Top native monocots
7 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
55
flowers
5
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Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
caterpillars
12
food
15
flowers
5
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Pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata
caterpillars
4
bees
3
food
7
flowers
124
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American Century Plant
Agave americana
caterpillars
3
food
5
flowers
3
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Nimblewill
Muhlenbergia schreberi
caterpillars
2
food
11
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Yellow Trout Lily
Erythronium americanum
bees
1
flowers
26
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Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
food
1
flowers
48