Top native water-plantains
33 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Broadleaf Arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
22
flowers
59
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Sessile-fruited Arrowhead
Sagittaria rigida
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
food
5
flowers
10
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Threadleaf Arrowhead
Sagittaria filiformis
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
7
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Arumleaf Arrowhead
Sagittaria cuneata
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
9
flowers
11
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Grass-leaved Arrowhead
Sagittaria graminea
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
8
flowers
11
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Lanceleaf Arrowhead
Sagittaria lancifolia
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
5
flowers
30
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Narrow-leaved Arrowhead
Sagittaria subulata
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
5
flowers
10
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Engelmann's Arrowhead
Sagittaria engelmanniana
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
11
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Delta Arrowhead
Sagittaria platyphylla
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
10
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Hooded Arrowhead
Sagittaria calycina
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
10
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Midwestern Arrowhead
Sagittaria brevirostra
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
10
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Appalachian Arrowhead
Sagittaria australis
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
10
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Nipplebract Arrowhead
Sagittaria papillosa
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
9
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Chapman's Arrowhead
Sagittaria chapmanii
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
9
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Slender Arrowhead
Sagittaria teres
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
9
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Quillwort Arrowhead
Sagittaria isoetiformis
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
9
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Crested Arrowhead
Sagittaria cristata
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
9
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Spongy Arrowhead
Sagittaria spongiosa
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
9
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Strap-leaf Sagittaria
Sagittaria kurziana
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
8
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Weatherby's Arrowhead
Sagittaria weatherbiana
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
8
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Kral's Water Plantain
Sagittaria secundifolia
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
7
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Longbarb Arrowhead
Sagittaria longiloba
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
10
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Bunched Arrowhead
Sagittaria fasciculata
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
8
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Northern Water-plantain
Alisma triviale
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
3
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Grass-leaved Water-plantain
Alisma gramineum
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Creeping Burhead
Echinodorus cordifolius
caterpillars
1
flowers
1
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Sanford's Arrowhead
Sagittaria sanfordii
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
2
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Kansas Arrowhead
Sagittaria ambigua
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
7
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American Water-plantain
Alisma subcordatum
food
1
flowers
2
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California Damasonium
Damasonium californicum
food
1
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Dwarf Burhead
Helanthium tenellum
flowers
1
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Erect Burhead
Echinodorus berteroi
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Large-fruited Arrowhead
Sagittaria macrocarpa