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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Faboideae
  8. Hedysareae

tribe

Hedysareae

Hedysareae

Includes
4 native 3 introduced 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Sweetvetches 4 native
  • Ebenus
  • Sulla
  • Alhagi
  • Calophaca
  • Peashrubs
  • Sainfoins
  • Corethrodendron

Range

United States

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

Top native Hedysareae All

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

  • Boreal Sweet-vetch Hedysarum boreale caterpillars 9 bees 2 flowers 28
  • Alpine Sweet-vetch Hedysarum alpinum caterpillars 7 bees 2 flowers 11
  • Yellow Sweet-vetch Hedysarum sulphurescens caterpillars 4 bees 2 flowers 24
  • Western Sweet-vetch Hedysarum occidentale caterpillars 4 bees 1 food 1 flowers 4

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