Top native bromeliads
19 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Ballmoss
Tillandsia recurvata
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Spanish Moss
Tillandsia usneoides
caterpillars
1
shelter
4
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Bailey's Ballmoss
Tillandsia baileyi
caterpillars
1
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Cardinal Airplant
Tillandsia fasciculata
flowers
2
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Balbis' Airplant
Tillandsia balbisiana
flowers
1
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Potbelly Airplant
Tillandsia paucifolia
flowers
1
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Giant Airplant
Tillandsia utriculata
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Southern Needleleaf Airplant
Tillandsia setacea
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Bartram's Airplant
Tillandsia bartramii
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Manatee River Airplant
Tillandsia simulata
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Texas False Agave
Hechtia texensis
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Leatherleaf Airplant
Tillandsia variabilis
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Twisted Airplant
Tillandsia flexuosa
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West Indian Tufted Airplant
Guzmania monostachia
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Guapilla
Hechtia glomerata
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Fuzzywuzzy Airplant
Tillandsia pruinosa
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Powdery-strap Bromeliad
Catopsis berteroniana
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Many-flowered Catopsis
Catopsis floribunda
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Nodding Catopsis
Catopsis nutans