Top native sedges
7 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
keystone
caterpillars
34
food
57
flowers
4
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Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
55
flowers
5
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Broad-leaved Sedge
Carex platyphylla
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
52
flowers
3
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Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
keystone
caterpillars
20
food
44
flowers
6
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Woolgrass
Scirpus cyperinus
caterpillars
13
food
29
flowers
1
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Squarestem Spikerush
Eleocharis quadrangulata
caterpillars
2
food
11
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Sand Spikerush
Eleocharis montevidensis
caterpillars
2
food
10