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Top native huruhuru tapairu

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

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8 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Part shade 2 Dappled shade 2 Full shade 2

Soil and water

Moisture

Well drained 1 Moist 2

Water use

Medium 2 High 1

Soil

Organic 2

Soil pH

Neutral 1 Alkaline 1

Toughness

Deer resistant

Yes 2

Resists

Heavy shade 2

Form

Habit

Arching 2 Clumping 2 Creeping 2

Plant type

Fern 7 Perennial 5 Wildflower 5 Herbaceous perennial 2
  • Black Maidenhair Fern Adiantum capillus-veneris caterpillars 1 food 5
  • Northern Maidenhair Fern Adiantum pedatum caterpillars 1
  • Fan Maidenhair Fern Adiantum tenerum caterpillars 1
  • Fragrant Maidenhair Fern Adiantum melanoleucum caterpillars 1
  • Western Maidenhair Fern Adiantum aleuticum
  • California Maidenhair Fern Adiantum jordanii
  • Shasta Maidenhair Fern Adiantum shastense
  • Green Mountain Maidenhair Fern Adiantum viridimontanum

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