifolius
caterpillars
99
hosts
7
food
62
flowers
188
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Old Field Blackberry
Rubus alumnus
caterpillars
99
hosts
7
food
60
flowers
179
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Downy Racemose Dewberry
Rubus satis
caterpillars
99
hosts
7
food
58
flowers
172
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Wheeler's Bristleberry
Rubus wheeleri
caterpillars
99
hosts
7
food
56
flowers
164
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Rose Blackberry
Rubus rosa
caterpillars
96
hosts
7
food
59
flowers
166
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Topsy Blackberry
Rubus pascuus
caterpillars
95
hosts
7
food
59
flowers
170
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New England Blackberry
Rubus semisetosus
caterpillars
95
hosts
7
food
57
flowers
166
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Fuller's Bristly Dewberry
Rubus fulleri
caterpillars
94
hosts
6
food
51
flowers
147
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Ecotone Dewberry
Rubus heterophyllus
caterpillars
93
hosts
7
food
57
flowers
164
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Southern Dewberry
Rubus trivialis
keystone
caterpillars
92
hosts
8
food
64
flowers
172
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Iron River Dewberry
Rubus ferrofluvius
keystone
caterpillars
91
hosts
6
food
53
flowers
154
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Wisconsin Bristleberry
Rubus wisconsinensis
caterpillars
90
hosts
7
food
56
flowers
160
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Ablated Blackberry
Rubus ablatus
caterpillars
90
hosts
6
food
52
flowers
154
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Uniform Bristleberry
Rubus uniformis
caterpillars
89
hosts
6
food
52
flowers
148
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Vermont Bristleberry
Rubus vermontanus
caterpillars
89
hosts
6
food
50
flowers
147
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Steele's Dewberry
Rubus steelei
caterpillars
88
hosts
7
food
59
flowers
166
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Upland Dewberry
Rubus invisus
caterpillars
88
hosts
6
food
56
flowers
152
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Lucretia Dewberry
Rubus roribaccus
caterpillars
83
hosts
6
food
58
flowers
157
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Arching Dewberry
Rubus recurvicaulis
caterpillars
80
hosts
6
food
53
flowers
143
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Missouri Bristleberry
Rubus missouricus
caterpillars
77
hosts
6
food
55
flowers
138
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Big Horseshoe Lake Bristleberry
Rubus stipulatus
caterpillars
75
hosts
6
food
49
flowers
135
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Kinnickinnick Dewberry
Rubus multifer
caterpillars
73
hosts
5
food
50
flowers
140
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Bundy Blackberry
Rubus laudatus
caterpillars
72
hosts
6
food
53
flowers
139
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Bottomland Dewberry
Rubus serratus
caterpillars
68
hosts
6
food
55
flowers
138
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Garden Dewberry
Rubus aboriginum
caterpillars
67
hosts
6
food
53
flowers
130
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Trailing Blackberry
Rubus ursinus
caterpillars
65
hosts
4
food
42
flowers
108
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Oklahoma Blackberry
Rubus oklahomus
caterpillars
56
hosts
6
food
53
flowers
115
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Rio Grande Dewberry
Rubus riograndis
caterpillars
23
hosts
3
food
40
flowers
49
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Arizona Dewberry
Rubus arizonensis
caterpillars
16
food
25
flowers
53
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California Blackberry
Rubus macropetalus
flowers
2
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Enslen's Dewberry
Rubus enslenii
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Fuzzy Dewberry
Rubus velox
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Cape Cod Blackberry
Rubus paludivagus
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Bicknell's Bristleberry
Rubus bicknellii