genus
Bristlegrasses
Setaria
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- Yellow Foxtail introduced
- Green Bristle Grass introduced
- Knotroot Bristlegrass native
- Giant Foxtail introduced
- Palmgrass introduced
- Hooked Bristle Grass introduced
- Southwestern Bristlegrass native
- Broadleaf Bristlegrass
- African Bristlegrass introduced
- Plains Bristlegrass native
- Foxtail Bristle-grass introduced
- Bur Bristle Grass native
- Giant Bristlegrass native
- Spreading Panic-grass
- Liebmann's Bristlegrass
- Reverchon's Bristlegrass native
- Egyptian Panicgrass native
- Grisebach's Bristlegrass present
- Large-spike Bristlegrass native
- Coral Bristlegrass native
- East Indian Bristlegrass
- Yellow Watercrown Grass
- Setaria plicata
- Coastal Bristlegrass native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Grasses and sedges
- Plant type
- Annual Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native bristlegrasses All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Knotroot Bristlegrass
Setaria parviflora
caterpillars
2
food
28
flowers
2
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Plains Bristlegrass
Setaria leucopila
caterpillars
2
food
26
flowers
2
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Egyptian Panicgrass
Setaria geminata
caterpillars
2
food
25
flowers
1
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Southwestern Bristlegrass
Setaria scheelei
caterpillars
2
food
24
flowers
1
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Giant Bristlegrass
Setaria magna
caterpillars
2
food
23
flowers
1
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Reverchon's Bristlegrass
Setaria reverchonii
caterpillars
1
food
21
flowers
1
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Coral Bristlegrass
Setaria macrosperma
caterpillars
1
food
21
flowers
1
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Large-spike Bristlegrass
Setaria macrostachya
caterpillars
1
food
21
flowers
1
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Texas Bristle Grass
Setaria texana
caterpillars
1
food
21
flowers
1
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Chapman's Bristle Grass
Setaria chapmanii
caterpillars
1
food
17
flowers
1
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Bur Bristle Grass
Setaria adhaerens
flowers
1
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Coastal Bristlegrass
Setaria corrugata