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Top native Gaultherieae

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

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11 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 2 Part shade 7 Dappled shade 4 Full shade 7

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 3 Well drained 5 Moist 9 Wet 4

Water use

Low 1 Medium 2 High 2

Soil

Sand 2 Loam 3 Clay 3 Organic 3

Soil pH

Acid 8

Toughness

Deer resistant

Yes 3

Resists

Heavy shade 3 Erosion 1

Form

Habit

Erect 5 Spreading 4 Arching 2 Mounding 2 Creeping 1 Prostrate 1 Vase 1

Plant type

Shrub 10 Perennial 9 Ground cover 3 Poisonous 2
  • Leatherleaf Chamaedaphne calyculata caterpillars 19 bees 1 food 9 flowers 39
  • Salal Gaultheria shallon caterpillars 7 food 5 flowers 14
  • Slender Wintergreen Gaultheria ovatifolia caterpillars 3 food 1
  • Alpine Wintergreen Gaultheria humifusa caterpillars 3 food 1
  • Eastern Teaberry Gaultheria procumbens caterpillars 1 food 9 flowers 6
  • Creeping Snowberry Gaultheria hispidula caterpillars 1 food 4 flowers 5
  • Mountain Doghobble Leucothoe fontanesiana caterpillars 1 food 1 flowers 2
  • Swamp Dog-laurel Leucothoe axillaris caterpillars 1 food 1 flowers 1
  • Fetterbush Eubotrys racemosus caterpillars 1 flowers 2
  • Mountain Fetterbush Eubotrys recurvus
  • Sierra Laurel Leucothoe davisiae

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