Top native legumes, milkworts, and allies
6 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Carolina Clover
Trifolium carolinianum
keystone
caterpillars
57
hosts
1
food
12
flowers
41
shelter
2
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Leadplant
Amorpha canescens
caterpillars
19
bees
3
food
5
flowers
114
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Sunshine Mimosa
Mimosa strigillosa
caterpillars
6
food
2
flowers
24
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Eastern Milk-pea
Galactia regularis
caterpillars
6
food
1
flowers
17
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Trailing Indigo Bush
Dalea greggii
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
4
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Sidebeak Pencilflower
Stylosanthes biflora
caterpillars
2
flowers
18