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  3. Vascular Plants
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  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Grasses
  7. Rices and Allies
  8. Zizaniinae

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Zizaniinae

Zizaniinae

Includes
6 native 1 introduced 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Wild Rice 3 native
  • Watergrass 2 native
  • Cutgrass 1 native
  • Watergrass

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native Zizaniinae All

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

  • Giant Cutgrass Zizaniopsis miliacea caterpillars 4 food 3
  • Annual Wild Rice Zizania aquatica caterpillars 3 food 4 flowers 4
  • Northern Wild Rice Zizania palustris caterpillars 2
  • Southern Watergrass Luziola fluitans caterpillars 1 food 1
  • Texas Wild Rice Zizania texana caterpillars 1
  • Brazilian Watergrass Luziola bahiensis

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