Top native carex sect. racemosae
22 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Buxbaum's Sedge
Carex buxbaumii
keystone
caterpillars
40
food
60
flowers
3
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Closed-headed Sedge
Carex media
caterpillars
34
food
49
flowers
3
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Raynold's Sedge
Carex raynoldsii
keystone
caterpillars
18
food
39
flowers
3
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Mertens' Sedge
Carex mertensii
keystone
caterpillars
17
food
42
flowers
3
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Black-and-white Sedge
Carex albonigra
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
40
flowers
3
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Southwestern Showy Sedge
Carex bella
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
39
flowers
2
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Black Sedge
Carex nova
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
38
flowers
2
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Copper-scale Sedge
Carex chalciolepis
caterpillars
16
food
37
flowers
2
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Nelson's Sedge
Carex nelsonii
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
36
flowers
2
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Blackened Sedge
Carex atrosquama
keystone
caterpillars
15
food
38
flowers
1
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Hall's Sedge
Carex hallii
keystone
caterpillars
15
food
36
flowers
2
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Smooth-fruited Sedge
Carex heteroneura
keystone
caterpillars
14
food
36
flowers
2
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Duskyseed Sedge
Carex pelocarpa
keystone
caterpillars
14
food
36
flowers
2
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Parry's Sedge
Carex parryana
keystone
caterpillars
8
food
33
flowers
2
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Saw-toothed Sedge
Carex serratodens
keystone
caterpillars
7
food
29
flowers
3
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Steven's Sedge
Carex stevenii
caterpillars
6
food
28
flowers
1
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Holmgrens' Sedge
Carex holmgreniorum
keystone
caterpillars
5
food
30
flowers
1
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Idaho Sedge
Carex idahoa
keystone
caterpillars
5
food
28
flowers
1
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Heller's Sedge
Carex helleri
keystone
caterpillars
5
food
24
flowers
1
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Carex utahensis
caterpillars
4
food
30
flowers
1
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Navajo Sedge
Carex specuicola
keystone
caterpillars
2
food
26
flowers
2
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Gmelin's Sedge
Carex gmelinii