Top native plants
8 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
caterpillars
127
hosts
17
food
87
flowers
7
shelter
7
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Blue Spruce
Picea pungens
caterpillars
95
hosts
4
food
27
flowers
3
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Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
caterpillars
23
bees
3
hosts
1
food
83
flowers
726
shelter
1
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Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
caterpillars
9
hosts
3
food
12
flowers
380
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Shrubby Cinquefoil
Dasiphora fruticosa
caterpillars
9
food
17
flowers
127
shelter
1
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Low Pricklypear
Opuntia humifusa
caterpillars
8
bees
4
hosts
2
food
15
flowers
42
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Creeping Cactus
Opuntia drummondii
caterpillars
4
bees
2
hosts
1
food
7
flowers
14
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Straggler Daisy
Calyptocarpus vialis
caterpillars
2
flowers
11