Top native true sedges
34 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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Star Sedge
Carex echinata
keystone
caterpillars
40
food
62
flowers
3
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Pointed Broom Sedge
Carex scoparia
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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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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Bristly Sedge
Carex comosa
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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Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
keystone
caterpillars
34
food
57
flowers
4
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Bladder Sedge
Carex intumescens
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Limestone Meadow Sedge
Carex granularis
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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White-edge Sedge
Carex debilis
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Lake Sedge
Carex lacustris
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Eastern Rough Sedge
Carex scabrata
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Threeseeded Sedge
Carex trisperma
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Eastern Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
53
flowers
3
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Lenticular Sedge
Carex lenticularis
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
54
flowers
3
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Yellow-fruited Sedge
Carex annectens
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
53
flowers
3
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Prickly Bog Sedge
Carex atlantica
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
52
flowers
3
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Foxtail Sedge
Carex alopecoidea
keystone
caterpillars
31
food
50
flowers
3
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Squarrose Sedge
Carex squarrosa
keystone
caterpillars
29
food
51
flowers
3
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Palm Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
keystone
caterpillars
29
food
50
flowers
3
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Frank's Sedge
Carex frankii
keystone
caterpillars
29
food
49
flowers
3
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Russet Sedge
Carex saxatilis
keystone
caterpillars
29
food
43
flowers
3
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Davis' Sedge
Carex davisii
keystone
caterpillars
28
food
48
flowers
3
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Beaked Sedge
Carex rostrata
keystone
caterpillars
26
food
47
flowers
3
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Nebraska Sedge
Carex nebrascensis
keystone
caterpillars
22
food
40
flowers
3
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Small-winged Sedge
Carex microptera
keystone
caterpillars
19
food
41
flowers
3
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Slough Sedge
Carex obnupta
keystone
caterpillars
8
food
33
flowers
3