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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
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  6. Grasses
  7. Bluestems, Lemon Grasses, Silvergrasses, and Allies
  8. Anthistiriinae
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Top native Anthistiriinae

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

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8 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 2

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 2

Water use

Low 1 Medium 1

Form

Plant type

Ornamental grasses and sedges 8 Perennial 7 Annual 1
  • Cane Bluestem Bothriochloa barbinodis caterpillars 1
  • Tanglehead Heteropogon contortus caterpillars 1
  • Silver Bluestem Bothriochloa torreyana
  • Longspike Beardgrass Bothriochloa longipaniculata
  • Springfield's Beardgrass Bothriochloa springfieldii
  • Sweet Tanglehead Heteropogon melanocarpus
  • Hybrid Beardgrass Bothriochloa hybrida
  • Awnless Beardgrass Bothriochloa exaristata

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