Top native heathers, balsams, primroses, and allies
29 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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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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Deerberry
Vaccinium stamineum
keystone
caterpillars
135
bees
11
hosts
1
food
38
flowers
51
shelter
1
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Thinleaf Huckleberry
Vaccinium membranaceum
keystone
caterpillars
121
bees
1
hosts
1
food
32
flowers
48
shelter
1
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Sparkleberry
Vaccinium arboreum
caterpillars
91
bees
6
hosts
3
food
49
flowers
59
shelter
1
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Southern Dwarf Blueberry
Vaccinium tenellum
keystone
caterpillars
76
bees
4
hosts
1
food
29
flowers
33
shelter
1
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Creeping Blueberry
Vaccinium crassifolium
keystone
caterpillars
74
bees
3
food
28
flowers
31
shelter
1
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Shiny Blueberry
Vaccinium myrsinites
keystone
caterpillars
56
bees
3
food
39
flowers
29
shelter
1
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Pacific Madrone
Arbutus menziesii
caterpillars
33
hosts
3
food
16
flowers
25
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Black Huckleberry
Gaylussacia baccata
caterpillars
30
bees
1
food
14
flowers
36
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Bearberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
caterpillars
23
bees
4
food
23
flowers
94
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Hairy Manzanita
Arctostaphylos columbiana
caterpillars
18
bees
2
food
9
flowers
42
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Orange Azalea
Rhododendron austrinum
caterpillars
17
food
2
flowers
47
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Hooker's Manzanita
Arctostaphylos hookeri
caterpillars
13
bees
2
food
12
flowers
34
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Gum Bumelia
Sideroxylon lanuginosum
caterpillars
5
bees
2
food
7
flowers
21
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Texas Persimmon
Diospyros texana
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
1
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Bluehead Gilia
Gilia capitata
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
85
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Moss Phlox
Phlox subulata
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
49
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Longleaf Phlox
Phlox longifolia
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
39
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Henderson's Shooting Star
Primula hendersonii
caterpillars
1
hosts
2
food
3
flowers
12
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Tough Bully
Sideroxylon tenax
caterpillars
1
bees
2
flowers
4
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Drummond's Phlox
Phlox drummondii
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
36
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Florida Rosemary
Ceratiola ericoides
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
2
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Prairie Phlox
Phlox pilosa
caterpillars
1
flowers
64
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Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
caterpillars
1
flowers
55
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Creeping Phlox
Phlox stolonifera
caterpillars
1
flowers
36
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Trailing Phlox
Phlox nivalis
caterpillars
1
flowers
30
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Standing Cypress
Ipomopsis rubra
food
1
flowers
6
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Bigleaf Snowbell
Styrax grandifolius
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Sycamore-leaf Snowbell
Styrax platanifolius