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  9. Sandhill Skipper
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What supports Sandhill Skipper

329 native plants
support it in the US
65 caterpillar hosts 264 flowers

Caterpillar hosts All

65 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.

  • Saltgrass Distichlis spicata
  • Rough Bentgrass Agrostis scabra
  • Idaho Fescue Festuca idahoensis keystone
  • Shortleaf Fescue Festuca brachyphylla keystone
  • Sand Lovegrass Eragrostis trichodes
  • Shore Grass Distichlis littoralis on saltgrass
  • Red Fescue Festuca rubra keystone on fescues
  • Wood Meadow-grass Poa nemoralis keystone on bluegrasses
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Nectar plants All

264 native plants whose flowers it visits, most recorded first.

  • Alkali Heliotrope Heliotropium curassavicum
  • Alkali Heath Frankenia salina
  • Pacific Aster Symphyotrichum chilense keystone
  • Coyote Brush Baccharis pilularis
  • Turkey Tangle Frogfruit Phyla nodiflora
  • Seaside Daisy Erigeron glaucus
  • One-seeded Pussypaws Calyptridium monospermum
  • Common Selfheal Prunella vulgaris
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