Top native legumes
20 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Buffalo Clover
Trifolium reflexum
caterpillars
80
hosts
2
food
19
flowers
84
shelter
2
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Black Locust
Robinia pseudoacacia
caterpillars
72
hosts
11
food
34
flowers
68
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Canadian Milkvetch
Astragalus canadensis
caterpillars
28
bees
8
food
9
flowers
63
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Sundial Lupine
Lupinus perennis
keystone
caterpillars
25
bees
2
food
3
flowers
58
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Leadplant
Amorpha canescens
caterpillars
19
bees
3
food
5
flowers
114
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Skyblue Lupine
Lupinus diffusus
keystone
caterpillars
16
bees
1
food
1
flowers
24
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Lady Lupine
Lupinus villosus
keystone
caterpillars
15
bees
1
food
1
flowers
18
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Eastern Wild Indigo
Baptisia tinctoria
caterpillars
13
food
1
flowers
53
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Thick-pod White Wild Indigo
Baptisia alba
caterpillars
13
flowers
20
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Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
caterpillars
11
food
10
flowers
97
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Spiked Wild Indigo
Baptisia albescens
caterpillars
11
flowers
12
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American Sicklepod
Senna obtusifolia
caterpillars
10
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
5
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Grayhairy Wild Indigo
Baptisia cinerea
caterpillars
10
flowers
11
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Eastern Milk-pea
Galactia regularis
caterpillars
6
food
1
flowers
17
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White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
caterpillars
4
bees
6
food
3
flowers
50
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Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
caterpillars
4
bees
6
food
2
flowers
77
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Aaron's Rod
Thermopsis villosa
caterpillars
3
flowers
7
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Sidebeak Pencilflower
Stylosanthes biflora
caterpillars
2
flowers
18
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Naked-flowered Tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum nudiflorum
caterpillars
2
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Kentucky Yellowwood
Cladrastis kentukea
flowers
5