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Top native plants

4 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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4 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 2 Part shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 3 Well drained 3 Moist 1

Water use

Low 3

Soil

Rocky 4 Sand 2 Loam 3 Clay 2

Soil pH

Acid 5 Neutral 4 Alkaline 4

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 4

Deer resistant

Yes 3

Resists

Dry soil 2 Poor soil 2 Salt 1

Form

Habit

Clumping 2 Erect 2 Spreading 2 Creeping 1 Dense 1 Rounded 1

Plant type

Perennial 149 Wildflower 126 Herbaceous perennial 97 Shrub 56 Tree 53 Weed 27 Annual 26 Ground cover 24 Ornamental grasses and sedges 24 Poisonous 24 Edible 22 Vine 21 Fern 12 Bulb 7 Succulent 4 Houseplant 3 Vegetable 3 Water plant 3 Warm season vegetable 2 Carnivorous 1 Turfgrass 1
  • Aloe Yucca Yucca aloifolia caterpillars 8 food 2 flowers 2
  • Great Plains Yucca Yucca glauca caterpillars 8 food 1 flowers 2
  • Woodland Stonecrop Sedum ternatum caterpillars 1 food 3 flowers 34
  • Peyote Lophophora williamsii

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