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Top native carrot family members

7 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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7 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 4 Part shade 3 Full shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 1 Well drained 2 Moist 5 Wet 1

Water use

Low 2 Medium 1

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 2 Loam 3 Clay 2 Organic 2

Soil pH

Acid 2 Neutral 1 Alkaline 1

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 1

Deer resistant

Yes 7

Resists

Dry soil 2 Erosion 1 Poor soil 1 Rabbits 1 Wet soil 1

Form

Habit

Clumping 3 Erect 2

Plant type

Wildflower 7 Perennial 5 Annual 1 Herbaceous perennial 1
  • Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea caterpillars 6 bees 2 food 3 flowers 207
  • Honewort Cryptotaenia canadensis caterpillars 3 hosts 1 flowers 79
  • Hairy Sweet Cicely Osmorhiza claytonii caterpillars 2 bees 1 food 2 flowers 6
  • Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium caterpillars 2 food 19 flowers 286
  • Marsh Rattlesnake Master Eryngium aquaticum caterpillars 2 food 1 flowers 58
  • Leavenworth's Eryngo Eryngium leavenworthii caterpillars 1 flowers 33
  • Texas Prairie Parsley Polytaenia texana food 12 flowers 11

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