Top native plants
58 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Darlington Oak
Quercus hemisphaerica
keystone
caterpillars
290
hosts
85
food
94
flowers
31
shelter
1
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Red Alder
Alnus rubra
caterpillars
179
hosts
7
food
22
flowers
8
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Bushy Aster
Symphyotrichum dumosum
keystone
caterpillars
74
bees
23
hosts
2
food
14
flowers
224
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Bigleaf Maple
Acer macrophyllum
caterpillars
59
hosts
7
food
27
flowers
16
shelter
1
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Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
caterpillars
23
bees
3
hosts
1
food
83
flowers
726
shelter
1
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Walter's Viburnum
Viburnum obovatum
caterpillars
19
hosts
1
food
14
flowers
42
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Cutleaf Coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
caterpillars
18
bees
28
hosts
1
food
11
flowers
304
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Swamp Rose Mallow
Hibiscus moscheutos
caterpillars
18
bees
1
hosts
1
food
11
flowers
37
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Skyblue Lupine
Lupinus diffusus
keystone
caterpillars
16
bees
1
food
1
flowers
24
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Lady Lupine
Lupinus villosus
keystone
caterpillars
15
bees
1
food
1
flowers
18
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Robin's-plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
caterpillars
13
bees
6
hosts
3
food
11
flowers
208
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Saint Augustine Grass
Stenotaphrum secundatum
caterpillars
13
food
3
flowers
13
shelter
1
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Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
caterpillars
12
food
15
flowers
5
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Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
caterpillars
11
food
18
flowers
2
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Common Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
caterpillars
11
food
8
flowers
57
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Dense Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
caterpillars
9
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
129
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Purple Meadow-rue
Thalictrum dasycarpum
caterpillars
9
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
21
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Early Meadow-rue
Thalictrum dioicum
caterpillars
9
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
4
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Devil's Bite
Liatris scariosa
caterpillars
9
hosts
1
flowers
93
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Rocky Mountain Blazing Star
Liatris ligulistylis
caterpillars
9
hosts
1
flowers
81
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Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya
caterpillars
8
hosts
1
flowers
117
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Lobed Coreopsis
Coreopsis auriculata
caterpillars
6
bees
11
food
2
flowers
90
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Nodding Spurge
Euphorbia nutans
caterpillars
6
bees
3
food
21
flowers
52
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Saw Greenbrier
Smilax bona-nox
caterpillars
6
food
31
flowers
5
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Saw Palmetto
Serenoa repens
caterpillars
6
food
5
flowers
73
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Lanceleaf Greenbrier
Smilax smallii
caterpillars
6
food
5
flowers
2
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Plains Coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
caterpillars
5
bees
19
food
4
flowers
139
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Lance-leaved Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
caterpillars
5
bees
17
food
9
flowers
203
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Whorled Coreopsis
Coreopsis verticillata
caterpillars
5
bees
12
food
2
flowers
95
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Star Tickseed
Coreopsis pubescens
caterpillars
5
bees
12
food
2
flowers
87
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Greater Tickseed
Coreopsis major
caterpillars
5
bees
10
food
2
flowers
83
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Creeping Cactus
Opuntia drummondii
caterpillars
4
bees
2
hosts
1
food
7
flowers
14
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Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
caterpillars
2
bees
5
food
6
flowers
350
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Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
12
flowers
160
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Hairawn Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
caterpillars
2
food
6
flowers
1
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Manyflower Marshpennywort
Hydrocotyle umbellata
caterpillars
2
food
4
flowers
1
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Bedstraw St. John's Wort
Hypericum galioides
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
17
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Straggler Daisy
Calyptocarpus vialis
caterpillars
2
flowers
11
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Narrow-leaved Purple Coneflower
Echinacea angustifolia
caterpillars
1
bees
4
flowers
125
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Scentless Mock Orange
Philadelphus inodorus
caterpillars
1
bees
2
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
41
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Firebush
Hamelia patens
caterpillars
1
food
36
flowers
75
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Hairystem Spiderwort
Tradescantia hirsuticaulis
caterpillars
1
food
3
flowers
19
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Wooly Spiderwort
Tradescantia sillamontana
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
13
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Florida Rosemary
Ceratiola ericoides
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
2
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Narrow-leaved Carpetgrass
Axonopus fissifolius
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Smooth Phlox
Phlox glaberrima
caterpillars
1
flowers
55
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Toothed White-topped Aster
Sericocarpus asteroides
caterpillars
1
flowers
30
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Dwarf Palmetto
Sabal minor
caterpillars
1
flowers
5
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Spoonleaf Sundew
Drosera intermedia
caterpillars
1
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Florida Hobblebush
Agarista populifolia
caterpillars
1