Top native conifers
36 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Douglas-fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii
caterpillars
134
hosts
15
food
26
flowers
19
shelter
7
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Jack Pine
Pinus banksiana
caterpillars
132
hosts
5
food
61
flowers
5
shelter
5
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Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
caterpillars
127
hosts
17
food
87
flowers
7
shelter
7
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Red Pine
Pinus resinosa
caterpillars
123
hosts
7
food
55
flowers
6
shelter
6
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Balsam Fir
Abies balsamea
caterpillars
119
hosts
5
food
30
flowers
5
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Lodgepole Pine
Pinus contorta
caterpillars
112
hosts
13
food
30
flowers
4
shelter
6
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Virginia Pine
Pinus virginiana
caterpillars
108
hosts
12
food
45
flowers
12
shelter
4
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Pitch Pine
Pinus rigida
caterpillars
107
hosts
14
food
51
flowers
8
shelter
5
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Loblolly Pine
Pinus taeda
caterpillars
107
hosts
10
food
40
flowers
5
shelter
6
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Red Spruce
Picea rubens
caterpillars
101
hosts
5
food
26
flowers
4
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Western Ponderosa Pine
Pinus ponderosa
caterpillars
98
hosts
27
food
33
flowers
20
shelter
14
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Table Mountain Pine
Pinus pungens
caterpillars
96
hosts
5
food
37
flowers
4
shelter
2
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Blue Spruce
Picea pungens
caterpillars
95
hosts
4
food
27
flowers
3
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Western Hemlock
Tsuga heterophylla
caterpillars
94
food
6
flowers
2
shelter
2
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Longleaf Pine
Pinus palustris
caterpillars
86
hosts
10
food
42
flowers
7
shelter
6
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Sitka Spruce
Picea sitchensis
caterpillars
83
hosts
3
food
18
flowers
2
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Western White Pine
Pinus monticola
caterpillars
82
hosts
4
food
17
flowers
1
shelter
6
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Slash Pine
Pinus elliottii
caterpillars
75
hosts
3
food
36
flowers
4
shelter
2
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White Fir
Abies concolor
caterpillars
74
hosts
8
food
19
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Subalpine Fir
Abies lasiocarpa
caterpillars
72
hosts
3
food
11
flowers
3
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Eastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
caterpillars
71
hosts
7
food
21
flowers
4
shelter
1
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Grand Fir
Abies grandis
caterpillars
71
hosts
6
food
11
shelter
3
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Sand Pine
Pinus clausa
caterpillars
69
hosts
3
food
32
flowers
5
shelter
2
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Pacific Silver Fir
Abies amabilis
caterpillars
62
hosts
1
food
10
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Limber Pine
Pinus flexilis
caterpillars
61
hosts
1
food
27
flowers
3
shelter
4
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Western Redcedar
Thuja plicata
caterpillars
47
hosts
6
food
9
flowers
4
shelter
3
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Mountain Hemlock
Tsuga mertensiana
caterpillars
42
hosts
2
food
4
flowers
1
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Noble Fir
Abies procera
caterpillars
37
hosts
2
food
14
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Fraser Fir
Abies fraseri
caterpillars
37
hosts
2
food
10
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Red Fir
Abies magnifica
caterpillars
31
hosts
5
food
12
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Subalpine Larch
Larix lyallii
caterpillars
26
hosts
1
food
5
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Baldcypress
Taxodium distichum
caterpillars
15
hosts
8
food
9
flowers
3
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Atlantic White Cedar
Chamaecyparis thyoides
caterpillars
7
food
2
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Coast Redwood
Sequoia sempervirens
caterpillars
1
hosts
4
food
4
flowers
6
shelter
3
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Pacific Yew
Taxus brevifolia
caterpillars
1
food
3
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Giant Sequoia
Sequoiadendron giganteum
food
1