Top native plants
42 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
keystone
caterpillars
161
bees
10
hosts
1
food
41
flowers
82
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Beach Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
keystone
caterpillars
61
hosts
1
food
12
flowers
31
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Hop Sedge
Carex lupulina
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
keystone
caterpillars
27
food
46
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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Coral Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
caterpillars
20
hosts
4
food
15
flowers
66
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Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
keystone
caterpillars
20
food
44
flowers
6
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Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
keystone
caterpillars
20
food
30
shelter
1
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Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
caterpillars
18
hosts
4
food
12
flowers
111
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Pinkladies
Oenothera speciosa
caterpillars
14
bees
5
hosts
1
food
14
flowers
89
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Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
caterpillars
11
bees
1
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
140
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Purple Passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
caterpillars
10
bees
1
food
1
flowers
13
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Prostrate Blue Violet
Viola walteri
caterpillars
5
bees
1
hosts
2
food
3
flowers
41
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Virgin's-bower
Clematis virginiana
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
7
flowers
59
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Swamp Leatherflower
Clematis crispa
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
14
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Large-leaved Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
caterpillars
4
bees
7
hosts
3
food
1
flowers
53
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Turkey Tangle Frogfruit
Phyla nodiflora
caterpillars
4
food
7
flowers
138
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Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
caterpillars
4
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Narrowleaf Silkgrass
Pityopsis graminifolia
caterpillars
3
bees
9
flowers
30
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White Avens
Geum canadense
caterpillars
3
hosts
2
food
2
flowers
41
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Canadian Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
caterpillars
3
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Purple Phacelia
Phacelia bipinnatifida
caterpillars
2
bees
1
flowers
16
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Lyreleaf Sage
Salvia lyrata
caterpillars
2
food
8
flowers
102
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Sea Thrift
Armeria maritima
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
27
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Straggler Daisy
Calyptocarpus vialis
caterpillars
2
flowers
11
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Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
caterpillars
1
bees
1
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
57
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Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
caterpillars
1
bees
1
hosts
1
flowers
24
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Creeping Snowberry
Gaultheria hispidula
caterpillars
1
food
4
flowers
5
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Western Wild Ginger
Asarum caudatum
caterpillars
1
flowers
1
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Winecup Mallow
Callirhoe involucrata
bees
2
flowers
30
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White Inside-out Flower
Vancouveria hexandra
hosts
1
flowers
4
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Partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
food
29
flowers
6
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Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
food
1
flowers
48
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Bluebead Lily
Clintonia borealis
food
1
flowers
19
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Yellow Jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens
food
1
flowers
13
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Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
flowers
31
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Rose Vervain
Glandularia canadensis
flowers
11
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Sessile Bellwort
Uvularia sessilifolia
flowers
10
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Allegheny Spurge
Pachysandra procumbens
flowers
2
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Galax
Galax urceolata
flowers
1
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Netted Chain Fern
Woodwardia areolata
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Silver Ponysfoot
Dichondra argentea