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
80 native plants in Alabama. 9 not suggested for gardens
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Dwarf Upland WillowSalix occidentalis
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Sandbar WillowSalix interior
- Silky WillowSalix sericea
- White WillowSalix alba
- Black OakQuercus velutina
- Blackjack OakQuercus marilandica
- Bluejack OakQuercus incana
- Bluff OakQuercus austrina
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Chestnut OakQuercus montana
- Chinquapin OakQuercus muehlenbergii
- Darlington OakQuercus hemisphaerica
- Dwarf Chinquapin OakQuercus prinoides
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Live OakQuercus virginiana
- Northern Red OakQuercus rubra
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Post OakQuercus stellata
- Sand Live OakQuercus geminata
- Scarlet OakQuercus coccinea
- Shumard OakQuercus shumardii
- Southern Red OakQuercus falcata
- Swamp Chestnut OakQuercus michauxii
- Swamp White OakQuercus bicolor
- Turkey OakQuercus laevis
- Water OakQuercus nigra
- White OakQuercus alba
- Willow OakQuercus phellos
- Beadle's Hybrid OakQuercus × beadlei
- Bluffton Hybrid OakQuercus × blufftonensis
- Craven OakQuercus × cravenensis
- Hybrid OakQuercus × incomita
- Hybrid OakQuercus × subintegra
- Mellichamp's OakQuercus × mellichampii
- Quercus arkansanaQuercus arkansana
- Quercus chapmaniiQuercus chapmanii
- Quercus myrtifoliaQuercus myrtifolia
- Quercus sinuata var. sinuataQuercus durandii
- Sand Post OakQuercus margaretiae
- St. Bernard OakQuercus × bernardensis
- Texas Red OakQuercus texana
- Walter's Hybrid OakQuercus × walteriana
- Black MapleAcer nigrum
- Box-elderAcer negundo
- Chalk MapleAcer leucoderme
- Drummonds Red MapleAcer drummondii
- Florida MapleAcer floridanum
- Red MapleAcer rubrum
- Running OakQuercus elliottii
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum
- American ElmUlmus americana
- September ElmUlmus serotina
- Slippery ElmUlmus rubra
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- Bitternut HickoryCarya cordiformis
- Mockernut HickoryCarya tomentosa
- Nutmeg HickoryCarya myristiciformis
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Pignut HickoryCarya glabra
- Red HickoryCarya ovalis
- River BirchBetula nigra
- Sand HickoryCarya pallida
- Shagbark HickoryCarya ovata
- Shellbark HickoryCarya laciniosa
- Southern Shagbark HickoryCarya carolinae-septentrionalis
- Sweet BirchBetula lenta
- Water HickoryCarya aquatica
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Prairie Willow Salix humilis Rare or protected plant
- Salix floridana Salix floridana Rare or protected plant
- Georgia Oak Quercus georgiana Rare or protected plant
- Shingle Oak Quercus imbricaria Rare or protected plant
- Swamp Post Oak Quercus similis Rare or protected plant
- Boynton's Oak Quercus boyntonii Rare or protected plant
- Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa Rare or protected plant
- Oglethorpe Oak Quercus oglethorpensis Rare or protected plant
- Dwarf Live Oak Quercus minima Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
- Banded Hairstreak 50 of these plants
- Imperial Moth 47 of these plants
- Cecropia Moth 17 of these plants
- Io Moth 15 of these plants
- Luna Moth 13 of these plants
- Mourning Cloak 13 of these plants
- Regal Moth 11 of these plants
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 9 of these plants
- Red-spotted Purple 7 of these plants
- Viceroy 7 of these plants
- Question Mark 4 of these plants
None of the other listed species.