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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Sedges
  7. True Sedges
  8. Carex Sect. Hallerianae
  9. Sandy Woods Sedge
  10. Supports

What Sandy Woods Sedge supports

35 native animals
supported in the US
6 caterpillars 27 food 2 flowers

Caterpillars All

6 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

  • Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris on true sedges
  • Dukes' Skipper Euphyes dukesi on true sedges
  • Appalachian Brown Lethe appalachia on true sedges
  • Dion Skipper Euphyes dion on true sedges
  • Broad-winged Skipper Poanes viator on true sedges
  • Delightful Donacaula Moth Donacaula melinellus on true sedges

Plant eaters All

27 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

  • Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons on true sedges
  • Snow Goose Anser caerulescens on true sedges
  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos on true sedges
  • American Coot Fulica americana on true sedges
  • Green-winged Teal Anas crecca on true sedges
  • Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus on true sedges
  • Sora Porzana carolina on true sedges
  • Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus on true sedges
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Flower visitors All

2 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.

  • Greater Bee Fly Bombylius major on true sedges
  • Spotted Pink Lady Beetle Coleomegilla maculata on true sedges

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