Top native heathers, balsams, primroses, and allies
14 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Sparkleberry
Vaccinium arboreum
caterpillars
91
bees
6
hosts
3
food
49
flowers
59
shelter
1
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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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Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia
caterpillars
18
bees
3
food
4
flowers
39
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Gum Bumelia
Sideroxylon lanuginosum
caterpillars
5
bees
2
food
7
flowers
21
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Trailing Arbutus
Epigaea repens
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
11
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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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Mountain Sweet Pepperbush
Clethra acuminata
caterpillars
2
flowers
5
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Eastern Shooting Star
Primula meadia
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
flowers
32
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Drummond's Phlox
Phlox drummondii
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
36
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Prairie Phlox
Phlox pilosa
caterpillars
1
flowers
64
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Creeping Phlox
Phlox stolonifera
caterpillars
1
flowers
36
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Standing Cypress
Ipomopsis rubra
food
1
flowers
6