Top native monocots
10 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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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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Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
caterpillars
12
food
15
flowers
5
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Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
caterpillars
11
food
7
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Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
keystone
caterpillars
8
food
5
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Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
caterpillars
7
food
16
flowers
34
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Tufted Hair Grass
Deschampsia cespitosa
caterpillars
5
food
17
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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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Purple Lovegrass
Eragrostis spectabilis
caterpillars
1
food
5