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Top native brambles

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

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4 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 3 Part shade 3 Dappled shade 1 Full shade 2

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 3 Moist 2 Wet 1

Water use

Medium 9 High 4

Soil

Sand 1 Organic 1

Soil pH

Acid 1

Toughness

Resists

Wet soil 1

Form

Habit

Creeping 1 Spreading 1

Plant type

Perennial 4 Ground cover 2 Shrub 2 Wildflower 2
  • Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus caterpillars 121 hosts 8 food 75 flowers 226
  • Dwarf Raspberry Rubus pubescens keystone caterpillars 114 hosts 9 food 72 flowers 200
  • Swamp Dewberry Rubus hispidus keystone caterpillars 107 hosts 9 food 61 flowers 188
  • Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus keystone caterpillars 103 hosts 6 food 58 flowers 145

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