Top native Loteae
36 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Big Deervetch
Hosackia crassifolia
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
14
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Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
caterpillars
4
food
3
flowers
62
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Spanish Clover
Acmispon americanus
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
19
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Strigose Lotus
Acmispon strigosus
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
16
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Silver Bird's-foot Trefoil
Acmispon argophyllus
caterpillars
3
flowers
37
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Chile Trefoil
Acmispon wrangelianus
caterpillars
3
flowers
13
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Foothill Deervetch
Acmispon brachycarpus
caterpillars
2
food
3
flowers
13
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Wright's Deervetch
Acmispon wrightii
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
8
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Shrubby Deervetch
Acmispon rigidus
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
20
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Coastal Bird's-foot Trefoil
Acmispon maritimus
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
13
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Nuttall's Acmispon
Acmispon prostratus
caterpillars
2
flowers
33
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Sierra Lotus
Acmispon decumbens
caterpillars
2
flowers
22
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Heermann's Lotus
Acmispon tomentosus
caterpillars
2
flowers
18
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Chaparral Bird's-foot Trefoil
Acmispon grandiflorus
caterpillars
2
flowers
15
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Island Broom
Acmispon dendroideus
caterpillars
2
flowers
15
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Short-flower Deervetch
Acmispon parviflorus
caterpillars
2
flowers
13
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San Diego Bird's-foot Trefoil
Acmispon micranthus
caterpillars
2
flowers
13
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Silky California Broom
Acmispon procumbens
caterpillars
2
flowers
13
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Canyon Birdsfoot Trefoil
Acmispon argyraeus
caterpillars
2
flowers
13
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Riverbar Bird's-foot Trefoil
Acmispon denticulatus
caterpillars
2
flowers
13
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Pygmy Lotus
Acmispon haydonii
caterpillars
2
flowers
13
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Rush Broom
Acmispon junceus
caterpillars
2
flowers
12
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Bentham's Broom
Acmispon cytisoides
caterpillars
2
flowers
11
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Acmispon mearnsii
caterpillars
2
flowers
8
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Utah Bird's-foot Trefoil
Acmispon utahensis
caterpillars
2
flowers
7
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Streambank Bird's-foot Trefoil
Hosackia oblongifolia
caterpillars
1
flowers
2
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Meadow Bird's Foot Trefoil
Hosackia pinnata
food
1
flowers
9
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Witch's-teeth
Hosackia gracilis
flowers
2
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Carolina Prairie Trefoil
Acmispon helleri
flowers
1
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New Mexico Bird's-foot Trefoil
Acmispon oroboides
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Rosy Bird's-foot Trefoil
Hosackia rosea
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Balsam Bird's Foot Trefoil
Hosackia stipularis
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Woolly Lotus
Hosackia incana
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Red-flowered Bird's-foot Trefoil
Acmispon rubriflorus
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Common Birdsfoot Trefoil
Acmispon plebeius
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Yolla Bolly Mountains Bird's-foot Trefoil
Hosackia yollabolliensis