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Lindera benzoin – Spicebush

Plant community: Oak Hickory Forest

Native region: Eastern United States

Mature size: Height: 6 to 12 feet, Spread: 6 to 12 feet

Habitat: Floodplain (river or stream floodplains), shores of rivers or lakes, swamps

Hardiness Zone(s): 4-9

Leaf color: Summer: light green, Fall: yellow

Bloom color: Greenish yellow

Benefit to Wildlife: Attracts birds and butterflies.

Larval host: Specific larval host: Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) (1/7), Promethea silkmoth (Callosamia promethea) (1/6)

 Sources:

https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/lindera/benzoin/

http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=LIBE3

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=d890

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/papilio-troilus

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Callosamia-promethea

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Amorpha fruticosa - False Indigo

Plant community: N/A

Native region: Southern United States

Mature size: Height: 4 to 12 feet, Spread: 6 to 15 feet

Habitat: Anthropogenic (man-made or disturbed habitats), forest edges

Hardiness Zone(s): 4–9

Leaf color: Summer: gray-green, Fall: N/A

Bloom color: dark purple

Benefit to Wildlife: Important plant for nectar-bees, nectar-butterflies, and nectar-insects. It is also an occasional browse source for large mammals such as white-tailed deer.

Larval host: Specific larval host: Hoary edge (Achalarus lyciades) (1/4), Silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus) (1/2)

Sources:

Tallamy, Douglas W. Bringing Nature Home. Portland: Timber, 2009. Print.

http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=amfr

https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/amorpha/fruticosa/

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=280343&isprofile=0&#AllImages

http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=AMFR

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Rosa carolina – Carolina Rose

Plant community: N/A

Native region: Eastern and central North America

Mature size: Height: 3 to 6 feet, Spread: 5 to 10 feet

Habitat: Anthropogenic (man-made or disturbed habitats), meadows and fields, woodlands

Hardiness Zone(s): 4-9

Leaf color: Summer: yellow green, Fall: yellow-orange

Bloom color: pink

Benefit to Wildlife: Attracts a large number of native bees and provides nesting materials for native bees. Attracts birds.

Larval host: Specific host: Apple sphinx (Sphinx gordius) (1/5)

 Sources:

https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/rosa/carolina/

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=f370

http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ROCA4

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Viburnum dentatum – Smooth Arrowwood

Plant community: Red Maple Swamp

Native region: Eastern North America

Mature size: Height: 6 to 10 feet, Spread: 6 to 10 feet

Habitat: Grassland, shores of rivers or lakes, swamps

Hardiness Zone(s): 2-8

Leaf color: Summer: glossy dark green, Fall: drab yellow to attractive shades or orange and red

Bloom color: white

Benefit to Wildlife: Fruit is eaten by songbirds, and attracts birds such as the Eastern Bluebird, Northern Flicker, Gray Catbird and the American Robin. Also attracts gamebirds, small mammals and butterflies.

Larval host: Specific larval host: Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon)

 Sources:

https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/viburnum/dentatum/

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=m720

http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=VIDE

https://www.purdue.edu/wildlife/PDFfiles/shrubs.pdf

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Viburnum lentago – Nannyberry

Plant community: Red Maple Swamp

Native region: Eastern North America

Mature size: Height: 14 to 16 feet, Spread: 6 to 12 feet

Habitat: Floodplain (river or stream floodplains), meadows and fields, wetland margins (edges of wetlands)

Hardiness Zone(s): 2-8

Leaf color: Summer: glossy dark green, Fall: drab greenish-yellow to reddish-purple

Bloom color: white

Benefit to Wildlife: Chief feeders of viburnum fruits include ruffed grouse, brown thrashers, cedar waxwings, eastern chipmunks, and red squirrels. In general, fruits of most viburnums are low in fat, and thus seldom taken in great abundance.

Larval host: Specific larval host: Unsated Sallow (Metaxaglaea inulta), Horrid Zale (Zale horrida),

 Sources:

https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/viburnum/lentago/

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=m750

https://extension.umaine.edu/publications/2583e/

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Aristolochia macrophylla - Dutchman’s Pipe

Plant community: N/A

Native region: North America

Mature size: Height: 15 to 30 feet, Spread: 15 to 20 feet

Habitat: Forest edges, forests

Hardiness Zone(s): 4–8

Leaf color: Summer: green, Fall: yellow (though not very substantial)

Benefit to Wildlife: Provides sustenance to pipevine swallowtail caterpillars.  

Larval host: Pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor) (1/2 only Aristolochia genus)

Sources: https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/isotrema/macrophyllum/

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=j410

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Juglans nigra – Black Walnut

Plant community: Oak Hickory Forest

Native region: Native from Florida to Massachusetts (native to the US)

Mature size: Height: 75 to 100 feet, Spread: 75 to 100 feet

Habitat: Anthropogenic (man-made or disturbed habitats), forests, meadows and fields

Hardiness Zone(s): 4–9

Leaf color: Summer: lustrous dark green, Fall: Yellow

Benefit to Wildlife: The nuts of black walnut furnish food for many rodents and make up about 10 percent of the diet of eastern fox squirrels. The nuts are also eaten by a variety of birds.

Larval host: Specific host: Larva: hickory horned devil (1/4), Imperial moth (Eacles imperialis) (1/7)

Sources:

Dirr, Michael. Manual of Woody Landscape Plants. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing LLC, 2009. Print.

Tallamy, Douglas W. Bringing Nature Home. Portland: Timber, 2009. Print.

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a914

https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/prunus/serotina/

http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/pruser/all.html