Top native fig family members
6 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Osage-orange
Maclura pomifera
caterpillars
10
hosts
4
food
7
flowers
5
shelter
1
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Florida Strangler Fig
Ficus aurea
caterpillars
9
hosts
1
food
40
flowers
1
shelter
1
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Shortleaf Fig
Ficus citrifolia
caterpillars
9
hosts
1
food
19
shelter
1
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Red Mulberry
Morus rubra
caterpillars
5
hosts
2
food
18
flowers
2
shelter
1
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Texas Mulberry
Morus microphylla
caterpillars
2
hosts
2
food
12
flowers
1
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Whalebone Tree
Paratrophis pendulina
caterpillars
1