Top native hydrangea family members
21 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Wild Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
151
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Oakleaf Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia
caterpillars
4
flowers
102
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Woodvamp
Hydrangea barbara
caterpillars
3
flowers
85
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Ashy Hydrangea
Hydrangea cinerea
caterpillars
3
flowers
85
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Snowy Hydrangea
Hydrangea radiata
caterpillars
3
flowers
84
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Scentless Mock Orange
Philadelphus inodorus
caterpillars
1
bees
2
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
41
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Lewis' Mock Orange
Philadelphus lewisii
caterpillars
1
flowers
16
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Hairy Mock-orange
Philadelphus hirsutus
bees
2
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
8
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Hoary Mock Orange
Philadelphus pubescens
bees
2
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
7
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Texas Mock Orange
Philadelphus texensis
food
1
flowers
6
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Tree-anemone
Carpenteria californica
food
1
flowers
2
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Kanawao
Hydrangea arguta
food
1
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Fivepetal Cliffbush
Jamesia americana
flowers
37
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Littleleaf Mock Orange
Philadelphus microphyllus
flowers
8
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Modesty
Whipplea modesta
flowers
3
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Philadelphus mearnsii
flowers
3
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Cliff Fendlerbush
Fendlera rupicola
flowers
2
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Yerba Desierto
Fendlerella utahensis
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Fourpetal Cliffbush
Jamesia tetrapetala
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Narrow-leaf Fendler-bush
Fendlera linearis
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Philadelphus serpyllifolius