Top native currant
16 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Swamp Currant
Ribes lacustre
caterpillars
67
bees
1
hosts
4
food
11
flowers
42
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Golden Currant
Ribes aureum
caterpillars
61
bees
2
hosts
4
food
17
flowers
73
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Red-flowering Currant
Ribes sanguineum
caterpillars
58
bees
2
hosts
3
food
14
flowers
52
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Northern Redcurrant
Ribes triste
caterpillars
55
bees
1
hosts
2
food
9
flowers
40
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American Black Currant
Ribes americanum
caterpillars
53
bees
1
hosts
3
food
10
flowers
53
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Northern Black Currant
Ribes hudsonianum
caterpillars
52
bees
1
hosts
4
food
11
flowers
40
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Canadian Gooseberry
Ribes oxyacanthoides
caterpillars
49
bees
1
hosts
3
food
10
flowers
41
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Trailing Blackcurrant
Ribes laxiflorum
caterpillars
44
bees
2
hosts
4
food
8
flowers
28
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Wax Currant
Ribes cereum
caterpillars
44
bees
1
hosts
4
food
10
flowers
71
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Sticky Currant
Ribes viscosissimum
caterpillars
43
bees
1
hosts
4
food
7
flowers
28
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Skunk Currant
Ribes glandulosum
caterpillars
41
hosts
1
food
10
flowers
28
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Prickly Gooseberry
Ribes cynosbati
caterpillars
40
hosts
1
food
9
flowers
57
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Smooth Gooseberry
Ribes hirtellum
caterpillars
40
hosts
1
food
9
flowers
30
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Gummy Gooseberry
Ribes lobbii
caterpillars
37
bees
1
hosts
3
food
6
flowers
26
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Spreading Gooseberry
Ribes divaricatum
caterpillars
36
bees
2
hosts
3
food
7
flowers
27
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Chaparral Currant
Ribes malvaceum
caterpillars
28
bees
1
hosts
3
food
10
flowers
24