Top native citrus family members
58 species, 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
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Arizona Starleaf Orange
Choisya arizonica
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Mokihana
Melicope anisata
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Kawa'u
Zanthoxylum dipetalum
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Kauai Melicope
Melicope kavaiensis
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Oahu Melicope
Melicope oahuensis
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Pilo Kea Lau Li'i
Melicope rostrata
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Uahiapele
Melicope barbigera
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Kauaʻi Pricklyash
Zanthoxylum kauaense
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Alani Wai
Melicope waialealae
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Roundleaf Melicope
Melicope rotundifolia
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Honolulu Melicope
Melicope hosakae
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Hairy Melicope
Melicope puberula
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Volcanic Melicope
Melicope volcanica
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Melicope nealae
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Manena
Melicope hawaiensis
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Monoa Melicope
Melicope wawraeana
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Kokee Stream Melicope
Melicope degeneri
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Oahu Pilo Kea
Melicope cornuta
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Hawai'i Prickly-Ash
Zanthoxylum hawaiiense
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Hiiaka
Melicope feddei
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Maui Melicope
Melicope sessilis
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Boxfruit Alani
Melicope peduncularis
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Melicope stonei
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Eggshape Melicope
Melicope ovata
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Lihue Melicope
Melicope paniculata
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Pilo ʻula
Melicope cruciata
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Lanahale
Melicope munroi
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Four-angled Pelea
Melicope quadrangularis
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Kapu Melicope
Melicope radiata
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Haupa Mountain Melicope
Melicope haupuensis
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Honokahua Melicope
Melicope orbicularis
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Pale Melicope
Melicope pallida
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Kohala Summit Melicope
Melicope pseudoanisata
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Knudsen's Melicope
Melicope knudsenii
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Molokai Melicope
Melicope molokaiensis