Top native horsebrushes and cottonthorns
9 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Spineless Horsebrush
Tetradymia canescens
caterpillars
2
flowers
32
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Mojave Cottonthorn
Tetradymia stenolepis
caterpillars
2
flowers
4
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Cottonthorn
Tetradymia axillaris
caterpillars
2
flowers
1
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Littleleaf Horsebrush
Tetradymia glabrata
caterpillars
2
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Hairy Horsebrush
Tetradymia comosa
caterpillars
2
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Shortspine Horsebrush
Tetradymia spinosa
caterpillars
2
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Striped Horsebrush
Tetradymia argyraea
caterpillars
2
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Nuttall's Horsebrush
Tetradymia nuttallii
caterpillars
1
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Dune Horsebrush
Tetradymia tetrameres
caterpillars
1