Top native plants
16 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera
keystone
caterpillars
395
hosts
18
food
68
flowers
7
shelter
2
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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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Canyon Live Oak
Quercus chrysolepis
keystone
caterpillars
149
hosts
69
food
50
flowers
11
shelter
2
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Washington Hawthorn
Crataegus phaenopyrum
caterpillars
123
hosts
6
food
29
flowers
14
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Bitternut Hickory
Carya cordiformis
caterpillars
106
hosts
60
food
36
flowers
20
shelter
2
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Red Spruce
Picea rubens
caterpillars
101
hosts
5
food
26
flowers
4
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American Chestnut
Castanea dentata
caterpillars
91
bees
1
hosts
17
food
12
flowers
25
shelter
5
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Western White Pine
Pinus monticola
caterpillars
82
hosts
4
food
17
flowers
1
shelter
6
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Mountain Hemlock
Tsuga mertensiana
caterpillars
42
hosts
2
food
4
flowers
1
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Common Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
caterpillars
37
hosts
31
food
34
flowers
62
shelter
2
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Eastern Redcedar
Juniperus virginiana
caterpillars
36
hosts
2
food
43
flowers
19
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Sassafras
Sassafras albidum
caterpillars
28
hosts
3
food
33
flowers
52
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Rocky Mountain Juniper
Juniperus scopulorum
caterpillars
25
hosts
6
food
22
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American Holly
Ilex opaca
caterpillars
16
bees
3
hosts
4
food
31
flowers
59
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Tanoak
Notholithocarpus densiflorus
caterpillars
7
hosts
2
food
3
shelter
1