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Top native mountain ashes

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

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5 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 3 Part shade 4 Full shade 3

Soil and water

Moisture

Well drained 1 Moist 4

Water use

Medium 2

Soil

Loam 1 Clay 1 Organic 1

Soil pH

Acid 1 Neutral 1

Form

Habit

Open 1 Rounded 1 Spreading 1

Plant type

Shrub 5 Perennial 4 Tree 4
  • American Mountain Ash Sorbus americana caterpillars 69 hosts 3 food 24 flowers 21
  • Showy Mountain-ash Sorbus decora caterpillars 61 hosts 2 food 9 flowers 4
  • Greene's Mountain Ash Sorbus scopulina caterpillars 58 hosts 3 food 6 flowers 3
  • Sitka Mountain-Ash Sorbus sitchensis caterpillars 48 hosts 2 food 5 flowers 14
  • California Mountain Ash Sorbus californica caterpillars 27 hosts 1 food 5 flowers 2

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