Top native monocots
30 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Roundleaf Greenbrier
Smilax rotundifolia
caterpillars
12
food
27
flowers
7
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Bristly Greenbrier
Smilax tamnoides
caterpillars
7
food
27
flowers
23
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Laurel-leaf Greenbrier
Smilax laurifolia
caterpillars
7
food
7
flowers
3
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Sawbrier
Smilax glauca
caterpillars
7
food
6
flowers
2
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Upright Carrionflower
Smilax ecirrhata
caterpillars
7
food
6
flowers
2
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Earleaf Greenbrier
Smilax auriculata
caterpillars
6
hosts
1
food
29
flowers
8
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Saw Greenbrier
Smilax bona-nox
caterpillars
6
food
31
flowers
5
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Sarsaparilla Vine
Smilax pumila
caterpillars
6
food
25
flowers
2
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Coral Greenbrier
Smilax walteri
caterpillars
6
food
7
flowers
2
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Coastal Carrion-flower
Smilax pseudochina
caterpillars
6
food
7
flowers
2
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Midwestern Carrionflower
Smilax lasioneuron
caterpillars
6
food
6
flowers
4
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Downy Carrion-flower
Smilax pulverulenta
caterpillars
6
food
6
flowers
2
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Huger's Carrionflower
Smilax hugeri
caterpillars
6
food
6
flowers
2
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Biltmore's Carrionflower
Smilax biltmoreana
caterpillars
6
food
6
flowers
2
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Lanceleaf Greenbrier
Smilax smallii
caterpillars
6
food
5
flowers
2
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Illinois Carrionflower
Smilax illinoensis
caterpillars
5
food
6
flowers
2
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California Greenbrier
Smilax californica
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Smallcane
Lasiacis divaricata
caterpillars
1
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Leafy Vanilla
Vanilla phaeantha
caterpillars
1
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Wormvine Orchid
Vanilla barbellata
caterpillars
1
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Desert Mariposa Lily
Calochortus kennedyi
bees
1
food
1
flowers
6
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English Peak Greenbrier
Smilax jamesii
food
2
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Winding Mariposa Lily
Calochortus flexuosus
food
1
flowers
9
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Twining Snakelily
Dichelostemma volubile
food
1
flowers
1
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'Ie'ie
Freycinetia arborea
food
1
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Wild Yam
Dioscorea villosa
flowers
1
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Hoi Kuahiwi
Smilax melastomifolia
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Four-leaved Yam
Dioscorea quaternata
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Mexican Vanilla
Vanilla mexicana
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Dillon's Vanilla
Vanilla dilloniana