family
Soapberry Family
Sapindaceae
Field notes
Children 24 of 47
- Maples 13 native
- Buckeyes and Horse-chestnuts 6 native
- Soapberry 5 native
- Balloon Vines and Heartseed 3 native
- Serjania 2 native
- Urvillea 1 native
- Hop-bushes 1 native
- Mexican Buckeyes 1 native
- Exothea 1 native
- Porocystis
- Atalaya
- Llagunoa
- Arytera
- Dimocarpus
- Thouinidium
- Harpullia
- Allophylus
- Rhysotoechia
- Soapberries
- Majidea
- Filicium
- Hypelate
- Jagera
- Schleichera
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native soapberry family members All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Box Elder
Acer negundo
caterpillars
197
hosts
18
food
72
flowers
71
shelter
5
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Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
caterpillars
184
hosts
16
food
69
flowers
26
shelter
2
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Red Maple
Acer rubrum
caterpillars
179
hosts
20
food
72
flowers
71
shelter
2
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Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
caterpillars
167
hosts
16
food
74
flowers
35
shelter
3
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Mountain Maple
Acer spicatum
caterpillars
163
hosts
12
food
54
flowers
18
shelter
1
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Striped Maple
Acer pensylvanicum
caterpillars
162
hosts
13
food
49
flowers
8
shelter
1
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Black Maple
Acer nigrum
caterpillars
158
hosts
14
food
51
flowers
8
shelter
1
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Southern Sugar Maple
Acer floridanum
caterpillars
145
hosts
11
food
45
flowers
8
shelter
1
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Chalk Maple
Acer leucoderme
caterpillars
133
hosts
11
food
41
flowers
6
shelter
2
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Bigtooth Maple
Acer grandidentatum
caterpillars
89
hosts
7
food
30
flowers
6
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Rocky Mountain Maple
Acer glabrum
caterpillars
83
hosts
7
food
25
flowers
8
shelter
1
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Bigleaf Maple
Acer macrophyllum
caterpillars
59
hosts
7
food
27
flowers
16
shelter
1
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Vine Maple
Acer circinatum
caterpillars
57
hosts
6
food
24
flowers
8
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Ohio Buckeye
Aesculus glabra
caterpillars
19
hosts
4
food
6
flowers
52
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Yellow Buckeye
Aesculus flava
caterpillars
17
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
10