Top native vascular plants
51 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Southern Dwarf Blueberry
Vaccinium tenellum
keystone
caterpillars
76
bees
4
hosts
1
food
29
flowers
33
shelter
1
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Muscadine
Vitis rotundifolia
keystone
caterpillars
52
hosts
9
food
81
flowers
16
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Blueblossom
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
caterpillars
49
hosts
3
food
21
flowers
68
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Walter's Aster
Symphyotrichum walteri
caterpillars
41
bees
9
hosts
2
food
11
flowers
151
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Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
caterpillars
23
bees
3
hosts
1
food
83
flowers
726
shelter
1
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Bearberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
caterpillars
23
bees
4
food
23
flowers
94
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Sulfur Buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum
caterpillars
21
bees
2
hosts
2
food
17
flowers
127
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Sand Myrtle
Kalmia buxifolia
caterpillars
15
bees
3
food
3
flowers
17
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Heartleaf Nettle
Urtica chamaedryoides
caterpillars
14
food
1
flowers
1
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Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
caterpillars
11
food
10
flowers
97
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Prairie Pricklypear
Opuntia macrorhiza
caterpillars
9
bees
4
hosts
2
food
11
flowers
41
shelter
1
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Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
caterpillars
9
hosts
3
food
12
flowers
380
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Shrubby Cinquefoil
Dasiphora fruticosa
caterpillars
9
food
17
flowers
127
shelter
1
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Sandhill Milkweed
Asclepias humistrata
caterpillars
9
food
8
flowers
83
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Low Pricklypear
Opuntia humifusa
caterpillars
8
bees
4
hosts
2
food
15
flowers
42
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Salal
Gaultheria shallon
caterpillars
7
food
5
flowers
14
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Marsh Blue Violet
Viola cucullata
caterpillars
6
bees
1
hosts
3
food
7
flowers
74
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Spotted Spurge
Euphorbia maculata
caterpillars
6
bees
2
food
25
flowers
43
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Prostrate Sandmat
Euphorbia prostrata
caterpillars
6
bees
2
food
21
flowers
36
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Hyssop Spurge
Euphorbia hyssopifolia
caterpillars
6
bees
1
food
13
flowers
31
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Eastern Milk-pea
Galactia regularis
caterpillars
6
food
1
flowers
17
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Prostrate Blue Violet
Viola walteri
caterpillars
5
bees
1
hosts
2
food
3
flowers
41
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Mat Sandbur
Cenchrus longispinus
caterpillars
5
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Sweet White Violet
Viola blanda
caterpillars
4
bees
1
hosts
4
food
5
flowers
49
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Southeastern Pricklypear
Opuntia mesacantha
caterpillars
4
bees
2
hosts
1
food
8
flowers
15
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Creeping Cactus
Opuntia drummondii
caterpillars
4
bees
2
hosts
1
food
7
flowers
14
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Moss Campion
Silene acaulis
caterpillars
3
food
14
flowers
20
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Purple False Foxglove
Agalinis purpurea
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
34
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Matted Sandmat
Euphorbia serpens
caterpillars
2
food
14
flowers
28
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Nimblewill
Muhlenbergia schreberi
caterpillars
2
food
11
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Lyreleaf Sage
Salvia lyrata
caterpillars
2
food
8
flowers
102
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Manyflower Marshpennywort
Hydrocotyle umbellata
caterpillars
2
food
4
flowers
1
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Eastern Skunk Cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
caterpillars
2
food
3
flowers
6
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Moss Phlox
Phlox subulata
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
49
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Straggler Daisy
Calyptocarpus vialis
caterpillars
2
flowers
11
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Bashful Wakerobin
Trillium catesbaei
caterpillars
2
flowers
4
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Miami Mist
Phacelia purshii
caterpillars
1
bees
1
flowers
28
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Youth-on-Age
Tolmiea menziesii
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
flowers
4
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Canada Yew
Taxus canadensis
caterpillars
1
food
9
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Round-leaved Sundew
Drosera rotundifolia
caterpillars
1
food
5
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Wooly Spiderwort
Tradescantia sillamontana
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
13
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Buttonweed
Diodia virginiana
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
3
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False Daisy
Eclipta prostrata
caterpillars
1
flowers
3
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Pink Sundew
Drosera capillaris
caterpillars
1
flowers
2
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Spoonleaf Sundew
Drosera intermedia
caterpillars
1
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Tropical Speedwell
Evolvulus alsinoides
caterpillars
1
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Winecup Mallow
Callirhoe involucrata
bees
2
flowers
30
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Carolina Springbeauty
Claytonia caroliniana
bees
1
flowers
33
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Coastal Plain Gentian
Gentiana catesbaei
food
1
flowers
1
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Yellow Butterwort
Pinguicula lutea
flowers
1