Top native wild lettuces
9 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Canada Wild Lettuce
Lactuca canadensis
caterpillars
25
bees
1
hosts
2
food
6
flowers
28
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Western Lettuce
Lactuca ludoviciana
caterpillars
23
bees
1
hosts
2
food
4
flowers
6
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Tall Blue Lettuce
Lactuca biennis
caterpillars
22
bees
1
hosts
3
food
5
flowers
9
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Common Blue Lettuce
Lactuca pulchella
caterpillars
22
bees
1
hosts
2
food
4
flowers
10
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Grass-leaf Lettuce
Lactuca graminifolia
caterpillars
20
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
6
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Tatarian Blue Lettuce
Lactuca tatarica
caterpillars
19
bees
1
hosts
2
food
4
flowers
22
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Hairy Lettuce
Lactuca hirsuta
caterpillars
19
bees
1
hosts
2
food
4
flowers
6
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Woodland Lettuce
Lactuca floridana
caterpillars
17
bees
1
hosts
3
food
4
flowers
37
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American Blue Lettuce
Lactuca oblongifolia