Trees & Shrubs
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Examples of Caterpillars That Use Them
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Acer rubrum (red maple) |
Cecropia Moth |
Amelanchier spp. (serviceberries) |
Striped Hairstreak |
Apios americana (groundnut) |
Silver Spotted Skipper |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (bearberry) |
Hoary Elfin, Brown Elfin |
Aristolochia spp. (pipevine) |
Pipevine Swallowtail |
Asimina triloba (pawpaw) |
Zebra Swallowtail, Pawpaw Sphinx |
Betula spp. (birches) |
Mourning Cloak, White Admiral, Canadian Tiger Swallowtail |
Carpinus caroliniana (ironwood) |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Striped Hairstreak |
Carya spp. (hickory) |
Banded Hairstreak, Hickory Hairstreak |
Ceaonothus americana (New Jersey tea) |
Summer Azure |
Celtis occidentalis (hackberry) |
Hackberry Emperor, Mourning Cloak, QuestionhMark, American Snout |
Chionanthus virginicus (fringetree) |
Rustic Sphinx |
Cornus spp. (dogwoods) |
Spring Azure, Summer Azure |
Crataegus spp. (hawthorns) |
Striped Hairstreak |
Diospyros virginiana (persimmon) |
Luna Moth |
Fagus grandifolia (American beech) |
Early Hairstreak |
Fraxinus spp. (ash) |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Hickory Hairstreak, Mourning Cloak, Viceroy |
Gleditisa triacanthos (honey locust) |
Silver Spotted Skipper |
Juglans cinerea (butternut) |
Banded Hairstreak, Hickory Hairstreak |
Juglans nigra (black walnut) |
Banded Hairstreak, Luna Moth, Regal Moth |
Juniperus virginiana (eastern red cedar) |
Juniper Hairstreak |
Lindera benzoin (spicebush) |
Spicebush Swallowtail |
Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree) |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Magnolia virginiana (Sweetbay) |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Photinia spp. (chokeberries) |
Coral Hairstreak |
Pinus spp. (pines) |
Eastern Pine Elfin |
Pinus strobus (Eastern white pine) |
Gray Hairstreak |
Populus deltoides (cottonwood) |
Viceroy |
Prunus spp. (cherries, plums) |
Coral Hairstreak, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Red Spotted Purple |
Quercus spp. (oaks) |
White-M Hairstreak, Banded Hairstreak, Gray Hairstreak |
Rhus spp. (sumacs) |
Spring Azure, Summer Azure |
Salix spp. (willows) |
Mourning Cloak, Viceroy |
Sassafras albidum (sassafras) |
Spicebush Swallowtail |
Ulmus americana (American elm) |
Eastern Comma, Mourning Cloak, Question Mark, Painted Lady |
Vaccinium spp. (blueberries) |
Spring Azure, Pink-edged Sulfur, Striped Hairstreak, Henry’s Elfin |
Viburnum spp. (viburnums) |
Spring Azure, Henry’s Elfin |
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Grasses and Sedges
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Sample of Caterpillars That Use Them
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Andropogon gerardii (big bluestem) |
Delaware Skipper, Dusted Skipper, Cobweb Skipper |
Bouteloua curtipendula (sideoats grama) |
Green Skipper, Sheep Skipper, Dotted Skipper, Orange Skipperling |
Carex stricta (tussock sedge) |
Mulberry Wing, Eyed Brown, Black Dash |
Deschampsia cespitosa (tufted hairgrass) |
Umber Skipper |
Elymus hystrix (bottlebrush grass) |
Northern Pearly Eye, Little Wood Satyr |
Panicum virgatum (switchgrass) |
Delaware Skipper, Dotted Skipper |
Scirpus cyperinus (wool grass) |
Dion Skipper |
Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem) |
Indian Skipper, Dusted Skipper, Cobweb Skipper |
Sorgastrum nutans (Indian grass) |
Pepper and Salt Skipper |
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Flowering Perennials
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Sample of Caterpillars That Use Them
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Actea racemosa (black cohosh) |
Spring Azure |
Antennaria spp. (pussytoes) |
Painted Lady |
Aquilegia canadensis (columbine) |
Columbine Duskywing |
Aruncus dioicus (goat’s beard) |
Dusky Azure |
Asclepias spp. (milkweeds) |
Monarch, Queen |
Cardamine diphylla (two-leaved toothwort) |
West Virginia White |
Chelone glabra (white turtlehead) |
Baltimore Checkerspot |
Doellingeria umbellata (flat topped aster) |
Harris’ Checkerspot |
Erigeron philadelphicus (fleabane) |
Northern Metalmark |
Fragaria virginiana (Virginia strawberry) |
Grizzled Skipper |
Helenium autumnale (sneezeweed) |
Silvery Checkerspot |
Helianthus spp. (sunflowers) |
Silvery Checkerspot, Gorgone Checkerspot |
Lupinus perennis (wild lupine) |
Karner Blue, Gray Hairstreak, Wild Indigo Duskywing |
Mentha spp. (mints) |
Summer Azure |
Mimulus ringens (monkey flower) |
Common Buckeye, Baltimore |
Penstemon hirsutus (hairy beardtongue) |
Baltimore |
Potentilla canadensis (dwarf cinquefoil) |
Grizzled Skipper |
Rudbeckia hirta (black-eyed Susan) |
Gorgone Checkerspot, Bordered Patch |
Senna hebecarpa (wild senna) |
Cloudless Sulphur |
Symphyotrichum spp. (asters) |
Pearl Crescent |
Verbena spp. (verbenas) |
Common Buckeye |
Verbesina alternifolia (wingstem) |
Summer Azure |
Viola spp. (violets) |
Great Spangled Fritillary, Meadow Fritillary |
Zizia spp. (alexanders) |
Black Swallowtail |