Top native carex sect. hymenochlaenae
19 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Longbeak Sedge
Carex sprengelii
keystone
caterpillars
35
food
55
flowers
3
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Graceful Sedge
Carex gracillima
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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White-edge Sedge
Carex debilis
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Drooping Sedge
Carex prasina
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Drooping Woodland Sedge
Carex arctata
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Handsome Sedge
Carex formosa
keystone
caterpillars
30
food
49
flowers
3
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Chestnut Sedge
Carex castanea
keystone
caterpillars
29
food
50
flowers
3
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Summer Sedge
Carex aestivalis
keystone
caterpillars
29
food
47
flowers
3
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Davis' Sedge
Carex davisii
keystone
caterpillars
28
food
48
flowers
3
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Assiniboine Sedge
Carex assiniboinensis
keystone
caterpillars
24
food
43
flowers
3
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Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
keystone
caterpillars
20
food
44
flowers
6
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Sharpscale Sedge
Carex oxylepis
keystone
caterpillars
18
food
42
flowers
3
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Wretched Sedge
Carex misera
keystone
caterpillars
17
food
38
flowers
3
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Darkgreen Sedge
Carex venusta
keystone
caterpillars
7
food
30
flowers
2
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Olney's Hairy Sedge
Carex gynodynama
keystone
caterpillars
6
food
32
flowers
3
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Mendocino Sedge
Carex mendocinensis
keystone
caterpillars
5
food
29
flowers
3
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Fuzzy Sedge
Carex hirtissima
keystone
caterpillars
5
food
26
flowers
1
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San Luis Obispo Sedge
Carex obispoensis
keystone
caterpillars
5
food
25
flowers
3
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Roan Mountain Sedge
Carex roanensis