genus
Baneberry
Actaea
Field notes
Children
- Red Baneberry native
- White Baneberry native
- Black Cohosh native
- Eurasian Baneberry
- Red Baneberry
- Chinese Cimicifuga
- Simple Bugbane present
- Mountain Black Cohosh native
- Tall Bugbane native
- Louis's Baneberry
- Actaea dahurica
- Asian Baneberry
- Appalachian Bugbane native
- Actaea rhodostigma
- Mount Hood Bugbane native
- Actaea japonica
- Arizona Bugbane native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native baneberry All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Red Baneberry
Actaea rubra
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
23
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Black Cohosh
Actaea racemosa
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
5
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White Baneberry
Actaea pachypoda
caterpillars
1
food
4
flowers
5
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Mountain Black Cohosh
Actaea podocarpa
food
1
flowers
2
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Tall Bugbane
Actaea elata
food
1
flowers
1
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Mount Hood Bugbane
Actaea laciniata
food
1
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Arizona Bugbane
Actaea arizonica
flowers
3
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Appalachian Bugbane
Actaea rubifolia