Caterpillar host plants
Caterpillars eat the leaves of host plants; adults drink nectar from many flowers. Caterpillars also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
29 native plants in Alabama. 2 not suggested for gardens
- American PlumPrunus americana
- Black CherryPrunus serotina
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Allegheny Plum; Allegheny SloePrunus alabamensis
- Carolina Laurel CherryPrunus caroliniana
- Chickasaw PlumPrunus angustifolia
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Dwarf Upland WillowSalix occidentalis
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Hog PlumPrunus umbellata
- Mexican PlumPrunus mexicana
- Sandbar WillowSalix interior
- Silky WillowSalix sericea
- White WillowSalix alba
- Wild Goose PlumPrunus munsoniana
- Black MapleAcer nigrum
- Box-elderAcer negundo
- Chalk MapleAcer leucoderme
- Drummonds Red MapleAcer drummondii
- Florida MapleAcer floridanum
- Red MapleAcer rubrum
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum
- Eastern RedbudCercis canadensis
- Common HackberryCeltis occidentalis
- Dwarf HackberryCeltis tenuifolia
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Prairie Willow Salix humilis Rare or protected plant
- Salix floridana Salix floridana Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
- Cecropia Moth 23 of these plants
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 15 of these plants
- Polyphemus Moth 15 of these plants
- Red-spotted Purple 15 of these plants
- American Robin 11 of these plants
- Mourning Cloak 10 of these plants
- Cedar Waxwing 8 of these plants
- Hummingbird Clearwing 8 of these plants
- Imperial Moth 8 of these plants
- Promethea Moth 8 of these plants
- Spring Azure 8 of these plants
- Viceroy 7 of these plants
- Eastern Bluebird 3 of these plants
- Hackberry Emperor 3 of these plants
- Northern Cardinal 3 of these plants
- Question Mark 3 of these plants
None of the other listed species.