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
58 native plants in West Virginia. 7 not suggested for gardens
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Silky WillowSalix sericea
- Dwarf Upland WillowSalix humilis var. tristis
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Sandbar WillowSalix interior
- Upland WillowSalix humilis var. humilis
- Bear OakQuercus ilicifolia
- Black OakQuercus velutina
- Blackjack OakQuercus marilandica
- Chestnut OakQuercus prinus
- Chinquapin OakQuercus muehlenbergii
- Gray Oak; Northern Red Oak; Grey OakQuercus rubra var. ambigua
- Northern Red OakQuercus rubra
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- Post OakQuercus stellata
- Quercus shumardii var. shumardiiQuercus shumardii var. shumardii
- Red Oak; Northern Red OakQuercus rubra var. rubra
- Scarlet OakQuercus coccinea
- Shingle OakQuercus imbricaria
- Southern Red OakQuercus falcata
- Swamp White OakQuercus bicolor
- White OakQuercus alba
- Black MapleAcer nigrum
- Blackjack OakQuercus marilandica var. marilandica
- Box-elderAcer negundo
- Bur OakQuercus macrocarpa
- Carolina Red MapleAcer rubrum var. trilobum
- Eastern BoxelderAcer negundo var. negundo
- Eastern Red MapleAcer rubrum var. rubrum
- Mountain MapleAcer spicatum
- Red MapleAcer rubrum
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Striped MapleAcer pensylvanicum
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum var. saccharum
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum var. schneckii
- American ElmUlmus americana
- Slippery ElmUlmus rubra
- Bitternut HickoryCarya cordiformis
- Cork ElmUlmus thomasii
- Mockernut HickoryCarya tomentosa
- Pignut HickoryCarya glabra
- Red HickoryCarya ovalis
- River BirchBetula nigra
- Shagbark HickoryCarya ovata
- Shellbark HickoryCarya laciniosa
- Sweet BirchBetula lenta
- Yellow BirchBetula alleghaniensis
- Black HickoryCarya texana
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Pussy Willow Salix discolor Rare or protected plant
- Peach Leaf Willow Salix amygdaloides Rare or protected plant
- Shining Willow Salix lucida Rare or protected plant
- Dwarf Chinquapin Oak Quercus prinoides Rare or protected plant
- Shumard Oak Quercus shumardii Rare or protected plant
- Mountain Paper Birch Betula cordifolia Rare or protected plant
- Paper Birch; Canoe Birch Betula papyrifera Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
- Imperial Moth 30 of these plants
- Banded Hairstreak 25 of these plants
- Cecropia Moth 23 of these plants
- Io Moth 20 of these plants
- Mourning Cloak 14 of these plants
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 11 of these plants
- Luna Moth 10 of these plants
- Red-spotted Purple 8 of these plants
- Viceroy 8 of these plants
- Regal Moth 7 of these plants
- Question Mark 3 of these plants
None of the other listed species.