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
15 native plants in Florida. 3 not suggested for gardens
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- American ElmUlmus americana
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- Cedar ElmUlmus crassifolia
- River BirchBetula nigra
- Eastern CottonwoodPopulus deltoides
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Common HackberryCeltis occidentalis
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
- Spiny HackberryCeltis pallida
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Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Heart Leaf Willow Salix eriocephala Rare or protected plant
- Salix floridana Salix floridana Rare or protected plant
- Slippery Elm Ulmus rubra Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
- Polyphemus Moth 7 of these plants
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 6 of these plants
- Io Moth 6 of these plants
- Question Mark 6 of these plants
- Red-spotted Purple 5 of these plants
- Viceroy 5 of these plants
- Cecropia Moth 4 of these plants
- American Robin 3 of these plants
- Eastern Bluebird 3 of these plants
- Hackberry Emperor 3 of these plants
- Northern Cardinal 3 of these plants
- Luna Moth 1 of these plants
None of the other listed species.