genus
Melicgrasses
Melica
Field notes
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- Mountain Melick
- Wood Melick
- Eyelash Grass
- Smallflower Melicgrass native
- Twoflower Melicgrass native
- Threeflower Melicgrass native
- Torrey's Melicgrass native
- Alaska Oniongrass native
- California Melic native
- Siberian Melicgrass
- Rock Melic native
- Melica macra
- Woody Melicgrass native
- Onion Grass native
- Harford's Oniongrass native
- Smith's Melicgrass native
- Geyer's Oniongrass native
- Purple Onion Grass native
- Persian Melic Grass
- Melica sarmentosa
- Awned Melic native
- Little Melic native
- Porter's Melicgrass native
- Melica brasiliana
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Grasses and sedges
- Plant type
- Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native melicgrasses All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Alaska Oniongrass
Melica subulata
caterpillars
1
food
1
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California Melic
Melica californica
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Rock Melic
Melica stricta
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Onion Grass
Melica bulbosa
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Geyer's Oniongrass
Melica geyeri
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Awned Melic
Melica aristata
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Porter's Melicgrass
Melica porteri
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Purple Onion Grass
Melica spectabilis
food
2
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Smallflower Melicgrass
Melica imperfecta
food
1
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Twoflower Melicgrass
Melica mutica
food
1
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Threeflower Melicgrass
Melica nitens
food
1
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Torrey's Melicgrass
Melica torreyana
food
1
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Woody Melicgrass
Melica frutescens
food
1
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Harford's Oniongrass
Melica harfordii
food
1
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Smith's Melicgrass
Melica smithii
food
1