Top native palms, bullanocks, and allies
36 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Cabbage Palmetto
Sabal palmetto
caterpillars
6
food
14
flowers
29
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Saw Palmetto
Serenoa repens
caterpillars
6
food
5
flowers
73
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Scrub Palmetto
Sabal etonia
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
17
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California Fan Palm
Washingtonia filifera
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
27
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Mexican Palmetto
Sabal mexicana
caterpillars
1
food
38
flowers
2
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Dwarf Palmetto
Sabal minor
caterpillars
1
flowers
5
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Florida Thatch Palm
Thrinax radiata
food
1
flowers
3
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Everglades Palm
Acoelorraphe wrightii
food
1
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Stickybud Pritchardia
Pritchardia viscosa
flowers
1
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Royal Palm
Roystonea regia
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Needle Palm
Rhapidophyllum hystrix
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Key Thatch Palm
Leucothrinax morrisii
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Koʻolau Range Pritchardia
Pritchardia martii
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Alaka'i Swamp Pritchardia
Pritchardia minor
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Hawai'i Pritchardia
Pritchardia maideniana
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Buccaneer Palm
Pseudophoenix sargentii
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Nihoa Fan Palm
Pritchardia remota
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Lana'i Pritchardia
Pritchardia glabrata
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Kilauea Pritchardia
Pritchardia beccariana
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Wai'anae Range Pritchardia
Pritchardia kaalae
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Na Pali Loulu
Pritchardia napaliensis
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Molokai Fan Palm
Pritchardia hillebrandii
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Hardy's Loulu
Pritchardia hardyi
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Wai'oli Valley Pritchardia
Pritchardia perlmanii
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Moloka'i Pritchardia
Pritchardia lowreyana
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Flynn's Loulu
Pritchardia flynnii
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Loulu
Pritchardia lanigera
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Mount Eke Pritchardia
Pritchardia forbesiana
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Wai'ale'ale Pritchardia
Pritchardia waialealeana
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Limahuli Valley Pritchardia
Pritchardia limahuliensis
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East Maui Loulu
Pritchardia arecina
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Kamalo Pritchardia
Pritchardia munroi
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Schattauer's Loulu
Pritchardia schattaueri
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Pritchardia bakeri
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Pritchardia kahukuensis
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Wood's Pritchardia
Pritchardia woodii