Top native plants
22 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
keystone
caterpillars
398
hosts
95
food
185
flowers
39
shelter
4
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Willow Oak
Quercus phellos
keystone
caterpillars
341
hosts
99
food
123
flowers
38
shelter
2
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Black Hawthorn
Crataegus douglasii
caterpillars
139
hosts
8
food
36
flowers
18
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Big-fruit Hawthorn
Crataegus macrosperma
caterpillars
125
hosts
6
food
28
flowers
11
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Washington Hawthorn
Crataegus phaenopyrum
caterpillars
123
hosts
6
food
29
flowers
14
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Waxy-fruited Hawthorn
Crataegus pruinosa
caterpillars
123
hosts
6
food
29
flowers
11
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Green Hawthorn
Crataegus viridis
caterpillars
117
hosts
6
food
29
flowers
12
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Entangled Hawthorn
Crataegus intricata
caterpillars
107
hosts
6
food
23
flowers
15
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White Fir
Abies concolor
caterpillars
74
hosts
8
food
19
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Northern Whitecedar
Thuja occidentalis
caterpillars
39
hosts
1
food
22
flowers
15
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Common Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
caterpillars
37
hosts
31
food
34
flowers
62
shelter
2
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Fraser Fir
Abies fraseri
caterpillars
37
hosts
2
food
10
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American Sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
caterpillars
36
hosts
3
food
17
flowers
28
shelter
3
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Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
18
flowers
17
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Bitter Panicgrass
Panicum amarum
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
14
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Baldcypress
Taxodium distichum
caterpillars
15
hosts
8
food
9
flowers
3
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Southern Catalpa
Catalpa bignonioides
caterpillars
6
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
3
shelter
1
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Red Mulberry
Morus rubra
caterpillars
5
hosts
2
food
18
flowers
2
shelter
1
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Tufted Hair Grass
Deschampsia cespitosa
caterpillars
5
food
17
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Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
caterpillars
3
food
12
flowers
3
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Moss Phlox
Phlox subulata
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
49
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Creeping Phlox
Phlox stolonifera
caterpillars
1
flowers
36