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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Orchid Trees and Redbuds

subfamily

Orchid Trees and Redbuds

Cercidoideae

Includes
4 native 5 introduced 4 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Butterfly Leaves and Redbuds 3 native
  • Bauhinieae 1 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native orchid trees and redbuds All

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

  • Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis caterpillars 19 bees 1 hosts 9 food 25 flowers 114
  • Western Redbud Cercis occidentalis caterpillars 3 hosts 2 food 3 flowers 37
  • Anacacho Orchid Bauhinia lunarioides caterpillars 3 flowers 3
  • Arizona Redbud Cercis orbiculata caterpillars 2 hosts 1 food 2 flowers 11

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