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Top native monkshood

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

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4 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Part shade 2 Dappled shade 1 Full shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Moist 2

Water use

High 1

Soil

Sand 1 Loam 1 Clay 1

Soil pH

Acid 1 Neutral 1

Toughness

Deer resistant

Yes 1

Resists

Rabbits 1

Form

Habit

Climbing 1 Creeping 1

Plant type

Wildflower 4 Perennial 3 Herbaceous perennial 1 Poisonous 1
  • Northern Blue Monkshood Aconitum noveboracense caterpillars 3 flowers 1
  • Columbian Monkshood Aconitum columbianum caterpillars 2 flowers 12
  • Southern Blue Monkshood Aconitum uncinatum caterpillars 2 flowers 1
  • Trailing White Monkshood Aconitum reclinatum caterpillars 1 flowers 1

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