genus
Signalgrasses
Urochloa
Field notes
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- Para Grass present
- Green Summer Grass present
- Browntop Signalgrass native
- Sprawling Signalgrass introduced
- Spreading Liverseed Grass present
- Red-Topped Signal Grass
- Gonyagrass present
- Texas Signalgrass native
- Broadleaf Signalgrass native
- Arizona Signalgrass native
- Liverseed Grass
- Bread Grass present
- Black-footed Grass
- Thurston Grass present
- Browntop Millet
- Alexander Grass
- False Signal Grass
- Creeping False Paspalum
- Fringed Signal Grass native
- Thick Ditch Crowngrass native
- African Signal Grass
- Urochloa pubigera
- Caribgrass
- Grass
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Grasses and sedges
- Plant type
- Annual Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native signalgrasses All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Browntop Signalgrass
Urochloa fusca
caterpillars
4
food
4
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Texas Signalgrass
Urochloa texana
caterpillars
2
food
4
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Broadleaf Signalgrass
Urochloa platyphylla
caterpillars
2
food
3
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Fringed Signal Grass
Urochloa ciliatissima
caterpillars
2
food
1
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Thick Ditch Crowngrass
Urochloa adspersa
caterpillars
2
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Arizona Signalgrass
Urochloa arizonica
caterpillars
1
food
2