Top native bluegrasses
57 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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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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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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Beach Bluegrass
Poa confinis
keystone
caterpillars
15
food
5
flowers
1
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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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Largeflower Dune Bluegrass
Poa macrantha
keystone
caterpillars
12
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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San Francisco Bluegrass
Poa unilateralis
keystone
caterpillars
10
food
5
flowers
1
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Kellogg's Bluegrass
Poa kelloggii
keystone
caterpillars
10
food
5
flowers
1
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Weeping Bluegrass
Poa marcida
keystone
caterpillars
10
food
5
flowers
1
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Sanddune Bluegrass
Poa douglasii
keystone
caterpillars
9
food
5
flowers
1
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Keck's Bluegrass
Poa keckii
keystone
caterpillars
8
food
5
flowers
1
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Mansfield's Bluegrass
Poa mansfieldii
caterpillars
7
food
5
flowers
1
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Large-flower Bluegrass
Poa eminens
keystone
caterpillars
5
food
4
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Sierra Blue Grass
Poa sierrae
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San Bernardino Bluegrass
Poa atropurpurea
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Chapman's Bluegrass
Poa chapmaniana
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Bog Bluegrass
Poa paludigena
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California Dissanthelium
Poa thomasii
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Prairie Bluegrass
Poa arida
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Hawaiian Bluegrass
Poa sandvicensis
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Alaska Bluegrass
Poa paucispicula
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Stebbin's Bluegrass
Poa stebbinsii
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Napa Blue Grass
Poa napensis
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Dwarf Bluegrass
Poa abbreviata
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Loose-flower Bluegrass
Poa laxiflora
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Poa siphonoglossa
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Western Bluegrass
Poa suksdorfii