Top native plants
11 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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American Elm
Ulmus americana
caterpillars
135
hosts
10
food
79
flowers
76
shelter
4
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Cockspur Hawthorn
Crataegus crus-galli
caterpillars
125
hosts
6
food
29
flowers
14
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Southern Arrowwood
Viburnum dentatum
caterpillars
43
hosts
1
food
23
flowers
124
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Baldcypress
Taxodium distichum
caterpillars
15
hosts
8
food
9
flowers
3
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Possumhaw
Ilex decidua
caterpillars
12
bees
3
hosts
4
food
33
flowers
27
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Moss Phlox
Phlox subulata
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
49
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Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
3
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Naked-flowered Tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum nudiflorum
caterpillars
2
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Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
caterpillars
1
flowers
55
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Virginia Sweetspire
Itea virginica
food
1
flowers
76
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Northern Green-and-gold
Chrysogonum virginianum
flowers
7