Top native buttercups
57 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Cursed Crowfoot
Ranunculus sceleratus
bees
1
hosts
3
food
28
flowers
90
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Lesser Spearwort
Ranunculus flammula
bees
1
hosts
3
food
26
flowers
76
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Thread-leaved Water-crowfoot
Ranunculus trichophyllus
bees
1
hosts
3
food
22
flowers
73
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Common Water-crowfoot
Ranunculus aquatilis
bees
1
hosts
2
food
23
flowers
64
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California Buttercup
Ranunculus californicus
bees
1
hosts
2
food
23
flowers
56
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Western Buttercup
Ranunculus occidentalis
bees
1
hosts
2
food
16
flowers
72
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Straightbeak Buttercup
Ranunculus orthorhynchus
bees
1
hosts
2
food
16
flowers
52
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Plantainleaf Buttercup
Ranunculus alismifolius
bees
1
hosts
2
food
16
flowers
46
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Woodland Buttercup
Ranunculus uncinatus
bees
1
hosts
2
food
16
flowers
41
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Longbeak Buttercup
Ranunculus longirostris
bees
1
hosts
2
food
14
flowers
68
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Yellow Water-crowfoot
Ranunculus flabellaris
bees
1
hosts
2
food
14
flowers
67
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Low Spearwort
Ranunculus pusillus
bees
1
hosts
2
food
14
flowers
61
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Creeping Spearwort
Ranunculus reptans
hosts
2
food
15
flowers
57
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Mongolia Buttercup
Ranunculus mongolicus
bees
1
hosts
1
food
15
flowers
34
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Pubescent-fruited Buttercup
Ranunculus hebecarpus
bees
1
hosts
1
food
14
flowers
33
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Lobb's Aquatic Buttercup
Ranunculus lobbii
bees
1
hosts
1
food
14
flowers
33
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Sacramento Valley Buttercup
Ranunculus canus
bees
1
hosts
1
food
14
flowers
24
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Bristly Crowfoot
Ranunculus pensylvanicus
hosts
2
food
12
flowers
67
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Bristly Buttercup
Ranunculus hispidus
hosts
2
food
12
flowers
51
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Small-flowered Buttercup
Ranunculus abortivus
hosts
2
food
11
flowers
86
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Hooked Buttercup
Ranunculus recurvatus
hosts
2
food
11
flowers
69
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Swamp Buttercup
Ranunculus septentrionalis
hosts
2
food
9
flowers
91
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Early Buttercup
Ranunculus fascicularis
hosts
2
food
9
flowers
81
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Fen Crowfoot
Ranunculus caricetorum
hosts
2
food
9
flowers
55
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Rock Buttercup
Ranunculus micranthus
hosts
2
food
9
flowers
53
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Allegheny Mountain Buttercup
Ranunculus allegheniensis
hosts
2
food
9
flowers
51
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Eschscholtz's Buttercup
Ranunculus eschscholtzii
bees
1
food
15
flowers
45
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Sagebrush Buttercup
Ranunculus glaberrimus
bees
1
food
14
flowers
57
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Small Yellow Water-crowfoot
Ranunculus gmelinii
hosts
1
food
13
flowers
61
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Mountain Buttercup
Ranunculus populago
bees
1
food
13
flowers
32
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Anderson's Buttercup
Ranunculus andersonii
bees
1
food
12
flowers
36
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Dwarf Buttercup
Ranunculus pygmaeus
food
14
flowers
24
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Macoun's Buttercup
Ranunculus macounii
food
12
flowers
59
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Heartleaf Buttercup
Ranunculus cardiophyllus
food
12
flowers
46
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Graceful Buttercup
Ranunculus inamoenus
food
12
flowers
38
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Arctic Buttercup
Ranunculus hyperboreus
food
11
flowers
38
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Utah Buttercup
Ranunculus jovis
food
11
flowers
36
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Alpine Buttercup
Ranunculus adoneus
food
11
flowers
33
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Carter's Buttercup
Ranunculus bonariensis
food
11
flowers
26
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Stiff Water Crowfoot
Ranunculus subrigidus
food
11
flowers
26
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Prairie Buttercup
Ranunculus rhomboideus
food
10
flowers
60
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Gorman's Buttercup
Ranunculus gormanii
food
10
flowers
27
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Water-plantain Spearwort
Ranunculus ambigens
food
9
flowers
44
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Harvey's Buttercup
Ranunculus harveyi
food
9
flowers
31
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Sharpleaf Buttercup
Ranunculus acriformis
food
9
flowers
26
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Southern Oregon Buttercup
Ranunculus austro-oreganus
food
9
flowers
24
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Blue Mountain Buttercup
Ranunculus oresterus
food
9
flowers
24
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Lapland Buttercup
Ranunculus lapponicus
food
8
flowers
45
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Frog's-bit Buttercup
Ranunculus hydrocharoides
food
8
flowers
14
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Mississippi Buttercup
Ranunculus laxicaulis
food
7
flowers
34