genus
Panicgrasses
Panicum
Field notes
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- Switchgrass native
- Witch Grass native
- Smooth Witchgrass native
- Proso Millet introduced
- Torpedo Grass introduced
- Bitter Panicgrass native
- Maidencane native
- Kleingrass introduced
- Hall Panicum native
- Philadelphia Panic Grass native
- Nimbo present
- Wiry Witch Grass native
- Branched Panic
- Blackseed Panicgrass present
- Australian Millet
- Panicum racemosum
- Gattinger's Panic Grass native
- Desert Grass
- Mexican Panicgrass native
- Transvaal Millet
- Broadleaf Panicum
- Sonoran Panicgrass present
- Tropical Panic Grass
- Silky Panicgrass native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Grasses and sedges
- Plant type
- Annual Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native panicgrasses All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Witch Grass
Panicum capillare
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
30
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Smooth Witchgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
28
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Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
18
flowers
17
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Bitter Panicgrass
Panicum amarum
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
14
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Philadelphia Panic Grass
Panicum philadelphicum
keystone
caterpillars
15
food
14
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Wiry Witch Grass
Panicum flexile
keystone
caterpillars
15
food
14
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Gattinger's Panic Grass
Panicum gattingeri
caterpillars
14
food
14
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Maidencane
Panicum hemitomon
keystone
caterpillars
12
food
15
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Hall Panicum
Panicum hallii
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
14
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West Indian Panicgrass
Panicum diffusum
keystone
caterpillars
7
food
13
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Longbeak Panicgrass
Panicum capillarioides
keystone
caterpillars
6
food
11
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Mexican Panicgrass
Panicum hirticaule
keystone
caterpillars
5
food
13
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Winged Panicgrass
Panicum alatum
keystone
caterpillars
3
food
12
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Silky Panicgrass
Panicum urvilleanum
keystone
caterpillars
1
food
10
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Panicum nephelophilum
keystone
caterpillars
1
food
2