Top native bilberries

11 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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11 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 4 Part shade 2 Full shade 4

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 2 Moist 3 Wet 2

Water use

Low 2 Medium 2 High 1

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Form

Plant type

Perennial 11 Shrub 11

Dwarf Bilberry Vaccinium cespitosum keystone caterpillars 146 bees 5 hosts 2 food 37 flowers 50 shelter 1
Oval-leaf Blueberry Vaccinium ovalifolium keystone caterpillars 123 bees 1 hosts 1 food 32 flowers 40 shelter 1
Thinleaf Huckleberry Vaccinium membranaceum keystone caterpillars 121 bees 1 hosts 1 food 32 flowers 48 shelter 1
Common Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus keystone caterpillars 82 food 29 flowers 35 shelter 1
Grouse Whortleberry Vaccinium scoparium keystone caterpillars 66 hosts 1 food 23 flowers 28
Alaska Blueberry Vaccinium alaskaense keystone caterpillars 66 hosts 1 food 19 flowers 25
Red Huckleberry Vaccinium parvifolium keystone caterpillars 62 hosts 2 food 24 flowers 27
Blue-leaved Huckleberry Vaccinium deliciosum keystone caterpillars 60 hosts 1 food 18 flowers 24
'Ohelo 'Ai Vaccinium reticulatum keystone caterpillars 1
ʻōhelo Kau Lāʻau Vaccinium calycinum keystone food 3 flowers 1
`Ohelo Vaccinium dentatum