Top native plants
10 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
caterpillars
355
hosts
21
food
79
flowers
34
shelter
3
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Sweet Birch
Betula lenta
keystone
caterpillars
282
hosts
21
food
49
flowers
10
shelter
1
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White Ash
Fraxinus americana
caterpillars
114
hosts
29
food
34
flowers
37
shelter
2
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Red Spruce
Picea rubens
caterpillars
101
hosts
5
food
26
flowers
4
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Western Hemlock
Tsuga heterophylla
caterpillars
94
food
6
flowers
2
shelter
2
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American Hophornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
caterpillars
85
hosts
7
food
26
flowers
5
shelter
1
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Eastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
caterpillars
71
hosts
7
food
21
flowers
4
shelter
1
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Common Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
caterpillars
37
hosts
31
food
34
flowers
62
shelter
2
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Common Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
caterpillars
11
food
8
flowers
57
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Large-leaved Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
caterpillars
4
bees
7
hosts
3
food
1
flowers
53