Top native grasses
13 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Fall Witchgrass
Digitaria cognata
caterpillars
10
food
18
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Fringed Brome
Bromus ciliatus
caterpillars
8
food
9
flowers
6
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Broad-glumed Brome
Bromus latiglumis
caterpillars
6
food
8
flowers
1
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Canadian Bluejoint
Calamagrostis canadensis
caterpillars
5
food
10
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Switch Cane
Arundinaria tecta
caterpillars
5
food
6
flowers
1
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Starved Witchgrass
Dichanthelium depauperatum
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Matting Witchgrass
Dichanthelium meridionale
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
1
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Northern Witchgrass
Dichanthelium boreale
caterpillars
4
hosts
2
food
8
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Poverty Oatgrass
Danthonia spicata
caterpillars
4
food
4
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River Wild Rye
Elymus riparius
keystone
caterpillars
4
food
4
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Southwestern Bristlegrass
Setaria scheelei
caterpillars
2
food
24
flowers
1
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Smith's Melicgrass
Melica smithii
food
1
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Ozark Grass
Limnodea arkansana