Top native Acalypheae
10 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Common Three-seeded Mercury
Acalypha rhomboidea
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
2
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Virginia Three-seed Mercury
Acalypha virginica
caterpillars
1
food
4
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Hornbeam Copperleaf
Acalypha persimilis
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
3
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Slender Three-seeded Mercury
Acalypha gracilens
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Bastard Copperleaf
Acalypha chamaedrifolia
caterpillars
1
food
2
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California Copperleaf
Acalypha californica
food
2
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One-Seeded Mercury
Acalypha monococca
food
2
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Deam's Two-seeded Mercury
Acalypha deamii
food
2
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Foxtail Copperleaf
Acalypha alopecuroidea
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Poʻolā
Claoxylon sandwicense