genus
Threeawns and Wiregrasses
Aristida
Field notes
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- Purple Threeawn native
- Sixweeks Three-awn native
- Southern Wiregrass native
- Arrowfeather Threeawn native
- Tassle Three-awn
- Bottlebrush Threeawn native
- Wire Grass native
- Oldfield Three-awn native
- Ngongoni Three-awn
- Seaside Threeawn native
- Iron Grass
- Spidergrass native
- Slim-spike Three-awn Grass native
- Fork-tip Three-Awn native
- Forked Three-awn Grass native
- Bunched Kerosene Grass
- Curly Threeawn native
- California Three-awn native
- Tall Threeawn native
- Woollysheath Threeawn native
- Longleaf Threeawn native
- Big Three-awn native
- Poverty Three-awn native
- Wand-like Threeawn 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 threeawns and wiregrasses All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Slim-spike Three-awn Grass
Aristida longespica
caterpillars
3
food
2
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Arrowfeather Threeawn
Aristida purpurascens
caterpillars
3
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Oldfield Three-awn
Aristida oligantha
caterpillars
3
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Seaside Threeawn
Aristida tuberculosa
caterpillars
3
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Fork-tip Three-Awn
Aristida dichotoma
caterpillars
3
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Southern Wiregrass
Aristida beyrichiana
caterpillars
2
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Bottlebrush Threeawn
Aristida spiciformis
caterpillars
2
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Wire Grass
Aristida stricta
caterpillars
2
-
Tall Threeawn
Aristida patula
caterpillars
2
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Woollysheath Threeawn
Aristida lanosa
caterpillars
2
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Longleaf Threeawn
Aristida palustris
caterpillars
2
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Big Three-awn
Aristida condensata
caterpillars
2
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Wand-like Threeawn
Aristida virgata
caterpillars
2
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Corkscrew Threeawn
Aristida gyrans
caterpillars
2
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Florida Threeawn
Aristida rhizomophora
caterpillars
2