subfamily
Dryadoideae
Dryadoideae
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native Dryadoideae All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Antelope Bitterbrush
Purshia tridentata
caterpillars
24
food
2
flowers
33
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Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus montanus
caterpillars
19
hosts
3
food
4
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Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus betuloides
caterpillars
19
hosts
2
food
4
flowers
7
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Curlleaf Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus ledifolius
caterpillars
13
hosts
2
food
1
flowers
1
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Smooth Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus minutiflorus
caterpillars
10
hosts
2
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Desert Bitterbrush
Purshia glandulosa
caterpillars
9
food
1
flowers
2
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Littleleaf Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus intricatus
caterpillars
8
hosts
2
food
1
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Eight-petal Mountain-Avens
Dryas octopetala
caterpillars
8
food
8
flowers
13
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Stansbury's Cliffrose
Purshia stansburyana
caterpillars
7
food
1
flowers
1
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Entireleaf Mountain-Avens
Dryas integrifolia
caterpillars
4
food
3
flowers
16
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Hooker's Mountain-Avens
Dryas hookeriana
caterpillars
4
food
2
flowers
6
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Yellow Mountain-avens
Dryas drummondii
caterpillars
4
food
2
flowers
2
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Alaska Mountain-avens
Dryas alaskensis
caterpillars
4
food
2
flowers
1
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Mountain Misery
Chamaebatia foliolosa
food
2
flowers
8
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Southern Mountain Misery
Chamaebatia australis