Top native begonias, gourds, and allies
34 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Buffalo Gourd
Cucurbita foetidissima
caterpillars
4
bees
3
food
6
flowers
36
shelter
1
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Chilicothe
Marah macrocarpa
caterpillars
3
food
4
flowers
9
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Coastal Manroot
Marah oregana
caterpillars
2
food
3
flowers
17
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Creeping Cucumber
Melothria pendula
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
6
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Coyote Melon
Cucurbita palmata
caterpillars
1
bees
3
food
4
flowers
9
shelter
1
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Finger-leaved Gourd
Cucurbita digitata
caterpillars
1
bees
3
food
3
flowers
6
shelter
1
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Desert Starvine
Brandegea bigelovii
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
25
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California Manroot
Marah fabacea
food
3
flowers
4
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Gila Manroot
Marah gilensis
food
3
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Taw Man-root
Marah watsonii
food
3
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Sierra Man-root
Marah horrida
food
3
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Oneseed Bur Cucumber
Sicyos angulatus
food
2
flowers
39
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Prickly Cucumber
Echinocystis lobata
food
2
flowers
35
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Slimlobe Globeberry
Ibervillea tenuisecta
food
1
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Snake Apple
Ibervillea lindheimeri
flowers
1
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Durango Root
Datisca glomerata
shelter
1
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Cyclanthera naudiniana
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Thurber's Stemsucker
Pilostyles thurberi
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Fivelobe Cucumber
Cayaponia quinqueloba
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Pua Maka Nui
Hillebrandia sandwicensis
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Sicyos pachycarpus
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'Anunu
Sicyos anunu
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Sicyos macrophyllus
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Sicyos maximowiczii
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Cutleaf Cyclanthera
Cyclanthera dissecta
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Hualalai Burr Cucumber
Sicyos lasiocephalus
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Sicyos albus
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Kauai Bur Cucumber
Sicyos lanceoloideus
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Cyclanthera stenura
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Sicyos cucumerinus
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Sicyos herbstii
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Sicyos waimanaloensis
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Sicyos erostratus
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Pricklyfruit Burr Cucumber
Sicyos hispidus