VT Native Trees and Shrubs as moth and butterfly hosts

 VT Native Trees and Shrubs are listed in order of the number of moths/butterflies that use the plant as a host. 

*1. NOTE: The numbers represent the number of butterflies and moths that use the genus as a host. The count for the individual species within the genus may vary. Example: 415 for Salix of which some use Salix bebbiana, some Salix nigra...

The genus Salix host 415 butterfly/moth species and there are nine plant species listed that are in the Salix genus and are native to Vermont. 

*2. See Go Botany link at bottom of the file to check on what part of Vermont any of the listed plants are native to.

Native to VT	Latin Name	# of BF / moths that use the GENUS    - as a host	Shrub or Tree	Common name
VT	Salix bebbiana	415	Shrub	Bebb willow
VT	Salix nigra	415	Tree	black willow
VT	Salix pedicellaris	415	Shrub	bog willow
VT	Salix planifolia subsp. planifolia	415	Shrub	diamondleaf willow
VT	Salix petiolaris	415	Shrub	meadow willow
VT	Salix eriocephala	415	Shrub	Missouri River willow
VT	Salix humilis var. humilis	415	Shrub	prairie willow
VT	Salix discolor	415	Shrub	pussy willow
VT	Salix interior	415	Shrub	Sandbar willow
VT	Prunus nigra	407	Tree	Canadian plum
VT	Prunus virginiana var. virginiana	407	Shrub	Chokecherry
VT	Prunus pensylvanica var. pensylvanica	407	Shrub	Pin cherry
VT	Prunus susquehanae	407	Shrub	Susquehanna sandcherry
VT	Betula populifolia	403	Tree	Gray birch
VT	Betula papyrifera	403	Tree	Paper birch
VT	Betula lenta	403	Tree	Sweet birch
VT	Betula alleghaniensis	403	Tree	Yellow birch
VT	Quercus alba	401	Tree	Eastern white oak
VT	Quercus bicolor	401	Tree	Swamp white oak
VT	Quercus coccinea	401	Tree	Scarlet oak
VT	Quercus ilicifolia	401	Tree	Scrub oak
VT	Quercus macrocarpa	401	Tree	Burr oak
VT	Quercus montana	401	Tree	Mountain chestnut oak
VT	Quercus muehlenbergii	401	Tree	Chinquapin oak, yellow chestnut oak
VT	Quercus prinoides	401	Tree	Dwarf chestnut oak
VT	Quercus rubra	401	Tree	Northern red oak
VT	Quercus velutina	401	Tree	Black oak
VT	Populus balsamifera subsp. balsamifera	352	Tree	balsam poplar
VT	Populus grandidentata	352	Tree	bigtooth aspen
VT	Populus deltoides subsp. deltoides	352	Tree	eastern cottonwood
VT	Populus tremuloides	352	Tree	deltoides
VT	Acer negundo	280	Tree	boxelder
VT	Acer negundo var. negundo	280	Tree	boxelder
VT	Acer spicatum	280	Tree	Mountain maple
VT	Acer rubrum	280	Tree	Red maple
VT	Acer saccharinum	280	Tree	silver maple
VT	Acer pensylvanicum	280	Tree	striped maple
VT	Acer saccharum	280	Tree	sugar maple
VT	Acer saccharum var. saccharum	280	Tree	sugar maple
No	Malus / Rosales	278	Tree	Crabapple, apple
VT	Vaccinium pallidum	276	Shrub	Blue Ridge blueberry
VT	Vaccinium uliginosum	276	Shrub	bog blueberry
VT	Vaccinium macrocarpon	276	Shrub	cranberry
VT	Vaccinium corymbosum	276	Shrub	highbush blueberry
VT	Vaccinium vitis-idaea	276	Shrub	lingonberry
VT	Vaccinium angustifolium	276	Shrub	lowbush blueberry
VT	Vaccinium vitis-idaea subsp. minus	276	Shrub	northern mountain cranberry
VT	Alnus incana	268	Shrub	gray alder
VT	Alnus viridis	268	Shrub	green alder
VT	Alnus serrulata	268	Shrub	hazel alder
VT	Alnus viridis subsp. crispa	268	Shrub	mountain alder
VT	Alnus incana subsp. rugosa	268	Shrub	speckled alder
VT	Pinus strobus	232	Tree	eastern white pine
VT	Carya cordiformis	186	Tree	bitternut hickory
VT	Carya ovata	186	Tree	shagbark hickory ovata
VT	Ulmus americana	183	Tree	American elm
VT	Ulmus thomasii	183	Tree	rock elm
VT	Picea rubens	163	Tree	red spruce
Check individual species on Go Botany	Rubus / Rosales	157	Shrub	blackberry, dewberry, raspberry, thimbleberry
VT	Crataegus brainerdii	156	Shrub	Brainerd's hawthorn
VT	Crataegus intricata	156	Shrub	Copenhagen hawthorn
VT	Crataegus punctata	156	Shrub	dotted hawthorn
VT	Crataegus mollis	156	Shrub	downy hawthorn
VT	Crataegus chrysocarpa	156	Shrub	fireberry hawthorn
VT	Crataegus succulenta	156	Shrub	fleshy hawthorn
VT	Crataegus chrysocarpa var. chrysocarpa	156	Shrub	red haw
VT	Tilia americana	143	Tree	American basswood
VT	Tilia americana var. americana	143	Tree	American basswood
VT	Fraxinus nigra	128	Tree	black ash
VT	Fraxinus pennsylvanica	128	Tree	green ash
VT	Fraxinus americana	128	Tree	white ash
VT	Corylus americana	126	Shrub	American hazelnut
VT	Corylus cornuta	126	Shrub	beaked hazelnut
VT	Corylus cornuta var. cornuta	126	Shrub	beaked hazelnut
VT	Abies balsamea	124	Tree	balsam fir
VT	Fagus grandifolia	123	Tree	American beech
VT	Rosa blanda	121	Shrub	smooth rose
VT	Rosa carolina	121	Shrub	Carolina rose
VT	Rosa virginiana	121	Shrub	Virginia rose
VT	Rosa acicularis	121	Shrub	bristly rose
VT	Rosa palustris	121	Shrub	swamp rose
VT	Rosa nitida	121	Shrub	shining rose
VT	Larix laricina	119	Tree	tamarack
VT	Amelanchier arborea	119	Shrub	common serviceberry
VT	Amelanchier arborea var. arborea	119	Shrub	common serviceberry
VT	Amelanchier bartramiana	119	Shrub	oblongfruit serviceberry
VT	Amelanchier sanguinea	119	Shrub	roundleaf serviceberry
VT	Amelanchier sanguinea var. sanguinea	119	Shrub	roundleaf serviceberry
VT	Amelanchier stolonifera	119	Shrub	running serviceberry
VT	Cornus alternifolia	115	Shrub	alternateleaf dogwood
VT	Cornus racemosa	115	Shrub	gray dogwood
VT	Cornus sericea	115	Shrub	redosier dogwood
VT	Cornus sericea subsp. sericea	115	Shrub	redosier dogwood
VT	Cornus rugosa	115	Shrub	roundleaf dogwood
VT	Cornus amomum	115	Shrub	silky dogwood
VT	Juglans / Juglandales	114	Tree	butternut, walnut
VT	Tsuga canadensis	106	Tree	eastern hemlock
VT	Viburnum opulus var. americanum	103	Shrub	American cranberrybush
VT	Viburnum rafinesqueanum)	103	Shrub	downy arrowwood
VT	Viburnum lantanoides	103	Shrub	hobblebush
VT	Viburnum acerifolium	103	Shrub	mapleleaf viburnum
VT	Viburnum lentago	103	Shrub	nannyberry
VT	Viburnum recognitum	103	Shrub	southern arrowwood
VT	Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides	103	Shrub	withe-rod
VT	Castanea dentata	102	Tree	American chestnut
VT	Spiraea tomentosa	97	Shrub	steeplebush
VT	Spiraea alba var. latifolia	94	Shrub	white meadowsweet
VT	Myrica gale	94	Shrub	sweetgale
VT	Ostrya virginiana	81	Tree	hophornbeam
VT	Sorbus americana	72	Tree	American mountain ash
VT	Sorbus decora	72	Tree	northern mountain ash
VT	Carpinus caroliniana	68	Tree	American hornbeam
VT	Carpinus caroliniana subsp. virginiana	68	Tree	American hornbeam
VT	Vitis riparia	68	Liana	riverbank grape
VT	Vitis aestivalis	68	Liana	summer grape
VT	Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor	68	Liana	summer grape
VT	Comptonia peregrina	66	Shrub	sweet fern
VT	Myrica gale	65	Shrub	sweetgale
VT	Hamamelis virginiana	63	Shrub	American witchhazel
VT	Rhododendron canadense	50	Shrub	rhodora
VT	Thuja occidentalis	44	Tree	arborvitae
VT	Gaylussacia baccata	40	Shrub	black huckleberry
VT	Ceanothus herbaceus	40	Shrub	Jersey tea
VT	Ceanothus americanus	40	Shrub	New Jersey redroot, New Jersey tea
VT	Rhus aromatica var. aromatica	40	Tree	fragrant sumac
VT	Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis	36	Shrub	American black elderberry
VT	Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa	36	Shrub	red elderberry
VT	Kalmia polifolia	36	Shrub	bog laurel
VT	Lonicera canadensis	35	Shrub	American fly honeysuckle
VT	Lonicera dioica	35	Shrub	limber honeysuckle
VT	Lonicera sempervirens	35	Shrub	trumpet honeysuckle
VT	Physocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius	34	Shrub	common ninebark
VT	Ilex mucronata	33	Shrub	catberry
VT	Celtis occidentalis	31	Shrub	common hackberry
VT	Juniperus communis var. depressa	31	Tree	common juniper
VT	Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana	31	Tree	eastern redcedar
VT	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	28	Liana	Virginia-creeper, woodbine
VT	Parthenocissus inserta	28	Liana	thicket-creeper
VT	Platanus occidentalis	27	Tree	American sycamore
VT	Nyssa sylvatica	26	Tree	black-gum, black tupelo
VT	Symphoricarpos albus	21	Shrub	common snowberry
VT	Chamaedaphne calyculata	20	Shrub	leatherleaf
VT	Shepherdia canadensis	19	Shrub	russet buffaloberry
VT	Cephalanthus occidentalis	19	Shrub	common buttonbush
VT	Salix uva-ursi	13	Shrub	bearberry willow
VT	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	13	Shrub	kinnikinnick, red bearberry
VT	Rhododendron groenlandicum	11	Shrub	Labrador-tea
VT	Lindera benzoin	8	Shrub	northern spicebush
VT	Andromeda polifolia	7	Shrub	Bog rosemary
VT	Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophylla	7	Shrub	Bog rosemary
VT	Celastrus scandens	5	Liana	American bittersweet
VT	Decodon verticillatus	5	Wetland plant	swamp loosestrife
VT	Taxus canadensis	5	Shrub	Canada yew, or American yew
VT	Diervilla lonicera	3	Shrub	northern bush honeysuckle
VT	Dirca palustris	3	Shrub	eastern leatherwood
VT	Gaultheria hispidula	3	Shrub	creeping snowberry
VT	Gaultheria procumbens	3	Shrub	eastern teaberry
VT	Staphylea trifolia	2	Shrub	American bladdernut

References

Native Plant Trust Go Botany

Native Plant Finder Trees and Shrubs by Zip Code

Native Plant Finder Flowers and Grasses by Zip Code

Nature’s Best Hope - Doug Tallamy recording

Good Moth Article at The New Yorker: