Top native Aristideae
28 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Slim-spike Three-awn Grass
Aristida longespica
caterpillars
3
food
2
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Arrowfeather Threeawn
Aristida purpurascens
caterpillars
3
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Oldfield Three-awn
Aristida oligantha
caterpillars
3
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Seaside Threeawn
Aristida tuberculosa
caterpillars
3
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Fork-tip Three-Awn
Aristida dichotoma
caterpillars
3
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Southern Wiregrass
Aristida beyrichiana
caterpillars
2
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Bottlebrush Threeawn
Aristida spiciformis
caterpillars
2
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Wire Grass
Aristida stricta
caterpillars
2
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Tall Threeawn
Aristida patula
caterpillars
2
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Woollysheath Threeawn
Aristida lanosa
caterpillars
2
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Longleaf Threeawn
Aristida palustris
caterpillars
2
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Big Three-awn
Aristida condensata
caterpillars
2
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Wand-like Threeawn
Aristida virgata
caterpillars
2
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Corkscrew Threeawn
Aristida gyrans
caterpillars
2
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Florida Threeawn
Aristida rhizomophora
caterpillars
2
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Southern Threeawn
Aristida simpliciflora
caterpillars
2
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Curtiss's Three-awn
Aristida curtissii
caterpillars
2
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Mohr's Threeawn
Aristida mohrii
caterpillars
2
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Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
caterpillars
1
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Sixweeks Three-awn
Aristida adscensionis
caterpillars
1
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Curly Threeawn
Aristida desmantha
caterpillars
1
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Forked Three-awn Grass
Aristida basiramea
caterpillars
1
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Arizona Threeawn
Aristida arizonica
food
1
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Spidergrass
Aristida ternipes
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California Three-awn
Aristida californica
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Poverty Three-awn
Aristida divaricata
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S-curve Threeawn
Aristida ramosissima
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Florida Threeawn
Aristida floridana