Top native grasses
11 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Saint Augustine Grass
Stenotaphrum secundatum
caterpillars
13
food
3
flowers
13
shelter
1
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Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
7
flowers
1
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Deertongue
Dichanthelium clandestinum
caterpillars
7
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
7
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Common Reed
Phragmites australis
caterpillars
5
food
17
flowers
5
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Switch Cane
Arundinaria tecta
caterpillars
5
food
6
flowers
1
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River Cane
Arundinaria gigantea
caterpillars
5
food
2
flowers
3
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Mat Sandbur
Cenchrus longispinus
caterpillars
5
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Nimblewill
Muhlenbergia schreberi
caterpillars
2
food
11
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Broadleaf Signalgrass
Urochloa platyphylla
caterpillars
2
food
3
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Lyme Grass
Leymus arenarius
caterpillars
2
food
1
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Narrow-leaved Carpetgrass
Axonopus fissifolius
caterpillars
1
food
1