Top native monocots
21 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Palm Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
keystone
caterpillars
29
food
50
flowers
3
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Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
keystone
caterpillars
20
food
44
flowers
6
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Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
keystone
caterpillars
20
food
30
shelter
1
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Bitter Panicgrass
Panicum amarum
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
14
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Laurel-leaf Greenbrier
Smilax laurifolia
caterpillars
7
food
7
flowers
3
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Lanceleaf Greenbrier
Smilax smallii
caterpillars
6
food
5
flowers
2
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Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
caterpillars
3
food
12
flowers
3
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Virginia Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
caterpillars
3
food
3
flowers
60
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Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
5
flowers
130
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Gulf Muhly
Muhlenbergia sericea
caterpillars
2
food
6
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Lyme Grass
Leymus arenarius
caterpillars
2
food
1
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Slender Indiangrass
Sorghastrum elliottii
caterpillars
2
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Sea Oats
Uniola paniculata
caterpillars
1
food
6
shelter
1
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Ohio Spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
caterpillars
1
food
3
flowers
39
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Smooth Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum biflorum
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
30
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Hairy Solomon's-seal
Polygonatum pubescens
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
8
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Nodding Trillium
Trillium cernuum
caterpillars
1
flowers
1
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Yellow Star Grass
Hypoxis hirsuta
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
33
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Northern Blue Flag
Iris versicolor
food
3
flowers
62
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Rannoch-rush
Scheuchzeria palustris
food
1
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Florida Butterfly Orchid
Encyclia tampensis
flowers
1