Top native Meliceae
32 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
-
Rattlesnake Mannagrass
Glyceria canadensis
caterpillars
6
food
3
-
American Manna Grass
Glyceria grandis
caterpillars
4
food
4
-
Fowl Mannagrass
Glyceria striata
caterpillars
3
food
13
-
Floating Mannagrass
Glyceria septentrionalis
caterpillars
3
food
3
-
Blunt Mannagrass
Glyceria obtusa
caterpillars
3
food
3
-
Slender Mannagrass
Glyceria melicaria
caterpillars
2
food
3
-
Boreal Manna Grass
Glyceria borealis
caterpillars
2
food
3
-
Limp Mannagrass
Glyceria laxa
caterpillars
2
food
2
-
Sharp-glumed Manna-grass
Glyceria acutiflora
caterpillars
1
food
3
-
Great Smoky Mountain Manna Grass
Glyceria nubigena
caterpillars
1
food
2
-
California Melic
Melica californica
caterpillars
1
food
1
-
Alaska Oniongrass
Melica subulata
caterpillars
1
food
1
-
Rock Melic
Melica stricta
caterpillars
1
food
1
-
Onion Grass
Melica bulbosa
caterpillars
1
food
1
-
Geyer's Oniongrass
Melica geyeri
caterpillars
1
food
1
-
Awned Melic
Melica aristata
caterpillars
1
food
1
-
Porter's Melicgrass
Melica porteri
caterpillars
1
food
1
-
Tufted Tall Mannagrass
Glyceria elata
food
3
-
Narrow Manna Grass
Glyceria leptostachya
food
3
-
Purple Onion Grass
Melica spectabilis
food
2
-
Smallflower Melicgrass
Melica imperfecta
food
1
-
Twoflower Melicgrass
Melica mutica
food
1
-
Threeflower Melicgrass
Melica nitens
food
1
-
Torrey's Melicgrass
Melica torreyana
food
1
-
Woody Melicgrass
Melica frutescens
food
1
-
Harford's Oniongrass
Melica harfordii
food
1
-
Smith's Melicgrass
Melica smithii
food
1
-
Little Melic
Melica fugax
food
1
-
Purple Oat
Schizachne purpurascens
-
Annual Semaphoregrass
Pleuropogon californicus
-
Nodding Semaphore Grass
Pleuropogon refractus
-
North Coast Semaphore Grass
Pleuropogon hooverianus