Top native plants
16 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Common Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
keystone
caterpillars
77
bees
24
hosts
5
food
15
flowers
260
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Bitter Fleabane
Erigeron acris
caterpillars
14
bees
10
hosts
1
food
16
flowers
156
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Virginia Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
caterpillars
3
food
3
flowers
60
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Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
5
flowers
130
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Fall Phlox
Phlox paniculata
caterpillars
2
food
3
flowers
102
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Naked-flowered Tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum nudiflorum
caterpillars
2
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Southern Harebell
Campanula divaricata
caterpillars
1
bees
1
flowers
12
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Ohio Spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
caterpillars
1
food
3
flowers
39
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Smooth Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum biflorum
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
30
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Hairy Solomon's-seal
Polygonatum pubescens
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
8
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Wild Sweetwilliam
Phlox maculata
caterpillars
1
flowers
38
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Downy Yellow False Foxglove
Aureolaria virginica
caterpillars
1
flowers
6
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Nodding Trillium
Trillium cernuum
caterpillars
1
flowers
1
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Yellow Star Grass
Hypoxis hirsuta
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
33
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Northern Blue Flag
Iris versicolor
food
3
flowers
62
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Squirrel Corn
Dicentra canadensis
flowers
10