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Top native Pappophorinae

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

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11 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Part shade 3 Dappled shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 1 Well drained 1 Moist 2

Water use

Low 1 Medium 2

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 1 Loam 1 Clay 1 Organic 1

Toughness

Deer resistant

Yes 2

Resists

Salt 1

Form

Habit

Clumping 1 Erect 1

Plant type

Ornamental grasses and sedges 10 Perennial 10
  • Purpletop Tridens Tridens flavus caterpillars 2 food 1
  • White Tridens Tridens albescens
  • Longspike Tridens Tridens strictus
  • Texas Fluffgrass Tridens texanus
  • Whiplash Pappusgrass Pappophorum vaginatum
  • Chapman's Tridens Tridens chapmanii
  • Pink Pappusgrass Pappophorum bicolor
  • Pink Fluffgrass Tridens congestus
  • Buckley Tridens Tridens buckleyanus
  • Pine Barren Fluffgrass Tridens ambiguus
  • Carolina Fluff Grass Tridens carolinianus

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