Top native sedges
63 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus odoratus
caterpillars
5
food
19
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Yellow Flatsedge
Cyperus flavescens
caterpillars
5
food
18
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Redroot Flatsedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
caterpillars
5
food
17
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Bearded Flatsedge
Cyperus squarrosus
caterpillars
5
food
16
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Small-Flower Halfchaff Sedge
Cyperus subsquarrosus
caterpillars
5
food
15
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Poorland Flatsedge
Cyperus compressus
caterpillars
5
food
14
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Bunchy Flat-sedge
Cyperus polystachyos
caterpillars
5
food
13
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Low Spikesedge
Cyperus hortensis
caterpillars
5
food
13
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Cyperus neotropicalis
caterpillars
5
food
12
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Coastal Plain Flatsedge
Cyperus cuspidatus
caterpillars
5
food
12
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Shining Flatsedge
Cyperus bipartitus
caterpillars
4
food
13
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Short-point Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
caterpillars
3
food
13
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Granite Flatsedge
Cyperus granitophilus
caterpillars
3
food
13
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Whiteedge Flatsedge
Cyperus flavicomus
caterpillars
3
food
13
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Drummond's Halfchaff Sedge
Cyperus hemidrummondii
caterpillars
3
food
12
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Umbrella Flatsedge
Cyperus diandrus
caterpillars
3
food
11
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Fern Flatsedge
Cyperus filicinus
caterpillars
3
food
11
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Viviparous Spikerush
Eleocharis vivipara
caterpillars
3
food
9
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Small Spikerush
Eleocharis parvula
caterpillars
2
food
15
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Black Flatsedge
Cyperus melanostachyus
caterpillars
2
food
13
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Blunt Spikerush
Eleocharis obtusa
caterpillars
2
food
12
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Needle Spikerush
Eleocharis acicularis
caterpillars
2
food
11
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Canada Spikesedge
Eleocharis geniculata
caterpillars
2
food
11
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Western Halfchaff Sedge
Cyperus hemioccidentalis
caterpillars
2
food
11
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Engelmann's Spikerush
Eleocharis engelmannii
caterpillars
2
food
10
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Beautiful Spikerush
Eleocharis bella
caterpillars
2
food
10
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Purple Spikerush
Eleocharis atropurpurea
caterpillars
2
food
10
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Ovate Spikerush
Eleocharis ovata
caterpillars
2
food
9
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Smallfruit Spikerush
Eleocharis microcarpa
caterpillars
2
food
9
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Britton's Spikerush
Eleocharis brittonii
caterpillars
2
food
9
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Ozark Spikerush
Eleocharis lanceolata
caterpillars
2
food
8
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Globe Beaksedge
Rhynchospora globularis
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
1
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Shortbeak Beaksedge
Rhynchospora nitens
caterpillars
2
flowers
1
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Spreading Beaksedge
Rhynchospora divergens
caterpillars
2
flowers
1
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Chapman's Beaksedge
Rhynchospora chapmanii
caterpillars
2
flowers
1
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Baldwin's Beaksedge
Rhynchospora baldwinii
caterpillars
2
flowers
1
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Broadfruit Horned Beaksedge
Rhynchospora careyana
caterpillars
2
flowers
1
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Harper's Beaksedge
Rhynchospora harperi
caterpillars
2
flowers
1
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Long-beaked Bald-rush
Rhynchospora scirpoides
caterpillars
2
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Mingled Beaksedge
Rhynchospora mixta
caterpillars
2
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Flatfruit Beaksedge
Rhynchospora compressa
caterpillars
2
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Curtiss' Beaksedge
Rhynchospora curtissii
caterpillars
2
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Low Nutrush
Scleria verticillata
food
3
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Netted Nutrush
Scleria reticularis
food
2
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Muehlenberg's Nutrush
Scleria muehlenbergii
food
1
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Densetuft Hairsedge
Bulbostylis capillaris
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Slender Clubrush
Isolepis cernua
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Slender Fimbry
Fimbristylis autumnalis
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Capillary Hairsedge
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia
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Common Fringe-rush
Fimbristylis dichotoma