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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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5 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 5 Part shade 3

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 3 Well drained 4 Moist 5

Water use

Low 1 Medium 1

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 5 Loam 4 Clay 4 Organic 2

Soil pH

Acid 4 Neutral 4

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 4

Deer resistant

Yes 1

Resists

Dry soil 3 Poor soil 2 Erosion 1 Heat 1 Pollution 1 Salt 1 Wet soil 1

Form

Habit

Erect 20 Spreading 14 Rounded 9 Climbing 6 Dense 5 Clumping 4 Multi stemmed 4 Arching 3 Ascending 3 Creeping 3 Horizontal 3 Mounding 2 Oval 2 Prostrate 2 Vase 2 Broad 1 Cascading 1 Irregular 1 Multi trunked 1 Open 1

Plant type

Wildflower 3 Ground cover 2 Herbaceous perennial 2 Annual 1 Edible 1 Poisonous 1 Shrub 1 Tree 1
  • Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata caterpillars 11 food 10 flowers 97
  • False Indigo Bush Amorpha fruticosa caterpillars 10 bees 4 food 5 flowers 10
  • Eastern Milk-pea Galactia regularis caterpillars 6 food 1 flowers 17
  • Kentucky Coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus caterpillars 5 food 1 flowers 16
  • Sidebeak Pencilflower Stylosanthes biflora caterpillars 2 flowers 18

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