Top native brambles

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

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3 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 2 Part shade 3 Full shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 2 Well drained 2 Moist 2

Water use

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 3 Loam 2 Clay 2

Soil pH

Acid 9 Neutral 3 Alkaline 1

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Deer resistant

Resists

Form

Habit

Creeping 2 Erect 1

Plant type

Edible 3 Perennial 3 Shrub 2

Common Dewberry Rubus flagellaris caterpillars 104 hosts 9 food 65 flowers 245
Sand Blackberry Rubus cuneifolius caterpillars 99 hosts 7 food 62 flowers 188
Southern Dewberry Rubus trivialis keystone caterpillars 92 hosts 8 food 64 flowers 172