Top native sedges
16 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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Hop Sedge
Carex lupulina
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Greater Straw Sedge
Carex normalis
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Plantainleaf Sedge
Carex plantaginea
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
54
flowers
3
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Broad-leaved Sedge
Carex platyphylla
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
52
flowers
3
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Spreading Sedge
Carex laxiculmis
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
52
flowers
3
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Palm Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
keystone
caterpillars
29
food
50
flowers
3
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Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
keystone
caterpillars
27
food
46
flowers
3
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Fraser's Sedge
Carex fraseriana
keystone
caterpillars
24
food
42
flowers
3
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Thin-fruit Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
keystone
caterpillars
24
food
42
flowers
3
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Southern Waxy Sedge
Carex glaucescens
keystone
caterpillars
14
food
38
flowers
3
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Yellow Nutsedge
Cyperus esculentus
caterpillars
5
food
24
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Common Cottongrass
Eriophorum angustifolium
caterpillars
4
food
9
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Tawny Cottongrass
Eriophorum virginicum
caterpillars
2
food
3
flowers
3
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Sandswamp Whitetop Sedge
Rhynchospora latifolia
caterpillars
2
flowers
2