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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Grasses
  7. Oryzinae
  8. Cutgrass

genus

Cutgrass

Leersia

Traits
Includes
5 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Rice Cutgrass native
  • White Grass native
  • Native Rice Grass native
  • Catchfly Grass native
  • Bunch Cutgrass native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Grasses and sedges
Plant type
Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native cutgrass All

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

  • Rice Cutgrass Leersia oryzoides caterpillars 3 food 12 flowers 1
  • White Grass Leersia virginica caterpillars 3
  • Native Rice Grass Leersia hexandra caterpillars 2 food 3
  • Catchfly Grass Leersia lenticularis caterpillars 2
  • Bunch Cutgrass Leersia monandra caterpillars 1

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