Top native melicgrasses
16 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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California Melic
Melica californica
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Alaska Oniongrass
Melica subulata
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
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Little Melic
Melica fugax
food
1