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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies
  6. Rose Family
  7. Dryadoideae
  8. Mountain-Avens

genus

Mountain-Avens

Dryas

Traits
Includes
5 native 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Eight-petal Mountain-Avens native
  • Entireleaf Mountain-Avens native
  • Yellow Mountain-avens native
  • Hooker's Mountain-Avens native
  • Ajan Mountain-avens present
  • Alaska Mountain-avens presumed native
  • Dryas × chamissonis
  • Crenulate-leaved Mountain-Avens
  • Lewin's Mountain Avens

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native mountain-avens All

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

  • Eight-petal Mountain-Avens Dryas octopetala caterpillars 8 food 8 flowers 13
  • Entireleaf Mountain-Avens Dryas integrifolia caterpillars 4 food 3 flowers 16
  • Hooker's Mountain-Avens Dryas hookeriana caterpillars 4 food 2 flowers 6
  • Yellow Mountain-avens Dryas drummondii caterpillars 4 food 2 flowers 2
  • Alaska Mountain-avens Dryas alaskensis caterpillars 4 food 2 flowers 1

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