Top native plants
7 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Myrtle Oak
Quercus myrtifolia
keystone
caterpillars
233
hosts
56
food
68
flowers
30
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Lodgepole Pine
Pinus contorta
caterpillars
112
hosts
13
food
30
flowers
4
shelter
6
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Parsley Hawthorn
Crataegus marshallii
caterpillars
110
hosts
6
food
26
flowers
14
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Sitka Spruce
Picea sitchensis
caterpillars
83
hosts
3
food
18
flowers
2
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Common Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
caterpillars
37
hosts
31
food
34
flowers
62
shelter
2
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Baldcypress
Taxodium distichum
caterpillars
15
hosts
8
food
9
flowers
3
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Southern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla sessilifolia
caterpillars
2
flowers
5