Top native dragon tree subfamily
30 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Sacahuista
Nolina microcarpa
caterpillars
4
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Texas Sacahuiste
Nolina texana
caterpillars
3
flowers
2
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Woodland Beargrass
Nolina greenei
caterpillars
3
flowers
1
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Foothill Beargrass
Nolina erumpens
caterpillars
2
food
1
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Devil's Shoestring
Nolina lindheimeriana
caterpillars
2
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Chaparral Beargrass
Nolina micrantha
caterpillars
2
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Wheeler Sotol
Dasylirion wheeleri
caterpillars
1
hosts
4
food
1
flowers
10
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Canada Mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
caterpillars
1
food
8
flowers
22
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Solomon's Plume
Maianthemum racemosum
caterpillars
1
food
7
flowers
40
shelter
2
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Smooth Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum biflorum
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
30
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Hairy Solomon's-seal
Polygonatum pubescens
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
8
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Parry's Nolina
Nolina parryi
caterpillars
1
flowers
5
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Bigelow's Nolina
Nolina bigelovii
caterpillars
1
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Chaparral Nolina
Nolina cismontana
caterpillars
1
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Dehesa Nolina
Nolina interrata
caterpillars
1
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Three-leaved False Solomon’s Seal
Maianthemum trifolium
food
10
flowers
6
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Star-flowered Lily-of-the-valley
Maianthemum stellatum
food
8
flowers
29
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Western Lily of the Valley
Maianthemum dilatatum
food
3
flowers
1
shelter
1
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Texas Sotol
Dasylirion texanum
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Smooth Sotol
Dasylirion leiophyllum
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American Lily-of-the-valley
Convallaria pseudomajalis
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Britton's Beargrass
Nolina brittoniana
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Florida Beargrass
Nolina atopocarpa
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Golden Hala Pepe
Dracaena aurea
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Dracaena halapepe
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Hawai'i Hala Pepe
Dracaena hawaiiensis
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Forbes' Dracaena
Dracaena forbesii
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Maui Hala Pepe
Dracaena auwahiensis
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Dracaena halemanuensis
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Lanai Hala Pepe
Dracaena fernaldii