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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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7 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 3 Part shade 7 Dappled shade 1 Full shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 2 Well drained 3 Moist 6 Wet 4

Water use

Medium 5 High 1

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 10 Loam 13 Clay 7 Organic 16

Soil pH

Acid 4 Neutral 2 Alkaline 2

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 1

Deer resistant

Yes 4

Resists

Wet soil 5 Heat 2 Dry soil 1 Erosion 1 Poor soil 1

Form

Habit

Clumping 5 Erect 2 Mounding 2 Arching 1 Ascending 1 Spreading 1

Plant type

Herbaceous perennial 7 Ornamental grasses and sedges 7 Ground cover 4 Edible 1 Weed 1
  • Gray's Sedge Carex grayi keystone caterpillars 34 food 57 flowers 4
  • Hop Sedge Carex lupulina keystone caterpillars 33 food 54 flowers 3
  • Texas Sedge Carex texensis keystone caterpillars 27 food 46 flowers 3
  • Thin-fruit Sedge Carex flaccosperma keystone caterpillars 24 food 42 flowers 3
  • Cherokee Sedge Carex cherokeensis keystone caterpillars 20 food 44 flowers 6
  • Yellow Nutsedge Cyperus esculentus caterpillars 5 food 24
  • Whitetop Sedge Rhynchospora colorata caterpillars 2 flowers 19

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