Top native legumes
6 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Honey Locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
caterpillars
47
hosts
13
food
32
flowers
35
shelter
2
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Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
caterpillars
11
food
10
flowers
97
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Eastern Milk-pea
Galactia regularis
caterpillars
6
food
1
flowers
17
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Arizona Redbud
Cercis orbiculata
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
11
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Naked-flowered Tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum nudiflorum
caterpillars
2
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Kentucky Yellowwood
Cladrastis kentukea
flowers
5