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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Honeysuckles, Moschatels, and Allies
  6. Honeysuckle Family
  7. Honeysuckle Subfamily
  8. Honeysuckles
  9. Top native

Top native honeysuckles

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

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3 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 3 Part shade 2 Dappled shade 2

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 3 Well drained 3 Moist 3

Soil

Rocky 3 Sand 3 Loam 3 Clay 2 Organic 2

Soil pH

Neutral 2 Alkaline 1

Toughness

Deer resistant

Yes 1

Resists

Black walnut 1 Wet soil 1

Form

Habit

Climbing 3 Arching 2 Clumping 1 Spreading 1

Plant type

Perennial 3 Vine 3
  • Glaucous Honeysuckle Lonicera dioica caterpillars 25 hosts 3 food 13 flowers 39
  • Hairy Honeysuckle Lonicera hirsuta caterpillars 22 hosts 3 food 14 flowers 34
  • Yellow Honeysuckle Lonicera flava caterpillars 15 hosts 1 food 8 flowers 28

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