Top native clematis and leatherflowers
24 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Hairy Clematis
Clematis hirsutissima
caterpillars
7
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
12
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Vase-vine Leatherflower
Clematis viorna
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
16
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Swamp Leatherflower
Clematis crispa
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
14
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Netleaf Leather Flower
Clematis reticulata
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
11
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Pitcher's Leatherflower
Clematis pitcheri
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
29
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Curlyheads
Clematis ochroleuca
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
11
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Whitehair Leatherflower
Clematis albicoma
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
13
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White Leaf Leather Flower
Clematis glaucophylla
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
8
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Fremont’s Leather Flower
Clematis fremontii
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
10
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Pale Leather Flower
Clematis versicolor
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
10
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Clematis cumberlandensis
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
7
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Morefield's Leather Flower
Clematis morefieldii
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
flowers
7
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Weak Stem Leather Flower
Clematis flaccida
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
flowers
6
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Alabama Leather Flower
Clematis socialis
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
flowers
5
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Scarlet Leather Flower
Clematis texensis
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
6
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Bigelow's Leatherflower
Clematis bigelovii
caterpillars
3
flowers
5
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Carrizo Leatherflower
Clematis carrizoensis
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
6
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Baldwin's Clematis
Clematis baldwinii
hosts
1
flowers
5
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Addison's Leatherflower
Clematis addisonii
flowers
1
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Clematis arenicola
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Millboro Leather Flower
Clematis viticaulis
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Virginia White-hair Leather-flower
Clematis coactilis
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Ocoee Leatherflower
Clematis vinacea
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Clematis ouachitensis