Top native fescues and ryegrasses
27 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
keystone
caterpillars
20
food
30
shelter
1
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Sixweeks Grass
Festuca octoflora
keystone
caterpillars
17
food
8
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Idaho Fescue
Festuca idahoensis
keystone
caterpillars
17
food
7
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Western Fescue
Festuca occidentalis
keystone
caterpillars
17
food
7
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Small Fescue
Festuca microstachys
keystone
caterpillars
15
food
6
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Bearded Fescue
Festuca subulata
keystone
caterpillars
15
food
5
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Mountain Fescue
Festuca saximontana
keystone
caterpillars
15
food
4
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Roemer's Fescue
Festuca roemeri
caterpillars
14
food
5
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Crinkle-awn Fescue
Festuca subuliflora
keystone
caterpillars
13
food
5
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Spike Fescue
Festuca kingii
caterpillars
13
food
4
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Mountain Bunch Grass
Festuca viridula
keystone
caterpillars
13
food
4
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California Fescue
Festuca californica
keystone
caterpillars
12
food
5
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Shortleaf Fescue
Festuca brachyphylla
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
3
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Thurber's Fescue
Festuca thurberi
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
3
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Sand Fescue
Festuca ammobia
keystone
caterpillars
8
food
5
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Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
keystone
caterpillars
7
food
7
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Coast Fescue
Festuca elmeri
keystone
caterpillars
7
food
3
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Little Fescue
Festuca minutiflora
keystone
caterpillars
6
food
3
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Altai Fescue
Festuca altaica
keystone
caterpillars
6
food
2
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Arizona Fescue
Festuca arizonica
keystone
caterpillars
5
food
3
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Big Rough Fescue
Festuca campestris
keystone
caterpillars
5
food
3
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Clustered Fescue
Festuca paradoxa
keystone
caterpillars
2
food
4
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Texas Fescue
Festuca versuta
keystone
caterpillars
1
food
5
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Festuca sciurea
keystone
food
4
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Ravine Fescue
Festuca sororia
keystone
food
3
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Festuca hawaiiensis
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Festuca aloha