Top native dicots
20 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Eastern Cottonwood
Populus deltoides
caterpillars
269
hosts
22
food
74
flowers
17
shelter
4
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American Elm
Ulmus americana
caterpillars
135
hosts
10
food
79
flowers
76
shelter
4
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Smooth Shadbush
Amelanchier laevis
caterpillars
83
hosts
5
food
20
flowers
24
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Slippery Elm
Ulmus rubra
caterpillars
67
hosts
5
food
63
flowers
23
shelter
2
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Eastern Mayhaw
Crataegus aestivalis
caterpillars
62
hosts
2
food
6
flowers
7
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Winged Elm
Ulmus alata
caterpillars
55
hosts
4
food
52
flowers
14
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Sugar Hackberry
Celtis laevigata
caterpillars
24
hosts
17
food
36
flowers
3
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Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus montanus
caterpillars
19
hosts
3
food
4
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Ozark Witch-hazel
Hamamelis vernalis
caterpillars
16
food
4
flowers
17
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Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
caterpillars
13
food
4
flowers
11
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Possumhaw
Ilex decidua
caterpillars
12
bees
3
hosts
4
food
33
flowers
27
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Clockweed
Oenothera lindheimeri
caterpillars
11
bees
5
hosts
1
food
8
flowers
41
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Broadleaf Ironweed
Vernonia glauca
caterpillars
5
bees
7
hosts
1
flowers
65
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Red Chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
caterpillars
3
food
10
flowers
37
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Arizona Redbud
Cercis orbiculata
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
11
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Tropical Sage
Salvia coccinea
caterpillars
1
food
15
flowers
125
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Pale Indian Plantain
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium
caterpillars
1
food
3
flowers
37
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Swamp Dog-laurel
Leucothoe axillaris
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
1
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Water Elm
Planera aquatica
food
1
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Kentucky Yellowwood
Cladrastis kentukea
flowers
5