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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies
  6. Agave and Allies
  7. Dragon Tree Subfamily
  8. Nolinas and Allies

tribe

Nolinas and Allies

Nolineae

Includes
15 native 1 introduced 8 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Beargrasses 12 native
  • Sotols 3 native
  • Ponytail Palms

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native nolinas and allies All

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

  • Sacahuista Nolina microcarpa caterpillars 4
  • Texas Sacahuiste Nolina texana caterpillars 3 flowers 2
  • Woodland Beargrass Nolina greenei caterpillars 3 flowers 1
  • Foothill Beargrass Nolina erumpens caterpillars 2 food 1
  • Devil's Shoestring Nolina lindheimeriana caterpillars 2
  • Chaparral Beargrass Nolina micrantha caterpillars 2
  • Wheeler Sotol Dasylirion wheeleri caterpillars 1 hosts 4 food 1 flowers 10
  • Parry's Nolina Nolina parryi caterpillars 1 flowers 5
  • Bigelow's Nolina Nolina bigelovii caterpillars 1
  • Chaparral Nolina Nolina cismontana caterpillars 1
  • Dehesa Nolina Nolina interrata caterpillars 1
  • Texas Sotol Dasylirion texanum
  • Smooth Sotol Dasylirion leiophyllum
  • Britton's Beargrass Nolina brittoniana
  • Florida Beargrass Nolina atopocarpa
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