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Top native horsetail

4 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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4 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 4 Part shade 3 Dappled shade 1 Full shade 3

Soil and water

Moisture

Moist 3 Wet 1

Water use

Low 1 Medium 1

Soil

Sand 1 Loam 1 Clay 1

Toughness

Deer resistant

Yes 1

Resists

Wet soil 1

Form

Habit

Erect 1

Plant type

Perennial 3 Wildflower 3 Herbaceous perennial 1 Water plant 1
  • Rough Horsetail Equisetum hyemale food 16
  • Variegated Horsetail Equisetum variegatum food 16
  • Dwarf Horsetail Equisetum scirpoides food 10
  • Smooth Horsetail Equisetum laevigatum food 9 flowers 1

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