Top native willows
5 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Interior Sandbar Willow Salix interior keystone caterpillars 400 bees 11 hosts 31 food 85 flowers 185 shelter 1
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Prairie Willow
Salix humilis
keystone
caterpillars
344
bees
10
hosts
23
food
77
flowers
146
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Scouler's Willow
Salix scouleriana
keystone
caterpillars
316
bees
6
hosts
31
food
59
flowers
98
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Geyer's Willow
Salix geyeriana
keystone
caterpillars
275
bees
3
hosts
23
food
46
flowers
82
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Bearberry Willow
Salix uva-ursi
keystone
caterpillars
265
bees
7
hosts
15
food
41
flowers
89