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Top native Canadenses

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

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6 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Dappled shade 1 Full shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Well drained 1 Moist 1

Soil

Sand 1 Loam 1 Clay 1

Soil pH

Neutral 1

Toughness

Deer resistant

Yes 1

Resists

Black walnut 1 Heavy shade 1

Form

Habit

Erect 1 Mounding 1

Plant type

Wildflower 6 Perennial 5 Ground cover 1 Herbaceous perennial 1
  • Canada Violet Viola canadensis caterpillars 10 bees 1 hosts 4 food 6 flowers 55
  • Western Heart's Ease Viola ocellata caterpillars 4 hosts 2 food 3 flowers 21
  • Northern Two-eyed Violet Viola cuneata caterpillars 4 hosts 1 food 2 flowers 18
  • Olympic Violet Viola flettii caterpillars 4 hosts 1 food 2 flowers 17
  • Frank Smith's Violet Viola frank-smithii caterpillars 3 food 4 flowers 20
  • Rock Violet Viola lithion

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