Quick answer: 153 species in the directory match "Butterfly and moth host plants", 120 with a live listing as of 04 Nov 2026.
Butterfly and moth host plants by state
The same list narrowed to plants native to one state.
Alabama 88Alaska 12Arizona 24Arkansas 90California 15Colorado 29Connecticut 69Delaware 104Florida 84Georgia 93Idaho 17Illinois 100Indiana 96Iowa 72Kansas 62Kentucky 109Louisiana 66Maine 45Maryland 113Massachusetts 67Michigan 83Minnesota 61Mississippi 86Missouri 94Montana 23Nebraska 52Nevada 18New Hampshire 55New Jersey 104New Mexico 31New York 101North Carolina 99North Dakota 38Ohio 104Oklahoma 81Oregon 11Pennsylvania 108Rhode Island 66South Carolina 93South Dakota 44Tennessee 99Texas 89Utah 25Vermont 60Virginia 112Washington 11West Virginia 106Wisconsin 65Wyoming 27
All 153 species
Each entry links to the plant's profile with its native states and buying note.
- Adam's needle Yucca filamentosa · 21 states
- American elm Ulmus americana · 31 states
- American holly Ilex opaca · 28 states
- American hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana · 33 states
- American wisteria Wisteria frutescens · 14 states
- Antelope-horns milkweed Asclepias asperula · 2 states
- Bald cypress Taxodium distichum · 16 states
- Balsam poplar Populus balsamifera · 8 states
- Bear oak Quercus ilicifolia · 13 states
- Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi · 34 states
- Bebb willow Salix bebbiana · 6 states
- Big bluestem Andropogon gerardii · 41 states
- Bigtooth aspen Populus grandidentata · 20 states
- Birdfoot violet Viola pedata · 34 states
- Black cherry Prunus serotina · 35 states
- Black oak Quercus velutina · 30 states
- Black walnut Juglans nigra · 33 states
- Black willow Salix nigra · 24 states
- Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta · 44 states
- Blackjack oak Quercus marilandica · 24 states
- Blue grama Bouteloua gracilis · 19 states
- Blue vervain Verbena hastata · 34 states
- Bog Labrador tea Ledum groenlandicum · 11 states
- Boxelder Acer negundo · 16 states
- Buffalograss Bouteloua dactyloides · 19 states
- Bur oak Quercus macrocarpa · 33 states
- Butterflyweed Asclepias tuberosa · 40 states
- Canada wild rye Elymus canadensis · 37 states
- Canadian wild ginger Asarum canadense · 30 states
- Cenizo sage Leucophyllum frutescens · 2 states
- Chinkapin oak Quercus muehlenbergii · 30 states
- Chokecherry Prunus virginiana · 44 states
- Coast live oak Quercus agrifolia · 1 states
- Cockspur hawthorn Crataegus crus-galli · 25 states
- Common hackberry Celtis occidentalis · 33 states
- Common hoptree Ptelea trifoliata · 28 states
- Common persimmon Diospyros virginiana · 26 states
- Common selfheal Prunella vulgaris · 25 states
- Common snowberry Symphoricarpos albus · 21 states
- Common winterberry Ilex verticillata · 32 states
- Coontie Zamia pumila · 1 states
- Coral honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens · 16 states
- Creeping snowberry Gaultheria hispidula · 12 states
- Desert willow Chilopsis linearis · 5 states
- Eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides · 42 states
- Eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis · 25 states
- Eastern red columbine Aquilegia canadensis · 36 states
- Farkleberry Vaccinium arboreum · 16 states
- Fireweed Chamerion angustifolium · 37 states
- Flowering dogwood Cornus florida · 31 states
- Fragrant sumac Rhus aromatica · 30 states
- Fringed bluestar Amsonia ciliata · 2 states
- Gambel oak Quercus gambelii · 8 states
- Golden alexanders Zizia aurea · 35 states
- Gray birch Betula populifolia · 17 states
- Gray dogwood Cornus racemosa · 19 states
- Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica · 43 states
- Groundnut Apios americana · 21 states
- Highbush cranberry Viburnum opulus var. americanum · 22 states
- Hobblebush Viburnum lantanoides · 17 states
- Honey locust Gleditsia triacanthos · 13 states
- Honey mesquite Prosopis glandulosa · 4 states
- Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans · 37 states
- Indigo bush Amorpha fruticosa · 37 states
- Inland sea oats Chasmanthium latifolium · 21 states
- Kentucky coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus · 15 states
- Little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium · 42 states
- Loblolly pine Pinus taeda · 18 states
- Mapleleaf viburnum Viburnum acerifolium · 27 states
- Maypop passionflower Passiflora incarnata · 21 states
- Mexican buckeye Ungnadia speciosa · 2 states
- Mexican plum Prunus mexicana · 10 states
- Mockernut hickory Carya tomentosa · 26 states
- Mountain avens Dryas octopetala · 1 states
- Mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia · 23 states
- Nannyberry Viburnum lentago · 25 states
- Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium · 21 states
- New England aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae · 29 states
- New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus · 35 states
- Nootka rose Rosa nutkana · 1 states
- Northern bayberry Morella pensylvanica · 2 states
- Northern red oak Quercus rubra · 33 states
- Northern spicebush Lindera benzoin · 31 states
- Pagoda dogwood Cornus alternifolia · 30 states
- Paper birch Betula papyrifera · 28 states
- Parry's agave Agave parryi · 2 states
- Partridge pea Chamaecrista fasciculata · 30 states
- Pawpaw Asimina triloba · 29 states
- Peachleaf willow Salix amygdaloides · 4 states
- Pearly everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea · 38 states
- Pin cherry Prunus pensylvanica · 20 states
- Pin oak Quercus palustris · 27 states
- Pitch pine Pinus rigida · 12 states
- Post oak Quercus stellata · 28 states
- Prairie ironweed Vernonia fasciculata · 14 states
- Prairie redroot Ceanothus herbaceus · 1 states
- Pussy willow Salix discolor · 18 states
- Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides · 39 states
- Red maple Acer rubrum · 33 states
- Red pine Pinus resinosa · 13 states
- Red-osier dogwood Cornus sericea · 36 states
- Redbay Persea borbonia · 5 states
- Rocky Mountain bee plant Peritoma serrulata · 26 states
- Sassafras Sassafras albidum · 22 states
- Saw palmetto Serenoa repens · 4 states
- Sheep laurel Kalmia angustifolia · 13 states
- Shore pine Pinus contorta · 1 states
- Shortleaf pine Pinus echinata · 22 states
- Showy tick trefoil Desmodium canadense · 29 states
- Shumard oak Quercus shumardii · 22 states
- Sideoats grama Bouteloua curtipendula · 38 states
- Slippery elm Ulmus rubra · 30 states
- Smooth hydrangea Hydrangea arborescens · 23 states
- Smooth sumac Rhus glabra · 42 states
- Southern arrowwood Viburnum dentatum · 28 states
- Southern catalpa Catalpa bignonioides · 2 states
- Southern live oak Quercus virginiana · 10 states
- Southern red oak Quercus falcata · 23 states
- Southern wax myrtle Morella cerifera · 8 states
- Steeplebush Spiraea tomentosa · 22 states
- Stiff dogwood Cornus foemina · 12 states
- Sundial lupine Lupinus perennis · 28 states
- Swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata · 37 states
- Sweet-fern Comptonia peregrina · 21 states
- Sweetbay magnolia Magnolia virginiana · 17 states
- Switchgrass Panicum virgatum · 43 states
- Tamarack Larix laricina · 17 states
- Texas ebony Ebenopsis ebano · 1 states
- Texas persimmon Diospyros texana · 1 states
- Texas sacahuista Nolina texana · 1 states
- Trailing arbutus Epigaea repens · 24 states
- Trumpet vine Campsis radicans · 33 states
- Tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera · 27 states
- Twistleaf yucca Yucca rupicola · 1 states
- Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia · 40 states
- Virginia strawberry Fragaria virginiana · 30 states
- Water oak Quercus nigra · 17 states
- Western redcedar Thuja plicata · 1 states
- White ash Fraxinus americana · 35 states
- White fringetree Chionanthus virginicus · 21 states
- White heath aster Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides · 26 states
- White meadowsweet Spiraea alba · 22 states
- White oak Quercus alba · 33 states
- White prairie clover Dalea candida · 1 states
- White spruce Picea glauca · 1 states
- White turtlehead Chelone glabra · 22 states
- Whorled milkweed Asclepias verticillata · 30 states
- Willow oak Quercus phellos · 23 states
- Winecup Callirhoe involucrata · 16 states
- Woolly pipevine Aristolochia tomentosa · 7 states
- Yaupon holly Ilex vomitoria · 11 states
- Yellow bells (esperanza) Tecoma stans · 3 states
- Yellow passionflower Passiflora lutea · 21 states