Top native heart-leaf panicled asters
9 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
keystone
caterpillars
89
bees
33
hosts
2
food
19
flowers
269
shelter
1
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Common Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
keystone
caterpillars
77
bees
24
hosts
5
food
15
flowers
260
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Lindley's Aster
Symphyotrichum ciliolatum
keystone
caterpillars
76
bees
18
hosts
3
food
14
flowers
247
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Arrow-leaved Aster
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
keystone
caterpillars
74
bees
22
hosts
3
food
14
flowers
215
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Wavy-leaf Aster
Symphyotrichum undulatum
keystone
caterpillars
74
bees
23
hosts
2
food
13
flowers
212
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Sky Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
keystone
caterpillars
74
bees
21
hosts
2
food
15
flowers
224
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Short's Aster
Symphyotrichum shortii
keystone
caterpillars
73
bees
21
hosts
2
food
13
flowers
212
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Drummond's Aster
Symphyotrichum drummondii
keystone
caterpillars
70
bees
19
hosts
3
food
17
flowers
212
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Manyray Aster
Symphyotrichum anomalum
keystone
caterpillars
53
bees
10
hosts
2
food
9
flowers
186