Top native roses, elms, figs, and allies
19 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Fire Cherry
Prunus pensylvanica
keystone
caterpillars
320
hosts
12
food
63
flowers
94
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Chickasaw Plum
Prunus angustifolia
keystone
caterpillars
251
hosts
11
food
51
flowers
81
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Sweet Crabapple
Malus coronaria
caterpillars
199
hosts
6
food
32
flowers
70
shelter
1
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Southern Crabapple
Malus angustifolia
caterpillars
187
hosts
4
food
33
flowers
55
shelter
1
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Parsley Hawthorn
Crataegus marshallii
caterpillars
110
hosts
6
food
26
flowers
14
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American Mountain Ash
Sorbus americana
caterpillars
69
hosts
3
food
24
flowers
21
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Winged Elm
Ulmus alata
caterpillars
55
hosts
4
food
52
flowers
14
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Coastal Serviceberry
Amelanchier obovalis
caterpillars
55
hosts
3
food
14
flowers
21
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Blueblossom
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
caterpillars
49
hosts
3
food
21
flowers
68
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Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
caterpillars
19
food
10
flowers
65
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Heartleaf Nettle
Urtica chamaedryoides
caterpillars
14
food
1
flowers
1
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Shrubby Cinquefoil
Dasiphora fruticosa
caterpillars
9
food
17
flowers
127
shelter
1
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Red Mulberry
Morus rubra
caterpillars
5
hosts
2
food
18
flowers
2
shelter
1
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Red Chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
caterpillars
3
food
10
flowers
37
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Goatsbeard
Aruncus dioicus
caterpillars
2
food
10
flowers
68
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Carolina Buckthorn
Frangula caroliniana
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
2
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Apache Plume
Fallugia paradoxa
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
8
flowers
42
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Bowman's Root
Gillenia trifoliata
flowers
2
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Alabama Snow-wreath
Neviusia alabamensis