Top native heathers, balsams, primroses, and allies
17 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Large Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
keystone
caterpillars
160
bees
10
food
42
flowers
101
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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American Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
caterpillars
33
hosts
2
food
19
flowers
45
shelter
2
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Bearberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
caterpillars
23
bees
4
food
23
flowers
94
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Sand Myrtle
Kalmia buxifolia
caterpillars
15
bees
3
food
3
flowers
17
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Sourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum
caterpillars
11
hosts
1
flowers
10
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Salal
Gaultheria shallon
caterpillars
7
food
5
flowers
14
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Loblolly Bay
Gordonia lasianthus
caterpillars
3
flowers
7
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Trailing Arbutus
Epigaea repens
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
11
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Fall Phlox
Phlox paniculata
caterpillars
2
food
3
flowers
102
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Moss Phlox
Phlox subulata
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
49
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Carolina Silverbell
Halesia carolina
caterpillars
2
flowers
4
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Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
caterpillars
1
flowers
55
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Wild Sweetwilliam
Phlox maculata
caterpillars
1
flowers
38
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Creeping Phlox
Phlox stolonifera
caterpillars
1
flowers
36
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Silky Camellia
Stewartia malacodendron
flowers
1