Top native wildryes
27 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Western Wheatgrass
Elymus smithii
keystone
caterpillars
12
food
9
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Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
7
flowers
1
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Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
keystone
caterpillars
10
food
7
flowers
1
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Slender Wheat Grass
Elymus trachycaulus
keystone
caterpillars
9
food
4
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Squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
keystone
caterpillars
9
food
3
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Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
keystone
caterpillars
8
food
5
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Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
keystone
caterpillars
8
food
4
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Silky Wild Rye
Elymus villosus
keystone
caterpillars
8
food
4
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Thickspike Wheatgrass
Elymus lanceolatus
keystone
caterpillars
8
food
3
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Scribner's Wheatgrass
Elymus scribneri
keystone
caterpillars
7
food
3
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Big Squirreltail
Elymus multisetus
keystone
caterpillars
7
food
2
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Montana Wild Rye
Elymus albicans
keystone
caterpillars
6
food
2
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Longleaf Squirreltail
Elymus longifolius
caterpillars
6
food
1
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Boreal Wild Rye
Elymus hirsutus
keystone
caterpillars
5
food
2
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Sierra Wild Rye
Elymus sierrae
caterpillars
5
food
1
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River Wild Rye
Elymus riparius
keystone
caterpillars
4
food
4
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MacGregor's Wildrye
Elymus macgregorii
keystone
caterpillars
4
food
4
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Wiegand's Wild Rye
Elymus wiegandii
keystone
caterpillars
4
food
4
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Southeastern Wildrye
Elymus glabriflorus
keystone
caterpillars
4
food
3
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Snake River Wheatgrass
Elymus wawawaiensis
keystone
caterpillars
4
food
2
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Stebbins' Wheat Grass
Elymus stebbinsii
keystone
caterpillars
4
food
1
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California Bottle-brush Grass
Elymus californicus
keystone
caterpillars
3
food
1
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Texas Wildrye
Elymus interruptus
keystone
caterpillars
2
food
2
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Texas Wildrye
Elymus texensis
keystone
caterpillars
2
food
2
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High Wildrye
Elymus violaceus
food
2
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Awnless Wild Rye
Elymus curvatus
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Interrupted Wild Rye
Elymus diversiglumis