
pussy willow
Salix discolor
Pussy willow is a small tree or large shrub. As one of the earliest blooming … Continued
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Cecropia silkmoth caterpillars eat a variety of plants, including box elder (Acer negundo), sugar maple (Acer saccharinum), wild cherries and plums (Prunus), apples (Malus), alder and birch (Betulaceae), dogwoods (Cornus), and willows (Salix).
Include these plants in your landscape to host the Cecropia silkmoth!
Salix discolor
Pussy willow is a small tree or large shrub. As one of the earliest blooming … Continued
Prunus serotina
This native ranges from southeastern Canada through the eastern US, and west to Texas. White … Continued
Malus domestica
‘Braeburn’ apples were discovered in 1952 as a chance seedling growing in a New Zealand … Continued
Malus hybrids
A genus of about 35 species of deciduous trees and shrubs from Europe, Asia and … Continued
Cornus florida
Grown as a single- or multi-trunked tree with a spreading crown and long-lasting, showy, white … Continued
Betula nigra
Vigorous, fast-growing, medium-sized, native deciduous tree which occurs on floodplains, swampy bottomlands, and along streams. … Continued