Top native plants
28 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Red Maple
Acer rubrum
caterpillars
179
hosts
20
food
72
flowers
71
shelter
2
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Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
caterpillars
167
hosts
16
food
74
flowers
35
shelter
3
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Washington Hawthorn
Crataegus phaenopyrum
caterpillars
123
hosts
6
food
29
flowers
14
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Blue Spruce
Picea pungens
caterpillars
95
hosts
4
food
27
flowers
3
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Black Locust
Robinia pseudoacacia
caterpillars
72
hosts
11
food
34
flowers
68
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Slippery Elm
Ulmus rubra
caterpillars
67
hosts
5
food
63
flowers
23
shelter
2
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Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
caterpillars
58
bees
3
hosts
8
food
68
flowers
101
shelter
1
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American Hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana
caterpillars
55
hosts
6
food
15
flowers
6
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Honey Locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
caterpillars
47
hosts
13
food
32
flowers
35
shelter
2
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Common Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
caterpillars
37
hosts
31
food
34
flowers
62
shelter
2
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American Sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
caterpillars
36
hosts
3
food
17
flowers
28
shelter
3
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Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
keystone
caterpillars
34
hosts
3
food
54
flowers
59
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Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
caterpillars
23
bees
3
hosts
1
food
83
flowers
726
shelter
1
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Baldcypress
Taxodium distichum
caterpillars
15
hosts
8
food
9
flowers
3
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Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
caterpillars
13
food
4
flowers
11
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Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
caterpillars
11
food
34
flowers
19
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Osage-orange
Maclura pomifera
caterpillars
10
hosts
4
food
7
flowers
5
shelter
1
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Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
caterpillars
7
food
16
flowers
34
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White Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
caterpillars
6
food
1
flowers
2
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Red Mulberry
Morus rubra
caterpillars
5
hosts
2
food
18
flowers
2
shelter
1
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Northern Catalpa
Catalpa speciosa
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
9
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Tufted Hair Grass
Deschampsia cespitosa
caterpillars
5
food
17
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Kentucky Coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicus
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
16
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Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
caterpillars
3
food
12
flowers
3
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Moss Phlox
Phlox subulata
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
49
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Pipevine
Aristolochia macrophylla
caterpillars
2
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Devil's Walkingstick
Aralia spinosa
caterpillars
1
food
43
flowers
27
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Creeping Phlox
Phlox stolonifera
caterpillars
1
flowers
36