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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Pin Oak
Quercus palustris
keystone
caterpillars
359
hosts
90
food
161
flowers
32
shelter
2
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Water Oak
Quercus nigra
keystone
caterpillars
342
hosts
97
food
121
flowers
29
shelter
2
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Willow Oak
Quercus phellos
keystone
caterpillars
341
hosts
99
food
123
flowers
38
shelter
2
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Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
keystone
caterpillars
341
hosts
81
food
114
flowers
40
shelter
2
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River Birch
Betula nigra
keystone
caterpillars
287
hosts
15
food
47
flowers
31
shelter
1
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Red Maple
Acer rubrum
caterpillars
179
hosts
20
food
72
flowers
71
shelter
2
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Black Hawthorn
Crataegus douglasii
caterpillars
139
hosts
8
food
36
flowers
18
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Green Hawthorn
Crataegus viridis
caterpillars
117
hosts
6
food
29
flowers
12
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Slippery Elm
Ulmus rubra
caterpillars
67
hosts
5
food
63
flowers
23
shelter
2
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Silky Dogwood
Cornus amomum
caterpillars
48
bees
3
hosts
6
food
41
flowers
138
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American Sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
caterpillars
36
hosts
3
food
17
flowers
28
shelter
3
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Creeping Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis
caterpillars
30
food
22
flowers
3
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Yellow Buckeye
Aesculus flava
caterpillars
17
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
10
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Woolly Blue Violet
Viola sororia
caterpillars
14
bees
1
hosts
4
food
5
flowers
54
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Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
caterpillars
13
food
4
flowers
11
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Gallberry
Ilex glabra
caterpillars
12
bees
3
hosts
4
food
11
flowers
63
shelter
1
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Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
caterpillars
7
food
16
flowers
34
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White Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
caterpillars
6
food
1
flowers
2
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Swamp Leatherflower
Clematis crispa
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
14
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Moss Phlox
Phlox subulata
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
49
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Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
flowers
58
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Devil's Walkingstick
Aralia spinosa
caterpillars
1
food
43
flowers
27