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Top native baneberry

8 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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8 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 1 Part shade 5 Dappled shade 2 Full shade 5

Soil and water

Moisture

Well drained 3 Moist 5 Wet 1

Water use

Medium 1

Soil

Sand 1 Loam 2 Clay 2 Organic 3

Soil pH

Acid 4 Neutral 2

Toughness

Deer resistant

Yes 3

Resists

Rabbits 2 Heavy shade 1

Form

Habit

Clumping 2 Erect 2

Plant type

Wildflower 8 Perennial 5 Herbaceous perennial 3 Poisonous 1
  • Red Baneberry Actaea rubra caterpillars 2 hosts 1 food 2 flowers 23
  • Black Cohosh Actaea racemosa caterpillars 2 food 1 flowers 5
  • White Baneberry Actaea pachypoda caterpillars 1 food 4 flowers 5
  • Mountain Black Cohosh Actaea podocarpa food 1 flowers 2
  • Tall Bugbane Actaea elata food 1 flowers 1
  • Mount Hood Bugbane Actaea laciniata food 1
  • Arizona Bugbane Actaea arizonica flowers 3
  • Appalachian Bugbane Actaea rubifolia

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