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Top native carex sect. limosae

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

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4 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Moist 1 Wet 1

Water use

Medium 1

Form

Plant type

Ornamental grasses and sedges 4 Perennial 4
  • Tall Bog-sedge Carex magellanica keystone caterpillars 41 food 58 flowers 3
  • Mud Sedge Carex limosa keystone caterpillars 38 food 60 flowers 3
  • Barratt’s Sedge Carex barrattii keystone caterpillars 23 food 43 flowers 3
  • Several-flowered Sedge Carex pluriflora keystone caterpillars 12 food 38 flowers 2

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