Top native custard-apples
12 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Common Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
caterpillars
11
food
8
flowers
57
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Pond Apple
Annona glabra
caterpillars
9
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Netted Pawpaw
Asimina reticulata
caterpillars
4
food
2
flowers
4
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Slimleaf Pawpaw
Asimina angustifolia
caterpillars
4
food
2
flowers
1
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Small-Flower Pawpaw
Asimina parviflora
caterpillars
4
food
2
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Flag-pawpaw
Asimina obovata
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
2
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Woolly Pawpaw
Asimina incana
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
1
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Dwarf Pawpaw
Asimina pygmaea
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
1
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Yellow Squirrel-banana
Deeringothamnus rugelii
flowers
1
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White Squirrel-banana
Deeringothamnus pulchellus
flowers
1
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Four-petal Pawpaw
Asimina tetramera
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Manasota Pawpaw
Asimina manasota