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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Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
caterpillars
11
food
10
flowers
97
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False Indigo Bush
Amorpha fruticosa
caterpillars
10
bees
4
food
5
flowers
10
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Eastern Milk-pea
Galactia regularis
caterpillars
6
food
1
flowers
17
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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