Top native peppergrasses
29 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Virginia Pepperweed
Lepidium virginicum
caterpillars
10
bees
2
food
8
flowers
57
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Common Peppergrass
Lepidium densiflorum
caterpillars
8
bees
2
food
14
flowers
15
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Veiny Pepperweed
Lepidium oblongum
caterpillars
6
bees
2
food
3
flowers
11
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Hairypod Pepperweed
Lepidium lasiocarpum
caterpillars
5
bees
2
food
5
flowers
11
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Desert Pepperweed
Lepidium fremontii
caterpillars
5
bees
2
food
4
flowers
10
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Shining Pepperweed
Lepidium nitidum
caterpillars
5
bees
1
food
3
flowers
7
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Sharp-pod Pepper-grass
Lepidium oxycarpum
caterpillars
5
bees
1
food
3
flowers
7
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Yellow Peppercress
Lepidium flavum
caterpillars
4
bees
1
food
4
flowers
6
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Mountain Pepperweed
Lepidium montanum
caterpillars
4
bees
1
food
3
flowers
23
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Alkali Pepperweed
Lepidium dictyotum
caterpillars
4
bees
1
food
3
flowers
6
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San Diego Pepperweed
Lepidium latipes
caterpillars
4
bees
1
food
3
flowers
6
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Net Pepper Grass
Lepidium acutidens
caterpillars
4
bees
1
food
3
flowers
6
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Jared's Peppergrass
Lepidium jaredii
caterpillars
4
food
3
flowers
6
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Branched Pepper-grass
Lepidium ramosissimum
caterpillars
4
food
2
flowers
7
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Mesa Pepperwort
Lepidium alyssoides
caterpillars
3
bees
1
food
5
flowers
9
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Thurber's Pepperweed
Lepidium thurberi
caterpillars
3
bees
1
food
4
flowers
30
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Eastwood's Tall Pepperwort
Lepidium eastwoodiae
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
8
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Lepidium huberi
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
6
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Pincushion Pepperwort
Lepidium nanum
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
5
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Davis' Peppergrass
Lepidium davisii
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
5
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Thickleaf Pepperweed
Lepidium integrifolium
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
5
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Lepidium ostleri
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
4
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Talapoosa Peak Pearpod
Lepidium tiehmii
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
4
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Southern Pepperweed
Lepidium austrinum
caterpillars
2
bees
1
food
4
flowers
7
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Kunana Pepperwort
Lepidium bidentatum
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Lepidium serra
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Barneby Ridge-cress
Lepidium barnebyanum
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Waianae Range Pepperwort
Lepidium arbuscula
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Round Pepperweed
Lepidium orbiculare