Top native legumes
12 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Canadian Milkvetch
Astragalus canadensis
caterpillars
28
bees
8
food
9
flowers
63
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Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis
caterpillars
19
bees
1
hosts
9
food
25
flowers
114
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Slender Bush Clover
Lespedeza virginica
caterpillars
15
hosts
1
food
5
flowers
37
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Boreal Sweet-vetch
Hedysarum boreale
caterpillars
9
bees
2
flowers
28
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Limestone Glade Milkvetch
Astragalus bibullatus
caterpillars
6
food
1
flowers
4
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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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Gray's Point-vetch
Oxytropis podocarpa
caterpillars
3
flowers
6
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Pigeonwings
Clitoria mariana
caterpillars
3
flowers
5
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Arizona Redbud
Cercis orbiculata
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
11
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Viscid Acacia
Vachellia vernicosa
bees
1
food
1
flowers
3