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Top native saltbushes

3 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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3 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 3 Part shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 2 Moist 1

Water use

Low 2 Medium 1

Form

Plant type

Perennial 3 Shrub 3
  • Shadscale Saltbush Atriplex confertifolia caterpillars 8 hosts 4 food 5
  • Big Saltbush Atriplex lentiformis caterpillars 7 hosts 4 food 5 flowers 14
  • Desert Holly Atriplex hymenelytra caterpillars 6 hosts 3 food 2 flowers 5

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