Top native legumes
11 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Bristly Locust
Robinia hispida
caterpillars
33
hosts
2
food
1
flowers
3
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Sundial Lupine
Lupinus perennis
keystone
caterpillars
25
bees
2
food
3
flowers
58
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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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Thick-pod White Wild Indigo
Baptisia alba
caterpillars
13
flowers
20
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American Sicklepod
Senna obtusifolia
caterpillars
10
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
5
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Maryland Senna
Senna marilandica
caterpillars
7
food
1
flowers
23
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Eastern Milk-pea
Galactia regularis
caterpillars
6
food
1
flowers
17
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American Senna
Senna hebecarpa
caterpillars
3
flowers
19
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American Groundnut
Apios americana
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
7
flowers
31
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Naked-flowered Tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum nudiflorum
caterpillars
2