Quick answer: 36 butterfly and moth host plants are native to South Dakota, 35 with a live listing as of 16 Sep 2026.
36 species
- Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi · 16 states
- Big bluestem Andropogon gerardii · 25 states
- Black walnut Juglans nigra · 33 states
- Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta · 42 states
- Blue grama Bouteloua gracilis · 15 states
- Blue vervain Verbena hastata · 11 states
- Bur oak Quercus macrocarpa · 24 states
- Canada wild rye Elymus canadensis · 18 states
- Chokecherry Prunus virginiana · 35 states
- Common hackberry Celtis occidentalis · 15 states
- Common snowberry Symphoricarpos albus · 7 states
- Eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides · 14 states
- Eastern red columbine Aquilegia canadensis · 36 states
- Fireweed Chamerion angustifolium · 28 states
- Gray dogwood Cornus racemosa · 8 states
- Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica · 23 states
- Highbush cranberry Viburnum opulus var. americanum · 8 states
- Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans · 19 states
- Indigo bush Amorpha fruticosa · 16 states
- Little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium · 23 states
- Nannyberry Viburnum lentago · 23 states
- Paper birch Betula papyrifera · 16 states
- Partridge pea Chamaecrista fasciculata · 13 states
- Prairie ironweed Vernonia fasciculata · 7 states
- Pussy willow Salix discolor · 9 states
- Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides · 24 states
- Red-osier dogwood Cornus sericea · 22 states
- Rocky Mountain bee plant Peritoma serrulata · 22 states
- Showy tick trefoil Desmodium canadense · 21 states
- Sideoats grama Bouteloua curtipendula · 25 states
- Smooth sumac Rhus glabra · 34 states
- Swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata · 25 states
- Switchgrass Panicum virgatum · 24 states
- Virginia strawberry Fragaria virginiana · 8 states
- White heath aster Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides · 10 states
- Whorled milkweed Asclepias verticillata · 6 states