Top native rosette grasses
71 species, 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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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
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Roundseed Panicgrass
Dichanthelium polyanthes
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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Puerto Rican Witchgrass
Dichanthelium portoricense
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Slim-leaf Witchgrass
Dichanthelium linearifolium
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Leiberg's Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium leibergii
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Lindheimer's Panicgrass
Dichanthelium lindheimeri
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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White-hair Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium praecocius
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Bog Panic Grass
Dichanthelium lucidum
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Matting Witchgrass
Dichanthelium meridionale
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Eaton's Witchgrass
Dichanthelium spretum
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Wright's Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium wrightianum
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Bicknell's Witchgrass
Dichanthelium bicknellii
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Slender Panic Grass
Dichanthelium xanthophysum
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
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Northern Witchgrass
Dichanthelium boreale
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
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Wilcox's Panicgrass
Dichanthelium wilcoxianum
caterpillars
4
food
9
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Yadkin Panic-grass
Dichanthelium yadkinense
caterpillars
3
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Woolly Witchgrass
Dichanthelium scabriusculum
caterpillars
2
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Roughhair Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium strigosum
caterpillars
2
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Needleleaf Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium aciculare
caterpillars
2
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Ravenel's Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium ravenelii
caterpillars
2
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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White-edged Witchgrass
Dichanthelium tenue
caterpillars
2
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Hemlock Witchgrass
Dichanthelium patulum
caterpillars
2
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Narrow-leaved Witchgrass
Dichanthelium angustifolium
caterpillars
2
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Nerved Witchgrass
Dichanthelium neuranthum
caterpillars
2
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Coastal Plain Witchgrass
Dichanthelium longiligulatum
caterpillars
2
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Softleaf Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium malacophyllum
caterpillars
2
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Blood Panicgrass
Dichanthelium consanguineum
caterpillars
2
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Small-leaved Witchgrass
Dichanthelium ensifolium
caterpillars
2
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Dichanthelium annulum
caterpillars
2
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Short-leaved Witchgrass
Dichanthelium curtifolium
caterpillars
2
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Sandy Woods Witchgrass
Dichanthelium arenicoloides
caterpillars
1
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Erectleaf Panicgrass
Dichanthelium erectifolium
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
8
flowers
1
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Small-seeded Panicgrass
Dichanthelium chamaelonche
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
8
flowers
1
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Dichanthelium webberianum
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
8
flowers
1
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Eggleaf Witchgrass
Dichanthelium ovale
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
8
flowers
1
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Blue Witchgrass
Dichanthelium caerulescens
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
8
flowers
1