Top native carex sect. cyperoideae
62 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Pointed Broom Sedge
Carex scoparia
keystone
caterpillars
39
food
55
flowers
3
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Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
keystone
caterpillars
36
food
55
flowers
3
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Bebb's Sedge
Carex bebbii
keystone
caterpillars
36
food
55
flowers
3
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Blunt Broom Sedge
Carex tribuloides
keystone
caterpillars
34
food
54
flowers
3
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Greater Straw Sedge
Carex normalis
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Delicate Quill Sedge
Carex tenera
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Necklace Sedge
Carex projecta
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Crawford's Sedge
Carex crawfordii
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
54
flowers
3
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Fescue Sedge
Carex festucacea
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
52
flowers
3
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Crested Sedge
Carex cristatella
keystone
caterpillars
31
food
54
flowers
3
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Troublesome Sedge
Carex molesta
keystone
caterpillars
31
food
52
flowers
3
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Bicknell's Sedge
Carex bicknellii
keystone
caterpillars
30
food
50
flowers
4
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Silvery-flowered Sedge
Carex argyrantha
keystone
caterpillars
30
food
50
flowers
3
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Marsh Straw Sedge
Carex hormathodes
keystone
caterpillars
30
food
50
flowers
3
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Green-and-white Sedge
Carex longii
keystone
caterpillars
30
food
47
flowers
3
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Palm Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
keystone
caterpillars
29
food
50
flowers
3
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Many-headed Sedge
Carex sychnocephala
keystone
caterpillars
29
food
50
flowers
3
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Eastern Straw Sedge
Carex straminea
keystone
caterpillars
29
food
47
flowers
3
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Broadwing Sedge
Carex alata
keystone
caterpillars
28
food
49
flowers
3
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Merritt Fernald's Sedge
Carex merritt-fernaldii
keystone
caterpillars
28
food
49
flowers
3
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Northern Meadow Sedge
Carex praticola
keystone
caterpillars
28
food
48
flowers
3
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Beach Sedge
Carex silicea
keystone
caterpillars
28
food
47
flowers
3
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Straw Sedge
Carex foenea
caterpillars
27
food
47
flowers
3
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Swarthy Sedge
Carex adusta
keystone
caterpillars
27
food
47
flowers
3
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Greenwhite Sedge
Carex albolutescens
keystone
caterpillars
27
food
44
flowers
3
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Starry Broomsedge
Carex pachystachya
keystone
caterpillars
26
food
45
flowers
3
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Prairie Straw Sedge
Carex suberecta
keystone
caterpillars
26
food
39
flowers
3
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Whitescale Sedge
Carex xerantica
keystone
caterpillars
23
food
42
flowers
3
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Dawn-land Sedge
Carex waponahkikensis
caterpillars
22
food
36
flowers
3
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Orono Sedge
Carex oronensis
keystone
caterpillars
22
food
36
flowers
3
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Long-bracted Sedge
Carex athrostachya
keystone
caterpillars
21
food
42
flowers
3
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Small-winged Sedge
Carex microptera
keystone
caterpillars
19
food
41
flowers
3
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Dunhead Sedge
Carex phaeocephala
keystone
caterpillars
17
food
41
flowers
3
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Liddon's Sedge
Carex petasata
keystone
caterpillars
17
food
39
flowers
3
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Cloud Sedge
Carex haydeniana
keystone
caterpillars
17
food
38
flowers
2
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Ebony Sedge
Carex ebenea
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
39
flowers
2
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Eggleston's Sedge
Carex egglestonii
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
37
flowers
2
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Arapaho Sedge
Carex arapahoensis
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
37
flowers
2
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Carex stenoptila
keystone
caterpillars
12
food
34
flowers
2
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Oval Sedge
Carex leporina
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
41
flowers
3
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Thickhead Sedge
Carex macloviana
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
36
flowers
1
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Tahoe Sedge
Carex tahoensis
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
35
flowers
2
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Frightful Sedge
Carex molestiformis
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
33
flowers
3
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Kidneyshape Sedge
Carex reniformis
keystone
caterpillars
10
food
34
flowers
2
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Fragile-sheathed Sedge
Carex fracta
keystone
caterpillars
9
food
34
flowers
3
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Britton's Sedge
Carex tetrastachya
keystone
caterpillars
9
food
34
flowers
2
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Bog Hare Sedge
Carex leporinella
keystone
caterpillars
9
food
34
flowers
2
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Presl's Sedge
Carex preslii
keystone
caterpillars
8
food
37
flowers
2
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Rusty Slender Sedge
Carex subfusca
keystone
caterpillars
8
food
36
flowers
3
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Abrupt-beaked Sedge
Carex abrupta
keystone
caterpillars
7
food
34
flowers
3