Top native plants
28 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Black Hawthorn
Crataegus douglasii
caterpillars
139
hosts
8
food
36
flowers
18
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Waxy-fruited Hawthorn
Crataegus pruinosa
caterpillars
123
hosts
6
food
29
flowers
11
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Parsley Hawthorn
Crataegus marshallii
caterpillars
110
hosts
6
food
26
flowers
14
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Entangled Hawthorn
Crataegus intricata
caterpillars
107
hosts
6
food
23
flowers
15
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Sand Hickory
Carya pallida
caterpillars
99
hosts
52
food
28
flowers
6
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Seaside Alder
Alnus maritima
caterpillars
93
hosts
2
food
11
flowers
3
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Common Lambsquarters
Chenopodium album
caterpillars
32
hosts
1
food
59
flowers
12
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Chili Pepper
Capsicum annuum
caterpillars
20
food
13
flowers
27
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Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis
caterpillars
19
bees
1
hosts
9
food
25
flowers
114
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One-seed Juniper
Juniperus monosperma
caterpillars
12
hosts
5
food
30
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Yaupon Holly
Ilex vomitoria
caterpillars
10
bees
3
hosts
3
food
25
flowers
38
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Shrubby Cinquefoil
Dasiphora fruticosa
caterpillars
9
food
17
flowers
127
shelter
1
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Eastern Poison Ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
caterpillars
8
hosts
6
food
42
flowers
25
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American Pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
caterpillars
7
hosts
1
food
60
flowers
112
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Carolina Crane's-bill
Geranium carolinianum
caterpillars
7
bees
1
food
2
flowers
91
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Bristly Greenbrier
Smilax tamnoides
caterpillars
7
food
27
flowers
23
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Southern Catalpa
Catalpa bignonioides
caterpillars
6
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
3
shelter
1
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Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
caterpillars
6
food
17
flowers
103
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Plains Coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
caterpillars
5
bees
19
food
4
flowers
139
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False Nettle
Boehmeria cylindrica
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
15
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Kalm's St. John's-wort
Hypericum kalmianum
caterpillars
5
food
2
flowers
30
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Large-leaved Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
caterpillars
4
bees
7
hosts
3
food
1
flowers
53
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Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
caterpillars
4
bees
6
food
2
flowers
77
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Lewis Flax
Linum lewisii
caterpillars
3
food
4
flowers
70
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Fall Phlox
Phlox paniculata
caterpillars
2
food
3
flowers
102
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Apache Plume
Fallugia paradoxa
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
8
flowers
42
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Obedient Plant
Physostegia virginiana
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
85
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Prince's-feather
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
food
6