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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Black Locust
Robinia pseudoacacia
caterpillars
72
hosts
11
food
34
flowers
68
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Bristly Locust
Robinia hispida
caterpillars
33
hosts
2
food
1
flowers
3
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Canadian Milkvetch
Astragalus canadensis
caterpillars
28
bees
8
food
9
flowers
63
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Round-headed Bush Clover
Lespedeza capitata
caterpillars
16
food
6
flowers
46
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Slender Bush Clover
Lespedeza virginica
caterpillars
15
hosts
1
food
5
flowers
37
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Eastern Wild Indigo
Baptisia tinctoria
caterpillars
13
food
1
flowers
53
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Tall Blue Wild Indigo
Baptisia australis
caterpillars
13
flowers
55
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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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Carolina Vetch
Vicia caroliniana
caterpillars
11
food
7
flowers
69
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Spiked Wild Indigo
Baptisia albescens
caterpillars
11
flowers
12
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False Indigo Bush
Amorpha fruticosa
caterpillars
10
bees
4
food
5
flowers
10
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Grayhairy Wild Indigo
Baptisia cinerea
caterpillars
10
flowers
11
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Butterfly Pea
Centrosema virginianum
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
13
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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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Pigeonwings
Clitoria mariana
caterpillars
3
flowers
5
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Goat's Rue
Tephrosia virginiana
caterpillars
2
flowers
35
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Sidebeak Pencilflower
Stylosanthes biflora
caterpillars
2
flowers
18
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Kentucky Yellowwood
Cladrastis kentukea
flowers
5