Top native crabgrasses
13 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Fall Witchgrass
Digitaria cognata
caterpillars
10
food
18
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Shaggy Crabgrass
Digitaria villosa
caterpillars
7
food
6
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Slender Crabgrass
Digitaria filiformis
caterpillars
6
food
6
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Sourgrass
Digitaria insularis
caterpillars
5
food
6
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Dwarf Crabgrass
Digitaria serotina
caterpillars
5
food
6
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Arizona Cottontop
Digitaria californica
caterpillars
5
food
5
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Carolina Crabgrass
Digitaria pubiflora
caterpillars
5
food
5
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Texas Crabgrass
Digitaria texana
caterpillars
4
food
4
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Texas Cottontop
Digitaria patens
caterpillars
3
food
4
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East Indian Crabgrass
Digitaria setigera
caterpillars
1
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Twospike Crabgrass
Digitaria pauciflora
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Jamaican Crabgrass
Digitaria horizontalis
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Longleaf Crabgrass
Digitaria gracillima