Top native plants
22 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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Striped Maple
Acer pensylvanicum
caterpillars
162
hosts
13
food
49
flowers
8
shelter
1
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Early Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium pallidum
keystone
caterpillars
158
bees
10
hosts
1
food
38
flowers
51
shelter
1
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American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
caterpillars
124
hosts
5
food
16
flowers
11
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White Ash
Fraxinus americana
caterpillars
114
hosts
29
food
34
flowers
37
shelter
2
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Shagbark Hickory
Carya ovata
caterpillars
109
hosts
64
food
44
flowers
19
shelter
3
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Saskatoon
Amelanchier alnifolia
caterpillars
107
hosts
5
food
24
flowers
48
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American Hophornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
caterpillars
85
hosts
7
food
26
flowers
5
shelter
1
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Vine Maple
Acer circinatum
caterpillars
57
hosts
6
food
24
flowers
8
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Gray Dogwood
Cornus racemosa
caterpillars
50
bees
3
hosts
7
food
41
flowers
135
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Silky Dogwood
Cornus amomum
caterpillars
48
bees
3
hosts
6
food
41
flowers
138
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Common Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
caterpillars
37
hosts
31
food
34
flowers
62
shelter
2
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Catawba Rhododendron
Rhododendron catawbiense
caterpillars
29
bees
1
food
4
flowers
64
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Gorge Rhododendron
Rhododendron minus
caterpillars
24
bees
1
food
4
flowers
53
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Winterberry Holly
Ilex verticillata
caterpillars
14
bees
2
hosts
3
food
27
flowers
84
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Common Hoptree
Ptelea trifoliata
caterpillars
11
food
3
flowers
51
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Yaupon Holly
Ilex vomitoria
caterpillars
10
bees
3
hosts
3
food
25
flowers
38
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Red Mulberry
Morus rubra
caterpillars
5
hosts
2
food
18
flowers
2
shelter
1
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Alabama Croton
Croton alabamensis
caterpillars
4
food
3
flowers
3
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American Olive
Cartrema americanum
caterpillars
1
food
21
flowers
1
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Ebony Spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron
caterpillars
1