Top native plants
9 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Entangled Hawthorn
Crataegus intricata
caterpillars
107
hosts
6
food
23
flowers
15
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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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Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia
caterpillars
18
bees
3
food
4
flowers
39
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Cross Vine
Bignonia capreolata
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
5
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Coastal Witch-Alder
Fothergilla gardenii
flowers
6
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Golden Polypody
Phlebodium aureum
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Buffalo-nut
Pyrularia pubera
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Tropical Resurrection Fern
Pleopeltis polypodioides