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
48 native plants in Virginia. 8 not suggested for gardens
- American PlumPrunus americana
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Chickasaw PlumPrunus angustifolia
- ChokecherryPrunus virginiana var. virginiana
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Dwarf Upland WillowSalix occidentalis
- Fire CherryPrunus pensylvanica
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Silky WillowSalix sericea
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Scarlet HawthornCrataegus coccinea
- Barberry HawthornCrataegus berberifolia
- Dodge's HawthornCrataegus dodgei
- Dotted HawthornCrataegus punctata
- Eastern HawthornCrataegus macrosperma
- Gattingers HawthornCrataegus pruinosa var. gattingeri
- Hill HawthornCrataegus collina
- One-flowered HawthornCrataegus uniflora
- Parsley HawthornCrataegus marshallii
- Red HawthornCrataegus iracunda
- Rochester HawthornCrataegus beata
- Schuette's HawthornCrataegus schuettei
- Sunny HawthornCrataegus aprica
- Washington HawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum
- Canadian ServiceberryAmelanchier canadensis
- Allegheny ServiceberryAmelanchier laevis
- Downy ServiceberryAmelanchier arborea
- Roundleaf ServiceberryAmelanchier sanguinea
- Clustered Hawthorn, Thames HawthornCrataegus compacta
- Crataegus aemulaCrataegus aemula
- Crayton's HawthornCrataegus craytonii
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis var. viridis
- Margaret's HawthornCrataegus margarettae
- Pennsylvania HawthornCrataegus pennsylvanica
- Woolly Dwarf HawthornCrataegus pexa
- Coastal ServiceberryAmelanchier obovalis
- Running ServiceberryAmelanchier spicata
- Bigtooth AspenPopulus grandidentata
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Populus deltoides subsp. deltoidesPopulus deltoides subsp. deltoides
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Canada Plum Prunus nigra Rare or protected plant
- Pussy Willow Salix discolor Rare or protected plant
- Beach Plum Prunus maritima Rare or protected plant
- Sandbar Willow Salix interior Rare or protected plant
- Susquehanna Cherry Prunus susquehanae Rare or protected plant
- Pear Hawthorn Crataegus calpodendron Rare or protected plant
- Nantucket Serviceberry Amelanchier nantucketensis Rare or protected plant
- Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
- Hummingbird Clearwing 25 of these plants
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 13 of these plants
- American Robin 10 of these plants
- Cecropia Moth 10 of these plants
- Cedar Waxwing 10 of these plants
- Io Moth 10 of these plants
- Mourning Cloak 9 of these plants
- Viceroy 9 of these plants
- Polyphemus Moth 6 of these plants
- Wood Thrush 6 of these plants
- Promethea Moth 4 of these plants
- Spring Azure 4 of these plants
None of the other listed species.