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Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies

Poales

Field notes

The Poales are a large order of flowering plants in the monocotyledons, and includes families of plants such as the grasses, bromeliads, rushes and sedges. 14 plant families are currently recognized by botanists to be part of Poales.

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Grasses 749 native
Sedges 658 native
Rushes 107 native
Yellow-eyed Grasses 26 native
Bromeliads 18 native
Pipeworts 12 native
Bulrush and Cattail Family 11 native
Mayacaceae 1 native
Thurniaceae
Restiads
Joinvilleaceae
Bushcane Family
Rapateaceae

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

Hoary Sedge Carex canescens keystone caterpillars 43 food 64 flowers 3
Northwest Territory Sedge Carex utriculata keystone caterpillars 43 food 59 flowers 3
Water Sedge Carex aquatilis keystone caterpillars 43 food 58 flowers 3
Bristle-stalked Sedge Carex leptalea keystone caterpillars 42 food 58 flowers 3
Two-seeded Sedge Carex disperma keystone caterpillars 42 food 58 flowers 3
Inflated Sedge Carex vesicaria keystone caterpillars 41 food 63 flowers 3
Tall Bog-sedge Carex magellanica keystone caterpillars 41 food 58 flowers 3
Star Sedge Carex echinata keystone caterpillars 40 food 62 flowers 3
Little Green Sedge Carex oederi caterpillars 40 food 60 flowers 3
Buxbaum's Sedge Carex buxbaumii keystone caterpillars 40 food 60 flowers 3
Livid Sedge Carex livida keystone caterpillars 40 food 54 flowers 3
Woolly-fruited Sedge Carex lasiocarpa keystone caterpillars 39 food 63 flowers 3 shelter 1
Few-flowered Sedge Carex pauciflora keystone caterpillars 39 food 63 flowers 3
Awl-fruited Sedge Carex stipata keystone caterpillars 39 food 56 flowers 3
Field Sedge Carex praegracilis keystone caterpillars 39 food 55 flowers 5

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