Top native plants
10 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
-
Vine Maple
Acer circinatum
caterpillars
57
hosts
6
food
24
flowers
8
-
Sulfur Buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum
caterpillars
21
bees
2
hosts
2
food
17
flowers
127
-
Baldcypress
Taxodium distichum
caterpillars
15
hosts
8
food
9
flowers
3
-
Saint Augustine Grass
Stenotaphrum secundatum
caterpillars
13
food
3
flowers
13
shelter
1
-
Kentucky Coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicus
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
16
-
Canadian Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
caterpillars
3
-
Moss Phlox
Phlox subulata
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
49
-
Straggler Daisy
Calyptocarpus vialis
caterpillars
2
flowers
11
-
Creeping Phlox
Phlox stolonifera
caterpillars
1
flowers
36
-
Silky Camellia
Stewartia malacodendron
flowers
1