Top native saxifrage family members
131 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Tufted Saxifrage
Saxifraga cespitosa
caterpillars
6
food
5
flowers
1
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Mat Saxifrage
Saxifraga bronchialis
caterpillars
6
food
4
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Wood Saxifrage
Saxifraga mertensiana
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
4
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Purple Saxifrage
Saxifraga oppositifolia
caterpillars
5
food
11
flowers
9
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Ascending Saxifrage
Saxifraga adscendens
caterpillars
5
food
10
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Nodding Saxifrage
Saxifraga cernua
caterpillars
5
food
7
flowers
1
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Highland Saxifrage
Saxifraga rivularis
caterpillars
5
food
3
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Prickly Saxifrage
Saxifraga tricuspidata
caterpillars
4
food
2
flowers
1
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Golden Saxifrage
Saxifraga chrysantha
caterpillars
4
food
2
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Spider Saxifrage
Saxifraga flagellaris
caterpillars
4
food
1
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Hillside Woodland Star
Lithophragma heterophyllum
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
3
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San Francisco Woodland-star
Lithophragma affine
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
2
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Mission Woodland Star
Lithophragma cymbalaria
caterpillars
3
flowers
2
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Crevice Alumroot
Heuchera micrantha
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
flowers
10
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Pygmy Saxifrage
Saxifraga hyperborea
caterpillars
2
food
3
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Smallflower Woodland Star
Lithophragma parviflorum
caterpillars
2
flowers
16
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Bolander's Woodland Star
Lithophragma bolanderi
caterpillars
2
flowers
3
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Weak Saxifrage
Saxifraga debilis
caterpillars
2
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Fringe Cups
Tellima grandiflora
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
10
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Threeleaf Foamflower
Tiarella trifoliata
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
5
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Youth-on-Age
Tolmiea menziesii
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
flowers
4
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Livelong Saxifrage
Saxifraga paniculata
caterpillars
1
food
8
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Yellow Saxifrage
Saxifraga aizoides
caterpillars
1
food
7
flowers
6
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Marsh Saxifrage
Saxifraga hirculus
caterpillars
1
food
3
flowers
2
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Roundleaf Alumroot
Heuchera cylindrica
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
18
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Naked Bishop's Cap
Mitella nuda
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Bulbous Woodland Star
Lithophragma glabrum
caterpillars
1
flowers
11
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Siskiyou Mountain Woodland Star
Lithophragma campanulatum
caterpillars
1
flowers
4
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Slender Woodland Star
Lithophragma tenellum
caterpillars
1
flowers
3
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Prairie Woodland Star
Lithophragma trifoliatum
caterpillars
1
flowers
3
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Prairie Alumroot
Heuchera richardsonii
bees
2
flowers
12
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Coralbells
Heuchera sanguinea
bees
1
food
2
flowers
7
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Heartleaf Saxifrage
Micranthes nelsoniana
hosts
1
food
2
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Hairy Alumroot
Heuchera villosa
bees
1
food
1
flowers
29
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American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
bees
1
food
1
flowers
5
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Brook Saxifrage
Micranthes odontoloma
hosts
1
food
1
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Small-flowered Alumroot
Heuchera parviflora
bees
1
flowers
3
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White Alumroot
Heuchera alba
bees
1
flowers
3
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Missouri Alumroot
Heuchera missouriensis
bees
1
flowers
2
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Littleflower Alumroot
Heuchera puberula
bees
1
flowers
2
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Longflower Alumroot
Heuchera longiflora
bees
1
flowers
2
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Downy Alumroot
Heuchera pubescens
bees
1
flowers
2
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Island Alumroot
Heuchera maxima
food
2
flowers
5
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Russethair Saxifrage
Micranthes ferruginea
food
2
flowers
1
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Redstem Saxifrage
Micranthes lyallii
food
2
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Alpine Saxifrage
Micranthes nivalis
food
2
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Wholeleaf Saxifrage
Micranthes integrifolia
food
1
flowers
23
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Heartleaf Foamflower
Tiarella cordifolia
food
1
flowers
11
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Oregon Saxifrage
Micranthes oregana
food
1
flowers
2
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Western Saxifrage
Micranthes occidentalis
food
1
flowers
2