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Top native Calamovilfa

8 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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8 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 1 Well drained 1

Water use

Low 1

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 1 Loam 1 Clay 1 Organic 1

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 1

Deer resistant

Yes 1

Resists

Black walnut 1 Dry soil 1 Erosion 1 Foot traffic 1 Pollution 1

Form

Habit

Arching 1 Dense 1 Mounding 1

Plant type

Ornamental grasses and sedges 8 Perennial 7 Herbaceous perennial 1
  • Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis caterpillars 3 food 12 flowers 3
  • Silveus' Dropseed Sporobolus silveanus caterpillars 2 food 5 flowers 1
  • Sand Reedgrass Sporobolus rigidus caterpillars 1 food 12
  • Giant Sandreed Sporobolus arenicola caterpillars 1 food 7
  • Pine Barrens Reedgrass Sporobolus brevipilis caterpillars 1 food 2 flowers 1
  • Cumberland Sandreed Sporobolus arcuatus caterpillars 1 food 2
  • Carolina Dropseed Sporobolus pinetorum caterpillars 1 food 1 flowers 1
  • Wireleaf Dropseed Sporobolus teretifolius

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