Top native grasses
14 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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Saint Augustine Grass
Stenotaphrum secundatum
caterpillars
13
food
3
flowers
13
shelter
1
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Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
caterpillars
12
food
15
flowers
5
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Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
caterpillars
11
food
18
flowers
2
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Common Reed
Phragmites australis
caterpillars
5
food
17
flowers
5
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Tufted Hair Grass
Deschampsia cespitosa
caterpillars
5
food
17
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Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
caterpillars
4
food
9
flowers
1
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River Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
6
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Hairawn Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
caterpillars
2
food
6
flowers
1
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Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus
caterpillars
2
food
1
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Lyme Grass
Leymus arenarius
caterpillars
2
food
1
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Purple Lovegrass
Eragrostis spectabilis
caterpillars
1
food
5
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Narrow-leaved Carpetgrass
Axonopus fissifolius
caterpillars
1
food
1