Top native st. john's-worts
53 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Roundfruit St. John's-wort
Hypericum sphaerocarpum
caterpillars
9
food
2
flowers
28
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Pale St. John's-wort
Hypericum ellipticum
caterpillars
8
food
2
flowers
28
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Large Canadian St. John's-wort
Hypericum majus
caterpillars
7
food
4
flowers
38
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Scouler's St. John's Wort
Hypericum scouleri
caterpillars
7
food
2
flowers
24
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Shrubby St. John's-wort
Hypericum prolificum
caterpillars
6
food
4
flowers
51
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Spotted St. John's Wort
Hypericum punctatum
caterpillars
6
food
3
flowers
46
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Bog St. John's-wort
Hypericum anagalloides
caterpillars
6
food
2
flowers
19
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Greater Marsh St. John's-wort
Hypericum walteri
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
23
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Great St. John's Wort
Hypericum ascyron
caterpillars
5
food
3
flowers
46
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Virginia Marsh St. John's-wort
Hypericum virginicum
caterpillars
5
food
3
flowers
45
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Dwarf St. John's Wort
Hypericum mutilum
caterpillars
5
food
3
flowers
37
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Canada St. John's Wort
Hypericum canadense
caterpillars
5
food
3
flowers
35
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Fraser's Marsh St. John's-wort
Hypericum fraseri
caterpillars
5
food
3
flowers
31
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St. Andrew's Cross
Hypericum hypericoides
caterpillars
5
food
3
flowers
30
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Pineweed
Hypericum gentianoides
caterpillars
5
food
3
flowers
29
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Low St. John's Wort
Hypericum stragulum
caterpillars
5
food
3
flowers
29
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Creeping St. John's-wort
Hypericum adpressum
caterpillars
5
food
3
flowers
28
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Claspingleaf St. John's Wort
Hypericum gymnanthum
caterpillars
5
food
3
flowers
25
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Coppery St. John's Wort
Hypericum denticulatum
caterpillars
5
food
3
flowers
25
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Kalm's St. John's-wort
Hypericum kalmianum
caterpillars
5
food
2
flowers
30
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Bushy St. John's Wort
Hypericum densiflorum
caterpillars
5
food
2
flowers
29
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Northern St. John's-wort
Hypericum boreale
caterpillars
5
food
2
flowers
29
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St. Peter's-wort
Hypericum crux-andreae
caterpillars
5
food
2
flowers
23
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Cedarglade St. John's Wort
Hypericum frondosum
caterpillars
5
food
2
flowers
23
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Sharpleaf St. John's Wort
Hypericum virgatum
caterpillars
5
food
2
flowers
21
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Goldwire
Hypericum concinnum
caterpillars
5
food
2
flowers
19
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Nits and Lice
Hypericum drummondii
caterpillars
4
food
2
flowers
21
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Blue Ridge St. John's Wort
Hypericum mitchellianum
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
19
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Roundpod St. John's-wort
Hypericum cistifolium
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
33
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Streambank St. John's-wort
Hypericum nudiflorum
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
21
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False Spotted St. John's Wort
Hypericum pseudomaculatum
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
20
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Fivelobe St. Johns Wort
Hypericum lobocarpum
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
18
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Myrtleleaf St. John's Wort
Hypericum myrtifolium
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
12
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Mountain St. John's-wort
Hypericum graveolens
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
19
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Sandhill St. John's-wort
Hypericum tenuifolium
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
23
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Peelbark St. John's Wort
Hypericum fasciculatum
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
22
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Lloyd's St Johns-wort
Hypericum lloydii
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
20
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Brushy Mountain St. John's-wort
Hypericum radfordiorum
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
19
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Bedstraw St. John's Wort
Hypericum galioides
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
17
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Coastal Plain St. John's Wort
Hypericum brachyphyllum
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
17
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Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Hypericum tetrapetalum
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
15
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Hairy St. Johnswort
Hypericum setosum
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
15
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Southern Marsh St. John's Wort
Hypericum tubulosum
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
14
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Pineland St. Johnswort
Hypericum suffruticosum
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
12
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Buckley's St. John's Wort
Hypericum buckleyi
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
19
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Apalachicola St. Johnswort
Hypericum chapmanii
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
10
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Smoothbark St. Johnswort
Hypericum lissophloeus
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
10
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Florida Sands St. Johnswort
Hypericum exile
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
10
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Arcadian St. John's Wort
Hypericum edisonianum
food
1
flowers
16
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Highlands Scrub Hypericum
Hypericum cumulicola
food
1
flowers
11