subfamily
Zanthoxyloideae
Zanthoxyloideae
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native Zanthoxyloideae All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Common Hoptree
Ptelea trifoliata
caterpillars
11
food
3
flowers
51
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Lime Prickly-ash Zanthoxylum fagara caterpillars 8 food 9 flowers 8
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Northern Prickly Ash
Zanthoxylum americanum
caterpillars
7
food
3
flowers
51
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Hercules' Club Zanthoxylum clava-herculis caterpillars 5 flowers 3
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Limestone Prickly Ash
Zanthoxylum hirsutum
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
2
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West Indian Satinwood
Zanthoxylum flavum
caterpillars
3
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Kukaemoa
Melicope clusiifolia
caterpillars
2
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Western Hoptree
Ptelea crenulata
caterpillars
1
food
6
flowers
2
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Mexican Starleaf Orange
Choisya dumosa
caterpillars
1
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Barreta
Helietta parvifolia
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Melicope spathulata
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Arizona Starleaf Orange
Choisya arizonica
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Mokihana
Melicope anisata
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Kawa'u
Zanthoxylum dipetalum
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Kauai Melicope
Melicope kavaiensis