Top native dogwoods

1 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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Soil and water

Moisture

Well drained 1 Moist 1

Water use

Soil

Soil pH

Toughness

Deer resistant

Resists

Black walnut 1 Poor soil 1

Form

Habit

Spreading 5 Ascending 4 Rounded 4 Multi trunked 3 Erect 2 Multi stemmed 2 Arching 1 Creeping 1 Dense 1 Horizontal 1 Irregular 1 Mounding 1 Open 1 Oval 1 Pyramidal 1

Plant type

Perennial 1 Shrub 1 Tree 1

Alternate-leaved Dogwood Cornus alternifolia caterpillars 62 bees 3 hosts 6 food 38 flowers 91 shelter 1