Top native barberry family members
26 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Oregon Grape
Berberis aquifolium
caterpillars
5
food
11
flowers
62
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American Barberry
Berberis canadensis
caterpillars
5
food
4
flowers
3
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Creeping Mahonia
Berberis repens
caterpillars
4
food
10
flowers
29
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Agarita
Berberis trifoliolata
caterpillars
4
food
4
flowers
12
shelter
1
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Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
33
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California Barberry
Berberis pinnata
caterpillars
3
food
11
flowers
26
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Cascade Oregon-grape
Berberis nervosa
caterpillars
3
food
6
flowers
12
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Blue Cohosh
Caulophyllum thalictroides
caterpillars
3
flowers
21
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Texas Barberry
Berberis swaseyi
caterpillars
2
food
3
flowers
3
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Red Barberry
Berberis haematocarpa
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
8
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Early Blue Cohosh
Caulophyllum giganteum
caterpillars
2
flowers
4
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Shining Netvein Barberry
Berberis dictyota
caterpillars
1
food
5
flowers
11
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Nevin's Barberry
Berberis nevinii
caterpillars
1
food
3
flowers
9
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Fremont Barberry
Berberis fremontii
caterpillars
1
food
3
flowers
8
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Pygmy Oregon Grape
Berberis pumila
caterpillars
1
food
3
flowers
8
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Higgin's Barberry
Berberis higginsiae
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
6
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Colorado Barberry
Berberis fendleri
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
4
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Vanilla Leaf
Achlys triphylla
caterpillars
1
flowers
2
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White Inside-out Flower
Vancouveria hexandra
hosts
1
flowers
4
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Piper's Oregon-grape
Berberis piperiana
food
4
flowers
8
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Kofa Mountain Barberry
Berberis harrisoniana
food
2
flowers
3
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Twinleaf
Jeffersonia diphylla
flowers
4
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Umbrella-leaf
Diphylleia cymosa
flowers
1
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Redwood Inside-out Flower
Vancouveria planipetala
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Deer's-foot
Achlys californica
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Siskiyou Inside-out-flower
Vancouveria chrysantha