Top native true sedges
407 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Hoary Sedge
Carex canescens
keystone
caterpillars
43
food
64
flowers
3
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Northwest Territory Sedge
Carex utriculata
keystone
caterpillars
43
food
59
flowers
3
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Water Sedge
Carex aquatilis
keystone
caterpillars
43
food
58
flowers
3
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Bristle-stalked Sedge
Carex leptalea
keystone
caterpillars
42
food
58
flowers
3
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Two-seeded Sedge
Carex disperma
keystone
caterpillars
42
food
58
flowers
3
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Inflated Sedge
Carex vesicaria
keystone
caterpillars
41
food
63
flowers
3
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Tall Bog-sedge
Carex magellanica
keystone
caterpillars
41
food
58
flowers
3
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Star Sedge
Carex echinata
keystone
caterpillars
40
food
62
flowers
3
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Buxbaum's Sedge
Carex buxbaumii
keystone
caterpillars
40
food
60
flowers
3
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Little Green Sedge
Carex oederi
caterpillars
40
food
60
flowers
3
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Livid Sedge
Carex livida
keystone
caterpillars
40
food
54
flowers
3
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Woolly-fruited Sedge
Carex lasiocarpa
keystone
caterpillars
39
food
63
flowers
3
shelter
1
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Few-flowered Sedge
Carex pauciflora
keystone
caterpillars
39
food
63
flowers
3
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Awl-fruited Sedge
Carex stipata
keystone
caterpillars
39
food
56
flowers
3
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Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
keystone
caterpillars
39
food
55
flowers
5
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Pointed Broom Sedge
Carex scoparia
keystone
caterpillars
39
food
55
flowers
3
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Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
keystone
caterpillars
39
food
55
flowers
3
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Inland Sedge
Carex interior
keystone
caterpillars
39
food
55
flowers
3
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Brownish Sedge
Carex brunnescens
keystone
caterpillars
38
food
63
flowers
3
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Mud Sedge
Carex limosa
keystone
caterpillars
38
food
60
flowers
3
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Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
keystone
caterpillars
38
food
59
flowers
5
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Golden Sedge
Carex aurea
keystone
caterpillars
38
food
55
flowers
3
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Lesser Tussock Sedge
Carex diandra
keystone
caterpillars
38
food
55
flowers
3
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Dry Land Sedge
Carex siccata
keystone
caterpillars
37
food
55
flowers
3
shelter
1
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Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex hystericina
keystone
caterpillars
37
food
55
flowers
3
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Elk Sedge
Carex garberi
keystone
caterpillars
37
food
55
flowers
3
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Long-stolon Sedge
Carex inops
keystone
caterpillars
37
food
49
flowers
3
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Bristly Sedge
Carex comosa
keystone
caterpillars
36
food
55
flowers
3
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Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
keystone
caterpillars
36
food
55
flowers
3
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Bebb's Sedge
Carex bebbii
keystone
caterpillars
36
food
55
flowers
3
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Dewey's Sedge
Carex deweyana
keystone
caterpillars
36
food
54
flowers
3
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Bulrush Sedge
Carex scirpoidea
keystone
caterpillars
36
food
54
flowers
3
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Yellow-green Sedge
Carex flava
keystone
caterpillars
35
food
63
flowers
3
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Pale Sedge
Carex pallescens
keystone
caterpillars
35
food
61
flowers
3
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Cyperus Sedge
Carex pseudocyperus
keystone
caterpillars
35
food
59
flowers
3
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Longbeak Sedge
Carex sprengelii
keystone
caterpillars
35
food
55
flowers
3
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Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
keystone
caterpillars
34
food
57
flowers
4
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Hair-like Sedge
Carex capillaris
keystone
caterpillars
34
food
57
flowers
3
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Sallow Sedge
Carex lurida
keystone
caterpillars
34
food
55
flowers
3
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Blunt Broom Sedge
Carex tribuloides
keystone
caterpillars
34
food
54
flowers
3
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Retrorse Sedge
Carex retrorsa
keystone
caterpillars
34
food
54
flowers
3
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Emory's Sedge
Carex emoryi
keystone
caterpillars
34
food
52
flowers
3
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Sparse-flowered Sedge
Carex tenuiflora
keystone
caterpillars
34
food
50
flowers
3
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Closed-headed Sedge
Carex media
caterpillars
34
food
49
flowers
3
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Smooth Black Sedge
Carex nigra
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
59
flowers
3
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Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
55
flowers
5
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Fringed Sedge
Carex crinita
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
55
flowers
3
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Fibrous-rooted Sedge
Carex communis
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
55
flowers
3
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Bladder Sedge
Carex intumescens
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Hop Sedge
Carex lupulina
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3