Top native plants
46 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Red Maple
Acer rubrum
caterpillars
179
hosts
20
food
72
flowers
71
shelter
2
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Dwarf Raspberry
Rubus pubescens
keystone
caterpillars
114
hosts
9
food
72
flowers
200
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Leavenworth's Goldenrod
Solidago leavenworthii
keystone
caterpillars
54
bees
14
hosts
18
food
29
flowers
327
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Palm Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
keystone
caterpillars
29
food
50
flowers
3
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Swamp Rose Mallow
Hibiscus moscheutos
caterpillars
18
bees
1
hosts
1
food
11
flowers
37
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American Holly
Ilex opaca
caterpillars
16
bees
3
hosts
4
food
31
flowers
59
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Great Coneflower
Rudbeckia maxima
caterpillars
15
bees
17
food
3
flowers
171
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Red Milkweed
Asclepias rubra
caterpillars
6
hosts
1
food
8
flowers
95
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Lanceleaf Greenbrier
Smilax smallii
caterpillars
6
food
5
flowers
2
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Sweet Pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia
caterpillars
6
food
3
flowers
179
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Rose Coreopsis
Coreopsis rosea
caterpillars
5
bees
11
food
2
flowers
95
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Sensitive Fern
Onoclea sensibilis
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
5
shelter
1
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Turk's-cap Lily
Lilium superbum
caterpillars
5
food
2
flowers
24
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Georgia Tickseed
Coreopsis nudata
caterpillars
4
bees
7
food
2
flowers
65
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Missouri Violet
Viola missouriensis
caterpillars
4
bees
1
hosts
2
food
3
flowers
46
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Golden Club
Orontium aquaticum
caterpillars
4
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Oregon Woodsorrel
Oxalis oregana
caterpillars
3
food
11
flowers
23
shelter
1
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Rough Barnyard Grass
Echinochloa muricata
caterpillars
3
food
5
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Floating Mannagrass
Glyceria septentrionalis
caterpillars
3
food
3
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Small's Penstemon
Penstemon smallii
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
21
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Aaron's Rod
Thermopsis villosa
caterpillars
3
flowers
7
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Sand Spikerush
Eleocharis montevidensis
caterpillars
2
food
10
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Mountain Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla rivularis
caterpillars
2
flowers
5
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Wire Grass
Aristida stricta
caterpillars
2
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Butterweed
Packera glabella
caterpillars
1
bees
1
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
61
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Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium reptans
caterpillars
1
bees
1
flowers
61
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Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
91
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Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
77
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Wand Loosestrife
Lythrum lineare
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
7
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Swamp Dog-laurel
Leucothoe axillaris
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
1
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Thickleaf Phlox
Phlox carolina
caterpillars
1
flowers
33
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Mountain Witch-alder
Fothergilla major
caterpillars
1
flowers
6
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Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
caterpillars
1
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Bahama Brake
Pteris bahamensis
caterpillars
1
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Twinflower
Linnaea borealis
hosts
1
food
6
flowers
20
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White Inside-out Flower
Vancouveria hexandra
hosts
1
flowers
4
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Stokes' Aster
Stokesia laevis
food
4
flowers
49
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Pine Lily
Lilium catesbaei
food
2
flowers
11
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Copper Iris
Iris fulva
food
1
flowers
28
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Everglades Palm
Acoelorraphe wrightii
food
1
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Blue Waterleaf
Hydrolea ovata
flowers
11
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Pacific Trillium
Trillium ovatum
flowers
6
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Grassleaf Barbara's-Buttons
Marshallia graminifolia
flowers
4
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Slender Rose Gentian
Sabatia campanulata
flowers
1
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Swamp Jessamine
Gelsemium rankinii
flowers
1
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Florida Torreya
Torreya taxifolia