genus
Yellow Cresses
Rorippa
Field notes
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- Bog Yellowcress native
- Creeping Yellowcress introduced
- Amphibious Yellowcress present
- Diverse-leaf Yellowcress introduced
- Austrian Field-cress introduced
- Curvepod Yellowcress native
- Stalkless Yellowcress native
- Creeping Yellowcress
- Spreading Yellowcress native
- Variableleaf Yellowcress present
- Small-seed Yellowcress
- Lake-cress native
- Globe Yellowcress
- Southern Marsh Yellowcress native
- Hoary Yellowcress present
- Rocky Mountain Yellowcress native
- Tahoe Yellow Cress native
- Northern Yellow-cress native
- Hispid Yellowcress native
- Hybrid Yellow-cress
- Columbia Yellow Cress native
- Alpine Yellowcress native
- Slender Yellow-cress native
- Rorippa pinnata
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 yellow cresses All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Bog Yellowcress
Rorippa palustris
caterpillars
6
food
11
flowers
19
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Curvepod Yellowcress
Rorippa curvisiliqua
caterpillars
5
flowers
1
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Rocky Mountain Yellowcress
Rorippa curvipes
caterpillars
5
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Spreading Yellowcress
Rorippa sinuata
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
9
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Stalkless Yellowcress
Rorippa sessiliflora
caterpillars
4
food
1
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Hispid Yellowcress
Rorippa hispida
caterpillars
4
food
1
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Southern Marsh Yellowcress
Rorippa teres
caterpillars
4
flowers
22
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Columbia Yellow Cress
Rorippa columbiae
caterpillars
4
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Slender Yellow-cress
Rorippa tenerrima
caterpillars
4
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Tahoe Yellow Cress
Rorippa subumbellata
caterpillars
3
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Roundfruit Yellowcress
Rorippa sphaerocarpa
caterpillars
2
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Alpine Yellowcress
Rorippa alpina
caterpillars
1
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Northern Yellow-cress
Rorippa islandica
food
7
flowers
2
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Lake-cress
Rorippa aquatica
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Rorippa sarmentosa