Top native yellow-eyed grasses
30 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Elliott's Yelloweyed Grass
Xyris elliottii
food
1
flowers
6
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Shortleaf Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris brevifolia
food
1
flowers
4
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Twisted Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris torta
food
1
flowers
3
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Tall Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris platylepis
food
1
flowers
3
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Laxleaf Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris laxifolia
food
1
flowers
3
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Small's Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris smalliana
food
1
flowers
3
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Grassleaf Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris baldwiniana
food
1
flowers
3
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Carolina Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris caroliniana
food
1
flowers
2
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Coastalplain Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris ambigua
food
1
flowers
2
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Richard's Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris jupicai
food
1
flowers
2
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Bog Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris difformis
food
1
flowers
2
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Fringed Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris fimbriata
food
1
flowers
2
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Savannah Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris flabelliformis
food
1
flowers
2
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Narrowleaf Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris stenotera
food
1
flowers
2
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Roughleaf Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris scabrifolia
food
1
flowers
2
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Pineland Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris stricta
food
1
flowers
2
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Florida Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris floridana
food
1
flowers
2
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Chapman's Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris chapmanii
food
1
flowers
2
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Drummond's Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris drummondii
food
1
flowers
2
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Kral's Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris longisepala
food
1
flowers
2
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Acidswamp Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris serotina
food
1
flowers
2
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Limestone Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris calcicola
food
1
flowers
2
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Quillwort Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris isoetifolia
food
1
flowers
2
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Northern Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris montana
food
1
flowers
1
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Curtiss's Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris curtissii
food
1
flowers
1
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Louisiana Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris louisianica
food
1
flowers
1
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Tennessee Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris tennesseensis
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Correll's Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris correlliorum
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St. Marks Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris panacea
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Ketona Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris spathifolia