order
Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies
Asparagales
Field notes
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native agaves, orchids, irises, and allies All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Banana Yucca
Yucca baccata
caterpillars
9
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
9
shelter
1
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Common Yucca
Yucca filamentosa
caterpillars
8
food
2
flowers
2
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Aloe Yucca
Yucca aloifolia
caterpillars
8
food
2
flowers
2
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Great Plains Yucca
Yucca glauca
caterpillars
8
food
1
flowers
2
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Weak-leaf Yucca
Yucca flaccida
caterpillars
8
flowers
2
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Narrowleaf Yucca
Yucca angustissima
caterpillars
7
food
2
flowers
2
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Torrey's Yucca
Yucca torreyi
caterpillars
7
food
1
flowers
2
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Navajo Yucca
Yucca baileyi
caterpillars
7
food
1
flowers
2
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Arkansas Yucca
Yucca arkansana
caterpillars
7
flowers
2
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Gulf Coast Yucca
Yucca louisianensis
caterpillars
7
flowers
2
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Chaparral Yucca
Hesperoyucca whipplei
caterpillars
6
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
6
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Parry's Agave
Agave parryi
caterpillars
6
food
7
flowers
10
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Soaptree Yucca
Yucca elata
caterpillars
6
food
4
flowers
2
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Twisted-leaf Yucca
Yucca rupicola
caterpillars
6
flowers
2
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Pale Yucca
Yucca pallida
caterpillars
6
flowers
2