family
Wax Trees and Shrubs
Myricaceae
Field notes
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native wax trees and shrubs All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Bog Myrtle
Myrica gale
caterpillars
71
food
13
flowers
2
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Sweetfern
Comptonia peregrina
caterpillars
67
food
4
flowers
4
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Southern Bayberry
Morella caroliniensis
caterpillars
32
food
15
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Wax Myrtle
Morella cerifera
caterpillars
23
hosts
1
food
32
flowers
3
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Pacific Wax Myrtle
Morella californica
caterpillars
7
food
2
flowers
2
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Northern Bayberry
Morella pensylvanica
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
3
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Dwarf Bayberry
Morella pumila
caterpillars
2
food
1
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Scentless Bayberry
Morella inodora
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Sierra Sweetbay
Myrica hartwegii