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Top native carex sect. deweyanae

5 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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5 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 1 Part shade 2

Soil and water

Moisture

Moist 1 Wet 1

Water use

Medium 1

Form

Plant type

Ornamental grasses and sedges 5 Perennial 5
  • Dewey's Sedge Carex deweyana keystone caterpillars 36 food 54 flowers 3
  • Brome-like Sedge Carex bromoides keystone caterpillars 33 food 54 flowers 3
  • Slender-footed Sedge Carex leptopoda keystone caterpillars 9 food 37 flowers 3
  • Weakly Veined Sedge Carex infirminervia keystone caterpillars 9 food 35 flowers 2
  • Bolander's Sedge Carex bolanderi keystone caterpillars 7 food 33 flowers 3

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