genus
Bitter Cress
Cardamine
Field notes
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- Hairy Bittercress introduced
- Cuckooflower native
- Cut-leaved Toothwort native
- Milkmaids native
- Two-leaved Toothwort native
- Narrow-leaved Bittercress introduced
- Wavy Bittercress introduced
- Coralroot
- Large Bittercress
- Purple Cress native
- Bulbous Cress native
- Nursery Bittercress introduced
- Pennsylvania Bittercress native
- Nuttall's Toothwort native
- Slender Toothwort native
- Whorled Coralroot
- Pinnate Coralroot
- White Cuckoo Bitter-cress present
- Heartleaf Bittercress native
- Sand Bittercress native
- Northern Field Bittercress present
- Alpine Bittercress native
- Trefoil Cress
- Little Western Bittercress native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Annual Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native bitter cress All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Pennsylvania Bittercress
Cardamine pensylvanica
caterpillars
6
bees
1
food
1
flowers
21
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Cuckooflower
Cardamine pratensis
caterpillars
5
bees
1
food
10
flowers
38
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Sand Bittercress
Cardamine parviflora
caterpillars
5
bees
1
food
1
flowers
22
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Two-leaved Toothwort
Cardamine diphylla
caterpillars
4
bees
1
food
3
flowers
23
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Cut-leaved Toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
caterpillars
4
bees
1
food
2
flowers
75
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Bulbous Cress
Cardamine bulbosa
caterpillars
4
bees
1
food
1
flowers
59
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Slender Toothwort
Cardamine angustata
caterpillars
4
bees
1
food
1
flowers
33
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Purple Cress
Cardamine douglassii
caterpillars
4
bees
1
food
1
flowers
21
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Large Toothwort
Cardamine maxima
caterpillars
4
bees
1
food
1
flowers
18
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American Bittercress
Cardamine rotundifolia
caterpillars
4
bees
1
food
1
flowers
17
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Forkleaf Toothwort
Cardamine dissecta
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
15
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Heartleaf Bittercress
Cardamine cordifolia
caterpillars
4
flowers
13
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Brewer's Bittercress
Cardamine breweri
caterpillars
4
flowers
11
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Milkmaids
Cardamine californica
caterpillars
3
food
6
flowers
24
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Alpine Bittercress
Cardamine bellidifolia
caterpillars
3
food
5
flowers
10