Top native red tops, guinea grass, signalgrasses, and allies
11 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Browntop Signalgrass
Urochloa fusca
caterpillars
4
food
4
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Texas Signalgrass
Urochloa texana
caterpillars
2
food
4
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Broadleaf Signalgrass
Urochloa platyphylla
caterpillars
2
food
3
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Fringed Signal Grass
Urochloa ciliatissima
caterpillars
2
food
1
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Thick Ditch Crowngrass
Urochloa adspersa
caterpillars
2
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Arizona Signalgrass
Urochloa arizonica
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Texas Cup Grass
Eriochloa sericea
caterpillars
1
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Prairie Cupgrass
Eriochloa contracta
caterpillars
1
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Taper-Tip Cup Grass
Eriochloa acuminata
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Bearded Cup Grass
Eriochloa aristata
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Longleaf Cupgrass
Eriochloa michauxii