Top native Pooideae
325 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Swamp Meadow-grass
Poa palustris
keystone
caterpillars
34
food
19
flowers
1
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Alpine Bluegrass
Poa alpina
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
18
flowers
1
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Glaucous Bluegrass
Poa glauca
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
17
flowers
1
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Pine Bluegrass
Poa secunda
keystone
caterpillars
30
food
7
flowers
1
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Wood Meadow-grass
Poa nemoralis
keystone
caterpillars
28
food
22
flowers
1
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Muttongrass
Poa fendleriana
keystone
caterpillars
28
food
6
flowers
1
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Inland Bluegrass
Poa interior
keystone
caterpillars
24
food
7
flowers
1
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Arctic Bluegrass
Poa arctica
keystone
caterpillars
21
food
6
flowers
1
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Marsh Bluegrass
Poa leptocoma
keystone
caterpillars
21
food
6
flowers
1
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Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
keystone
caterpillars
20
food
30
shelter
1
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Grove Meadow Grass
Poa alsodes
keystone
caterpillars
20
food
9
flowers
1
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Cusick's Bluegrass
Poa cusickii
caterpillars
19
food
6
flowers
1
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Wheeler's Bluegrass
Poa wheeleri
keystone
caterpillars
19
food
6
flowers
1
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Drooping Bluegrass
Poa saltuensis
keystone
caterpillars
18
food
8
flowers
1
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Narrow-flower Bluegrass
Poa stenantha
keystone
caterpillars
18
food
6
flowers
1
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Early Bluegrass
Poa cuspidata
keystone
caterpillars
17
food
9
flowers
1
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Sixweeks Grass
Festuca octoflora
keystone
caterpillars
17
food
8
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Idaho Fescue
Festuca idahoensis
keystone
caterpillars
17
food
7
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Western Fescue
Festuca occidentalis
keystone
caterpillars
17
food
7
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Nodding Bluegrass
Poa reflexa
keystone
caterpillars
17
food
5
flowers
1
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Texas Bluegrass
Poa arachnifera
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
7
flowers
1
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Woodland Bluegrass
Poa sylvestris
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
7
flowers
1
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Autumn Bluegrass
Poa autumnalis
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
7
flowers
1
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Wolf's Bluegrass
Poa wolfii
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
5
flowers
1
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Bolander's Bluegrass
Poa bolanderi
keystone
caterpillars
15
food
6
flowers
1
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Small Fescue
Festuca microstachys
keystone
caterpillars
15
food
6
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Beach Bluegrass
Poa confinis
keystone
caterpillars
15
food
5
flowers
1
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Bearded Fescue
Festuca subulata
keystone
caterpillars
15
food
5
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Mountain Fescue
Festuca saximontana
keystone
caterpillars
15
food
4
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Roemer's Fescue
Festuca roemeri
caterpillars
14
food
5
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Bigelow's Bluegrass
Poa bigelovii
keystone
caterpillars
13
food
6
flowers
1
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Pringle's Bluegrass
Poa pringlei
keystone
caterpillars
13
food
5
flowers
1
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Crinkle-awn Fescue
Festuca subuliflora
keystone
caterpillars
13
food
5
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Spike Fescue
Festuca kingii
caterpillars
13
food
4
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Mountain Bunch Grass
Festuca viridula
keystone
caterpillars
13
food
4
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Western Wheatgrass
Elymus smithii
keystone
caterpillars
12
food
9
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Rough Bentgrass
Agrostis scabra
caterpillars
12
food
6
flowers
1
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Largeflower Dune Bluegrass
Poa macrantha
keystone
caterpillars
12
food
5
flowers
1
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California Fescue
Festuca californica
keystone
caterpillars
12
food
5
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Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
7
flowers
1
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Perennial Bentgrass
Agrostis perennans
caterpillars
11
food
5
flowers
1
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Arctic Bentgrass
Agrostis mertensii
caterpillars
11
food
5
flowers
1
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Little Mountain Bluegrass
Poa curtifolia
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
5
flowers
1
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Leiberg's Bluegrass
Poa leibergii
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
5
flowers
1
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Howell's Bluegrass
Poa howellii
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
5
flowers
1
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Piper's Blue Grass
Poa piperi
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
5
flowers
1
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Winter Bentgrass
Agrostis hyemalis
caterpillars
11
food
4
flowers
1
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Shortleaf Fescue
Festuca brachyphylla
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
3
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Thurber's Fescue
Festuca thurberi
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
3
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Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
keystone
caterpillars
10
food
7
flowers
1