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Top native maples, mangos, mahogany, citrus, and allies

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 36 Part shade 35 Dappled shade 4 Full shade 5

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 1 Well drained 3 Moist 4 Wet 1

Water use

Low 2

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 3 Loam 3 Clay 3 Organic 3

Soil pH

Acid 4 Neutral 1 Alkaline 1

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 2

Deer resistant

Yes 1

Resists

Diseases 1 Erosion 1 Insect pests 1

Form

Habit

Erect 3 Spreading 3 Multi stemmed 2 Rounded 2 Ascending 1 Climbing 1 Creeping 1 Irregular 1 Mounding 1 Multi trunked 1 Open 1

Plant type

Shrub 4 Perennial 2 Poisonous 2 Tree 2 Vine 1 Weed 1
  • Striped Maple Acer pensylvanicum caterpillars 162 hosts 13 food 49 flowers 8 shelter 1
  • Rocky Mountain Maple Acer glabrum caterpillars 83 hosts 7 food 25 flowers 8 shelter 1
  • Bottlebrush Buckeye Aesculus parviflora caterpillars 12 food 2 flowers 40
  • Eastern Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans caterpillars 8 hosts 6 food 42 flowers 25

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