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Top native nolinas and allies

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

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15 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 7 Part shade 3

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 8

Water use

Low 6

Toughness

Deer resistant

Yes 4

Form

Plant type

Perennial 15 Shrub 15 Tree 2
  • Sacahuista Nolina microcarpa caterpillars 4
  • Texas Sacahuiste Nolina texana caterpillars 3 flowers 2
  • Woodland Beargrass Nolina greenei caterpillars 3 flowers 1
  • Foothill Beargrass Nolina erumpens caterpillars 2 food 1
  • Devil's Shoestring Nolina lindheimeriana caterpillars 2
  • Chaparral Beargrass Nolina micrantha caterpillars 2
  • Wheeler Sotol Dasylirion wheeleri caterpillars 1 hosts 4 food 1 flowers 10
  • Parry's Nolina Nolina parryi caterpillars 1 flowers 5
  • Bigelow's Nolina Nolina bigelovii caterpillars 1
  • Chaparral Nolina Nolina cismontana caterpillars 1
  • Dehesa Nolina Nolina interrata caterpillars 1
  • Texas Sotol Dasylirion texanum
  • Smooth Sotol Dasylirion leiophyllum
  • Britton's Beargrass Nolina brittoniana
  • Florida Beargrass Nolina atopocarpa

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