Top native plants
23 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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White Fir
Abies concolor
caterpillars
74
hosts
8
food
19
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Downy Arrowwood
Viburnum rafinesqueanum
caterpillars
39
hosts
1
food
19
flowers
63
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Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
keystone
caterpillars
34
hosts
3
food
54
flowers
59
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Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
keystone
caterpillars
20
food
44
flowers
6
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Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia
caterpillars
18
bees
3
food
4
flowers
39
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Saint Augustine Grass
Stenotaphrum secundatum
caterpillars
13
food
3
flowers
13
shelter
1
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Saw Greenbrier
Smilax bona-nox
caterpillars
6
food
31
flowers
5
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Coral Greenbrier
Smilax walteri
caterpillars
6
food
7
flowers
2
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Cross Vine
Bignonia capreolata
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
5
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Ashy Hydrangea
Hydrangea cinerea
caterpillars
3
flowers
85
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Lyreleaf Sage
Salvia lyrata
caterpillars
2
food
8
flowers
102
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Golden Columbine
Aquilegia chrysantha
caterpillars
2
food
3
flowers
14
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Showy Skullcap
Scutellaria serrata
caterpillars
2
flowers
9
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Canada Mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
caterpillars
1
food
8
flowers
22
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Thickleaf Phlox
Phlox carolina
caterpillars
1
flowers
33
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Coralbells
Heuchera sanguinea
bees
1
food
2
flowers
7
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Hairy Alumroot
Heuchera villosa
bees
1
food
1
flowers
29
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Coastal Witch-Alder
Fothergilla gardenii
flowers
6
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Allegheny Spurge
Pachysandra procumbens
flowers
2
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Carolina Sweetshrub
Calycanthus floridus
flowers
1
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Florida Butterfly Orchid
Encyclia tampensis
flowers
1
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Broad Beech Fern
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
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Buffalo-nut
Pyrularia pubera