family
Citrus Family
Rutaceae
Field notes
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native citrus family members All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Common Hoptree
Ptelea trifoliata
caterpillars
11
food
3
flowers
51
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Lime Prickly-ash
Zanthoxylum fagara
caterpillars
8
food
9
flowers
8
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Northern Prickly Ash
Zanthoxylum americanum
caterpillars
7
food
3
flowers
51
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Hercules' Club
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
caterpillars
5
flowers
3
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Limestone Prickly Ash
Zanthoxylum hirsutum
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
2
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West Indian Satinwood
Zanthoxylum flavum
caterpillars
3
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Turpentine Broom
Thamnosma montana
caterpillars
2
flowers
6
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Kukaemoa
Melicope clusiifolia
caterpillars
2
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Western Hoptree
Ptelea crenulata
caterpillars
1
food
6
flowers
2
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Texas Torchwood
Amyris texana
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
1
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Mexican Starleaf Orange
Choisya dumosa
caterpillars
1
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Sea Torchwood
Amyris elemifera
caterpillars
1
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Bushrue
Cneoridium dumosum
flowers
4
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Barreta
Helietta parvifolia
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Melicope spathulata