Top native legumes
5 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Black Locust
Robinia pseudoacacia
caterpillars
72
hosts
11
food
34
flowers
68
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False Indigo Bush
Amorpha fruticosa
caterpillars
10
bees
4
food
5
flowers
10
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Kentucky Coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicus
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
16
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Sidebeak Pencilflower
Stylosanthes biflora
caterpillars
2
flowers
18
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Kentucky Yellowwood
Cladrastis kentukea
flowers
5