Top native saltbushes
40 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Fourwing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
caterpillars
9
hosts
8
food
9
flowers
21
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Shadscale Saltbush
Atriplex confertifolia
caterpillars
8
hosts
4
food
5
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Beach Saltbush
Atriplex leucophylla
caterpillars
8
hosts
4
food
2
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Gardner's Saltbush
Atriplex gardneri
caterpillars
8
hosts
3
food
2
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Thickleaf Orach
Atriplex dioica
caterpillars
8
hosts
1
food
3
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Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
caterpillars
7
hosts
4
food
5
flowers
14
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Silverscale
Atriplex argentea
caterpillars
7
hosts
4
food
2
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Gmelin's Saltbush
Atriplex gmelinii
caterpillars
7
food
1
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Cattle Saltbush
Atriplex polycarpa
caterpillars
6
hosts
6
food
2
flowers
8
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Spiny Saltbush
Atriplex spinifera
caterpillars
6
hosts
4
food
2
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Bractscale
Atriplex serenana
caterpillars
6
hosts
4
food
2
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Ballscale
Atriplex fruticulosa
caterpillars
6
hosts
4
food
1
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Desert Holly
Atriplex hymenelytra
caterpillars
6
hosts
3
food
2
flowers
5
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Torrey's Saltbush
Atriplex torreyi
caterpillars
6
hosts
3
food
2
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Wedgescale
Atriplex truncata
caterpillars
6
hosts
3
food
2
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Sack Saltbush
Atriplex saccaria
caterpillars
6
hosts
3
food
1
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South Coast Saltscale
Atriplex pacifica
caterpillars
6
hosts
2
food
1
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Coulter's Saltbush
Atriplex coulteri
caterpillars
6
hosts
2
food
1
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Parry's Saltbush
Atriplex parryi
caterpillars
5
hosts
3
food
2
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Watson's Saltbush
Atriplex watsonii
caterpillars
5
hosts
2
food
1
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Mat Saltbush
Atriplex corrugata
caterpillars
5
hosts
2
food
1
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Powell's Saltweed
Atriplex powellii
caterpillars
5
hosts
2
food
1
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Crested Saltbush
Atriplex cristata
caterpillars
5
food
3
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Crownscale
Atriplex coronata
caterpillars
4
hosts
4
food
1
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Lesser Saltscale
Atriplex minuscula
caterpillars
4
hosts
4
food
1
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Mound Saltbush
Atriplex obovata
caterpillars
4
hosts
3
food
1
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Garrett's Saltbush
Atriplex garrettii
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
1
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Crested Saltbush
Atriplex mucronata
caterpillars
4
food
2
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Babington's Orache
Atriplex glabriuscula
caterpillars
4
food
2
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Heartscale
Atriplex cordulata
caterpillars
3
hosts
3
food
1
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Crested Saltbush
Atriplex pentandra
caterpillars
3
food
1
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Kleberg Saltbush
Atriplex klebergorum
caterpillars
2
food
1
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Wheelscale Saltbush
Atriplex elegans
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Brittlescale
Atriplex depressa
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Parish's Brittlescale
Atriplex parishii
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Vernal Pool Smallscale
Atriplex persistens
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Slenderflower Saltbush
Atriplex graciliflora
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Alaska Orache
Atriplex alaskensis
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Subtle Orach
Atriplex subtilis
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Wolf's Saltweed
Atriplex wolfii