Trees that are Host to Butterflies & Moths
Striped Hair Streak Red Spotted Purple Butterfly Banded Hairsteak
Serviceberry Hornbeam Hornbeam Aspen Hickory Cockspur Hawthorn Cockspur Hawthorn Poplar Black Walnut Oak Cottonwood Apple Oak Willow Cherry Plum
Mourning Cloak Compton Tortoiseshell Tiger Swallowtail
River Birch River Birch River Birch Sweetbay Cottonwood, Aspen, Poplar, Willow Willow Willow Basswood American Elm Aspen Tulip Tree Sycamore Hackberry Poplar Apple Magnolia
Trees that are Host to Butterflies & Moths
Hackberry Butterfly Tawny Emperor Question Mark
Hackberry Hackberry Hackberry Elm Elm Elm Linden
American Snout Butterfly Common Checkered Skipper Northern Pearly Eye
Hackberry Honey Locust River Birch - Nectar Source (SAP) Pagoda Dogwood Black Locust Cottonwood Kousa Dogowood Aspen Cornelian Cherry Poplar Willow Trees that are Host to Butterflies & Moths
Viceroy Spring Azure Juniper Hairstreak Cottonwood, Aspen, Poplar, Willow Cherry Cherry, Plum, Apple Red Cedar Plum Apple
Coral Hairsteak Edwards Hairsteak Eastern Comma
Cherry Oak Elm Plum Trees that are Host to Butterflies & Moths
Red Banded Hairstreak White M Hairsteak Spicebush Swallowtail
Oak Oak Tulip Tree Sweetbay
Horace's Dustywing Hummingbird Clearwing Cecropia Silk Moth
Oak Cherry Box Elder Birch Plum Sugar Maple Willow Hawthorn Dogwood Apple Cherry Plum Trees that are Host to Butterflies & Moths
Tulip Silk Moth Clouded Sulphur Zebra Swallowtail
Tulip Tree Apple Pawpaw
Most Valuable Woody Plants for Butterflies (Species in Parenthesis)
1. Oak (534) 2. Black Cherry (456) White Admiral 3. Willow (455) 4. Birch (413) Hornbeam 5. Poplar (368) Cockspur Hawthorn 6. Crabapple (311) Cottonwood, Aspen, Poplar 7. Blueberry (288) Cherry, Plum, Apple 8. Maple (265) 9. Elm (213) 10. Pine (203)