genus
Rosette Grasses
Dichanthelium
Field notes
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- Dichanthelium acuminatum 16 native
- Dichanthelium dichotomum 9 native
- Deertongue native
- Heller's Rosette Grass native
- Variable Witchgrass native
- Velvet Panicum native
- Bosc's Witchgrass native
- Open-flower Witchgrass native
- Broad-leaved Panic Grass native
- Scribner's Panicgrass native
- Starved Witchgrass native
- Round-fruited Rosette-panicgrass native
- Roundseed Panicgrass native
- Puerto Rican Witchgrass native
- Woolly Witchgrass native
- Slim-leaf Witchgrass native
- Leiberg's Rosette Grass native
- Roughhair Rosette Grass native
- Slender Panic Grass native
- Needleleaf Rosette Grass native
- Ravenel's Rosette Grass native
- Erectleaf Panicgrass native
- White-edged Witchgrass native
- Hemlock Witchgrass native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Grasses and sedges
- Plant type
- Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native rosette grasses All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Deertongue
Dichanthelium clandestinum
caterpillars
7
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
7
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Forked Witchgrass
Dichanthelium dichotomum
caterpillars
5
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Bosc's Witchgrass
Dichanthelium boscii
caterpillars
4
hosts
3
food
8
flowers
1
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Broad-leaved Panic Grass
Dichanthelium latifolium
caterpillars
4
hosts
3
food
8
flowers
1
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Velvet Panicum
Dichanthelium scoparium
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
9
flowers
1
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Hairy Rosette-panicgrass
Dichanthelium acuminatum
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
9
flowers
1
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Peat Grass
Dichanthelium lanuginosum
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
9
flowers
1
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White-hair Witchgrass
Dichanthelium villosissimum
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
9
flowers
1
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Heller's Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium oligosanthes
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Variable Witchgrass
Dichanthelium commutatum
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Open-flower Witchgrass
Dichanthelium laxiflorum
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Scribner's Panicgrass
Dichanthelium scribnerianum
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Starved Witchgrass
Dichanthelium depauperatum
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Round-fruited Rosette-panicgrass
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Small-fruited Witchgrass
Dichanthelium microcarpon
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1