A method for network hardware table management includes: obtaining, by a network device table manager of a network device, a first feature table entry of a first feature table, where the first feature table entry comprises a first prefix and a first action to take for a first feature; obtaining, by the network device table manager, a second feature table entry of a second feature table, where the second feature table entry comprises a second prefix and a second action to take for a second feature; making a first determination that the first prefix and the second prefix include a common portion and that the common portion is an entirety of each of the first and second prefixes; and in response to the first determination, adding a combined feature table entry to a combined feature table.