Top native plants
27 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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American Hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana
caterpillars
55
hosts
6
food
15
flowers
6
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Western Redcedar
Thuja plicata
caterpillars
47
hosts
6
food
9
flowers
4
shelter
3
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Black Tupelo
Nyssa sylvatica
caterpillars
23
hosts
3
food
41
flowers
15
shelter
2
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Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
18
flowers
17
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Bitter Panicgrass
Panicum amarum
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
14
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Woolly Blue Violet
Viola sororia
caterpillars
14
bees
1
hosts
4
food
5
flowers
54
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Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
caterpillars
12
food
15
flowers
5
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Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
caterpillars
11
food
7
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Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
caterpillars
10
bees
3
hosts
2
food
9
flowers
320
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Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
keystone
caterpillars
8
food
5
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Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
caterpillars
7
food
16
flowers
34
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Tufted Hair Grass
Deschampsia cespitosa
caterpillars
5
food
17
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Scarlet Beebalm
Monarda didyma
caterpillars
4
bees
3
flowers
120
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Wild Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
151
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River Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
6
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Virginia Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
caterpillars
3
food
3
flowers
60
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Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
12
flowers
160
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Hairawn Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
caterpillars
2
food
6
flowers
1
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Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
caterpillars
2
food
5
flowers
10
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Fall Phlox
Phlox paniculata
caterpillars
2
food
3
flowers
102
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Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
flowers
58
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Purple Lovegrass
Eragrostis spectabilis
caterpillars
1
food
5
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Smooth Phlox
Phlox glaberrima
caterpillars
1
flowers
55
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Wild Sweetwilliam
Phlox maculata
caterpillars
1
flowers
38
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Creeping Phlox
Phlox stolonifera
caterpillars
1
flowers
36
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American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
bees
1
food
1
flowers
5
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Atlantic Camas
Camassia scilloides
food
1
flowers
58