Top native monocots
15 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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Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
18
flowers
17
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Bitter Panicgrass
Panicum amarum
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
14
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Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
caterpillars
11
food
18
flowers
2
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Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
caterpillars
11
food
7
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Slender Path Rush
Juncus tenuis
caterpillars
9
food
27
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Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
keystone
caterpillars
8
food
5
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Common Yucca
Yucca filamentosa
caterpillars
8
food
2
flowers
2
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River Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
6
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Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
caterpillars
3
food
12
flowers
3
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Hairawn Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
caterpillars
2
food
6
flowers
1
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Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
caterpillars
2
food
5
flowers
10
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Sea Oats
Uniola paniculata
caterpillars
1
food
6
shelter
1
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Smooth Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum biflorum
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
30