Top native maples, mangos, mahogany, citrus, and allies
15 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Box Elder
Acer negundo
caterpillars
197
hosts
18
food
72
flowers
71
shelter
5
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Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
caterpillars
184
hosts
16
food
69
flowers
26
shelter
2
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Red Maple
Acer rubrum
caterpillars
179
hosts
20
food
72
flowers
71
shelter
2
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Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
caterpillars
167
hosts
16
food
74
flowers
35
shelter
3
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Bigleaf Maple
Acer macrophyllum
caterpillars
59
hosts
7
food
27
flowers
16
shelter
1
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Vine Maple
Acer circinatum
caterpillars
57
hosts
6
food
24
flowers
8
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Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
caterpillars
32
bees
1
hosts
3
food
39
flowers
178
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Shining Sumac
Rhus copallinum
caterpillars
31
bees
1
hosts
2
food
47
flowers
136
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Yellow Buckeye
Aesculus flava
caterpillars
17
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
10
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Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia
caterpillars
14
hosts
2
food
4
flowers
18
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Common Hoptree
Ptelea trifoliata
caterpillars
11
food
3
flowers
51
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Eastern Poison Ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
caterpillars
8
hosts
6
food
42
flowers
25
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Northern Prickly Ash
Zanthoxylum americanum
caterpillars
7
food
3
flowers
51
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Gumbo Limbo
Bursera simaruba
caterpillars
3
food
60
flowers
11
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Lesser Balloon Vine
Cardiospermum halicacabum
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
4