Top native plants
19 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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White Oak
Quercus alba
keystone
caterpillars
383
hosts
104
food
163
flowers
49
shelter
6
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White Spruce
Picea glauca
caterpillars
172
hosts
6
food
34
flowers
9
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Washington Hawthorn
Crataegus phaenopyrum
caterpillars
123
hosts
6
food
29
flowers
14
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Littlehip Hawthorn
Crataegus spathulata
caterpillars
87
hosts
5
food
16
flowers
9
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White Fir
Abies concolor
caterpillars
74
hosts
8
food
19
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Walter's Viburnum
Viburnum obovatum
caterpillars
19
hosts
1
food
14
flowers
42
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Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
caterpillars
18
hosts
4
food
12
flowers
111
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Saint Augustine Grass
Stenotaphrum secundatum
caterpillars
13
food
3
flowers
13
shelter
1
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Common Hoptree
Ptelea trifoliata
caterpillars
11
food
3
flowers
51
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Purple Meadow-rue
Thalictrum dasycarpum
caterpillars
9
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
21
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Brown-spined Pricklypear
Opuntia phaeacantha
caterpillars
8
bees
7
hosts
2
food
13
flowers
49
shelter
1
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American Trumpet Vine
Campsis radicans
caterpillars
7
hosts
1
food
8
flowers
85
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Saw Palmetto
Serenoa repens
caterpillars
6
food
5
flowers
73
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Lanceleaf Greenbrier
Smilax smallii
caterpillars
6
food
5
flowers
2
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Whorled Coreopsis
Coreopsis verticillata
caterpillars
5
bees
12
food
2
flowers
95
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Rocky Mountain Zinnia
Zinnia grandiflora
caterpillars
5
food
7
flowers
113
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St. Andrew's Cross
Hypericum hypericoides
caterpillars
5
food
3
flowers
30
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Cenizo
Leucophyllum frutescens
caterpillars
2
flowers
45
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Carolina Sweetshrub
Calycanthus floridus
flowers
1