Top native Agrostidinae
44 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Rough Bentgrass
Agrostis scabra
caterpillars
12
food
6
flowers
1
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Perennial Bentgrass
Agrostis perennans
caterpillars
11
food
5
flowers
1
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Arctic Bentgrass
Agrostis mertensii
caterpillars
11
food
5
flowers
1
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Winter Bentgrass
Agrostis hyemalis
caterpillars
11
food
4
flowers
1
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Elliott's Bentgrass
Agrostis elliottiana
caterpillars
9
food
2
flowers
1
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Pacific Bentgrass
Agrostis exarata
caterpillars
8
food
3
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Mountain Bentgrass
Agrostis variabilis
caterpillars
8
food
2
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Seashore Bentgrass
Agrostis pallens
caterpillars
7
food
2
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Idaho Bent Grass
Agrostis idahoensis
caterpillars
7
food
2
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Hall's Bentgrass
Agrostis hallii
caterpillars
7
food
1
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California Bentgrass
Agrostis densiflora
caterpillars
7
food
1
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Canadian Bluejoint
Calamagrostis canadensis
caterpillars
5
food
10
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Small-leaf Bentgrass
Agrostis microphylla
caterpillars
5
food
1
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Howell's Bentgrass
Agrostis howellii
caterpillars
5
food
1
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American Marram Grass
Calamagrostis breviligulata
caterpillars
3
food
8
flowers
2
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Slim-stem Small-reedgrass
Calamagrostis stricta
caterpillars
2
food
14
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Northern Reedgrass
Calamagrostis inexpansa
caterpillars
2
food
6
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Purple Reedgrass
Calamagrostis purpurascens
caterpillars
2
food
4
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Pine Reed Grass
Calamagrostis rubescens
caterpillars
2
food
4
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Plains Reedgrass
Calamagrostis montanensis
caterpillars
2
food
3
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Lapland Reedgrass
Calamagrostis lapponica
caterpillars
2
food
3
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Scandinavian Small-reed
Calamagrostis purpurea
caterpillars
1
food
12
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Pacific Small-reedgrass
Calamagrostis nutkaensis
caterpillars
1
food
3
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Serpentine Reedgrass
Calamagrostis ophitidis
caterpillars
1
food
3
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Fire Reedgrass
Calamagrostis koelerioides
caterpillars
1
food
3
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Howell's Reedgrass
Calamagrostis howellii
caterpillars
1
food
3
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Cape Mendocino Reed Grass
Calamagrostis foliosa
caterpillars
1
food
3
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Muir's Reedgrass
Calamagrostis muiriana
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Jones' Reedgrass
Calamagrostis scopulorum
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Calamagrostis utsutsuensis
food
2
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Porter's Reedgrass
Calamagrostis porteri
food
1
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Ozark Grass
Limnodea arkansana
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Ditch Beard Grass
Polypogon interruptus
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Mountain Bent Grass
Podagrostis humilis
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Blasdale's Bent Grass
Agrostis blasdalei
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Hawai'i Bentgrass
Agrostis sandwicensis
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Bolander's Reed Grass
Calamagrostis bolanderi
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Shorthair Reedgrass
Calamagrostis breweri
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Podagrostis thurberiana
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Oregon Bentgrass
Agrostis oregonensis
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Cain's Reedgrass
Calamagrostis cainii
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Agrostis lacuna-vernalis
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Reed Bent Grass
Calamagrostis insperata
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Wood Reedgrass
Calamagrostis perplexa