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
24 native plants in Alabama. 2 not suggested for gardens
- American PlumPrunus americana
- Black CherryPrunus serotina
- Flowering DogwoodCornus florida
- Allegheny Plum; Allegheny SloePrunus alabamensis
- Carolina Laurel CherryPrunus caroliniana
- Chickasaw PlumPrunus angustifolia
- Hog PlumPrunus umbellata
- Mexican PlumPrunus mexicana
- Wild Goose PlumPrunus munsoniana
- Stiff DogwoodCornus stricta
- Rough Leaf DogwoodCornus drummondii
- Roughleaf DogwoodCornus asperifolia
- Smooth BlackhawViburnum prunifolium
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Southern ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum
- Witherod ViburnumViburnum cassinoides
- Alabama Arrow WoodViburnum alabamense
- Ashe's Arrow WoodViburnum ashei
- Limerock Arrow WoodViburnum bracteatum
- Southern Toothed ViburnumViburnum scabrellum
- Mapleleaf ViburnumViburnum acerifolium
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Viburnum obovatum Viburnum obovatum Rare or protected plant
- Downy Arrowwood Viburnum rafinesqueanum Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
- American Robin 22 of these plants
- Cedar Waxwing 18 of these plants
- Hummingbird Clearwing 18 of these plants
- Cecropia Moth 8 of these plants
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 8 of these plants
- Io Moth 8 of these plants
- Promethea Moth 8 of these plants
- Red-spotted Purple 8 of these plants
- Eastern Bluebird 4 of these plants
- Northern Cardinal 4 of these plants
- Wood Thrush 4 of these plants
None of the other listed species.