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Top native plants

4 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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4 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 3 Part shade 4 Dappled shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 1 Well drained 2 Moist 3 Wet 1

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 3 Loam 3 Clay 1

Soil pH

Acid 1 Neutral 1

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 2

Deer resistant

Yes 1

Resists

Humidity 3 Wet soil 2 Black walnut 1 Diseases 1 Dry soil 1 Heat 1 Poor soil 1 Salt 1

Form

Habit

Clumping 4 Creeping 4 Cascading 3 Climbing 3 Erect 3 Spreading 3 Arching 2 Ascending 2 Dense 1 Mounding 1 Multi stemmed 1 Prostrate 1 Weeping 1

Plant type

Herbaceous perennial 203 Wildflower 166 Perennial 66 Ground cover 39 Ornamental grasses and sedges 33 Poisonous 30 Fern 20 Shrub 18 Bulb 14 Edible 13 Carnivorous 9 Water plant 9 Succulent 8 Weed 8 Annual 7 Tree 5 Houseplant 4 Herb 3 Vine 2 Cool season vegetable 1 Epiphyte 1 Vegetable 1
  • Devil's Backbone Euphorbia tithymaloides caterpillars 4 food 13 flowers 18
  • Chives Allium schoenoprasum caterpillars 2 hosts 1 food 12 flowers 160
  • Venus Flytrap Dionaea muscipula flowers 2
  • Florida Butterfly Orchid Encyclia tampensis flowers 1

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