Top native Panicinae
27 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Witch Grass
Panicum capillare
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
30
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Smooth Witchgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
28
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Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
18
flowers
17
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Bitter Panicgrass
Panicum amarum
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
14
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Wiry Witch Grass
Panicum flexile
keystone
caterpillars
15
food
14
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Philadelphia Panic Grass
Panicum philadelphicum
keystone
caterpillars
15
food
14
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Gattinger's Panic Grass
Panicum gattingeri
caterpillars
14
food
14
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Maidencane
Panicum hemitomon
keystone
caterpillars
12
food
15
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Hall Panicum
Panicum hallii
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
14
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West Indian Panicgrass
Panicum diffusum
keystone
caterpillars
7
food
13
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Longbeak Panicgrass
Panicum capillarioides
keystone
caterpillars
6
food
11
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Mexican Panicgrass
Panicum hirticaule
keystone
caterpillars
5
food
13
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Winged Panicgrass
Panicum alatum
keystone
caterpillars
3
food
12
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Silky Panicgrass
Panicum urvilleanum
keystone
caterpillars
1
food
10
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Panicum nephelophilum
keystone
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Hillman's Panic Grass
Panicum hillmanii
keystone
food
5
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Kākonakona
Panicum torridum
keystone
food
1
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Faurie's Panicgrass
Panicum fauriei
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Parkland Panicgrass
Panicum tenuifolium
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Hairy Panicgrass
Panicum hirsutum
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Maui Panicgrass
Panicum pellitum
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Kona Panicgrass
Panicum konaense
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Panicum lineale
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Panicum beecheyi
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Panicum longivaginatum
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Niihau Panicgrass
Panicum niihauense
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Kakonakona
Panicum xerophilum