Top native cashews, sumacs, and allies
21 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
caterpillars
34
hosts
2
food
33
flowers
64
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Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
caterpillars
33
bees
1
hosts
3
food
42
flowers
91
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Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
caterpillars
32
bees
1
hosts
3
food
39
flowers
178
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Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
caterpillars
31
bees
1
hosts
3
food
38
flowers
119
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Shining Sumac
Rhus copallinum
caterpillars
31
bees
1
hosts
2
food
47
flowers
136
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Evergreen Sumac
Rhus virens
caterpillars
22
hosts
3
food
24
flowers
17
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Michaux's Sumac
Rhus michauxii
caterpillars
22
hosts
1
food
25
flowers
26
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Little Leaf Sumac
Rhus microphylla
caterpillars
21
hosts
4
food
24
flowers
38
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Prairie Flameleaf Sumac
Rhus lanceolata
caterpillars
21
hosts
2
food
24
flowers
21
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Laurel Sumac
Malosma laurina
caterpillars
14
food
12
flowers
53
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Atlantic Poison Oak
Toxicodendron pubescens
caterpillars
11
hosts
1
food
10
flowers
12
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Eastern Poison Ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
caterpillars
8
hosts
6
food
42
flowers
25
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Sugar Bush
Rhus ovata
caterpillars
7
food
18
flowers
37
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Lemonade Berry
Rhus integrifolia
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
19
flowers
48
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American Smoketree
Cotinus obovatus
caterpillars
4
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Pacific Poison Oak
Toxicodendron diversilobum
caterpillars
3
hosts
3
food
36
flowers
21
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Poison Sumac
Toxicodendron vernix
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
1
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Western Poison Ivy
Toxicodendron rydbergii
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
5
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Poisonwood
Metopium toxiferum
caterpillars
1
food
4
flowers
2
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Mexican Pistache
Pistacia mexicana
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Neneleau
Rhus sandwicensis