Top native plants
18 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Jack Pine
Pinus banksiana
caterpillars
132
hosts
5
food
61
flowers
5
shelter
5
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Cockspur Hawthorn
Crataegus crus-galli
caterpillars
125
hosts
6
food
29
flowers
14
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Virginia Pine
Pinus virginiana
caterpillars
108
hosts
12
food
45
flowers
12
shelter
4
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Pitch Pine
Pinus rigida
caterpillars
107
hosts
14
food
51
flowers
8
shelter
5
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American Hophornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
caterpillars
85
hosts
7
food
26
flowers
5
shelter
1
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Limber Pine
Pinus flexilis
caterpillars
61
hosts
1
food
27
flowers
3
shelter
4
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Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
caterpillars
58
bees
3
hosts
8
food
68
flowers
101
shelter
1
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Common Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
caterpillars
37
hosts
31
food
34
flowers
62
shelter
2
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Noble Fir
Abies procera
caterpillars
37
hosts
2
food
14
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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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Sourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum
caterpillars
11
hosts
1
flowers
10
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Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
caterpillars
10
hosts
6
food
14
flowers
1
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Southern Catalpa
Catalpa bignonioides
caterpillars
6
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
3
shelter
1
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Northern Catalpa
Catalpa speciosa
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
9
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California Incense-cedar
Calocedrus decurrens
caterpillars
1
hosts
3
food
2
flowers
2
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Kentucky Yellowwood
Cladrastis kentukea
flowers
5