Top native field highbush blackberries
6 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Leafy-bracted Blackberry
Rubus frondosus
caterpillars
105
hosts
9
food
62
flowers
181
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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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Ablated Blackberry
Rubus ablatus
caterpillars
90
hosts
6
food
52
flowers
154
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Bundy Blackberry
Rubus laudatus
caterpillars
72
hosts
6
food
53
flowers
139
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Oklahoma Blackberry
Rubus oklahomus
caterpillars
56
hosts
6
food
53
flowers
115