Top native wood asters
28 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Large-leaved Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
caterpillars
4
bees
7
hosts
3
food
1
flowers
53
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White Wood Aster
Eurybia divaricata
caterpillars
4
bees
8
hosts
2
flowers
79
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Showy Aster
Eurybia conspicua
caterpillars
1
flowers
15
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Purple Wood Aster
Eurybia spectabilis
bees
7
hosts
1
flowers
24
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Schreber's Wood Aster
Eurybia schreberi
bees
7
hosts
1
flowers
18
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Forked Aster
Eurybia furcata
bees
6
hosts
1
flowers
17
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Rough Wood Aster
Eurybia radula
bees
4
hosts
2
food
1
flowers
16
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Slender Aster
Eurybia compacta
bees
4
hosts
1
flowers
16
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Grass-leaved Prairie Aster
Eurybia hemispherica
bees
3
hosts
1
flowers
16
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Creeping Aster
Eurybia surculosa
bees
3
hosts
1
flowers
16
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Alexander's Rock Aster
Eurybia avita
bees
3
hosts
1
flowers
16
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Mountain Wood Aster
Eurybia chlorolepis
bees
2
hosts
1
flowers
16
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Bouquet Aster
Eurybia mirabilis
bees
2
hosts
1
flowers
14
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Southern Swamp Aster
Eurybia paludosa
bees
2
hosts
1
flowers
13
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Thistleleaf Aster
Eurybia eryngiifolia
bees
1
flowers
13
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Jones' Aster
Eurybia jonesiae
bees
1
flowers
13
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Apalachicola Aster
Eurybia spinulosa
bees
1
flowers
11
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Thickstem Aster
Eurybia integrifolia
food
1
flowers
14
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Siberian Aster
Eurybia sibirica
flowers
14
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Blueleaf Aster
Eurybia glauca
flowers
8
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Roughleaf Aster
Eurybia radulina
flowers
4
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Horrid Herrickia
Eurybia horrida
flowers
4
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King's Serpentweed
Eurybia kingii
flowers
3
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Subalpine Aster
Eurybia merita
flowers
2
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Wasatch Aster
Eurybia wasatchensis
flowers
1
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Rockcastle Aster
Eurybia saxicastellii
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Idaho Goldenweed
Eurybia aberrans
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Chase's Aster
Eurybia chasei