tribe
Needlegrasses and Allies
Stipeae
Children 24 of 25
- Western Needlegrasses 17 native
- Tussockgrasses 5 native
- Piptatherum 4 native
- Porcupine Grasses 3 native
- Needlegrass 3 native
- Mountain Rice 1 native
- Ricegrass 1 native
- Barkworthia 1 native
- San Diego Needlegrass 1 native
- Pappostipa 1 native
- Ptilagrostiella 1 native
- Ricegrass
- Rice Grass
- Celtica
- Needle Grasses
- Oloptum
- False Needlegrass
- Stipellula
- Neotrinia
- Anemanthele
- Amelichloa
- Spear Grasses
- Pseudoeriocoma
- Macrochloa
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native needlegrasses and allies All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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White-grained Mountain-ricegrass
Oryzopsis asperifolia
caterpillars
3
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Mountain Ricegrass
Piptatheropsis pungens
caterpillars
1
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Pinewoods Needle Grass
Eriocoma pinetorum
caterpillars
1
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Nevada Needle Grass
Eriocoma nevadensis
caterpillars
1
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Sand Ricegrass
Eriocoma hymenoides
food
3
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Needle-and-thread Grass
Hesperostipa comata
food
2
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Green Needlegrass
Nassella viridula
food
2
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Pinyon Ricegrass
Piptochaetium fimbriatum
food
2
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Porcupine Needlegrass
Hesperostipa spartea
food
1
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Crested Needle Grass
Eriocoma coronata
food
1
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Purple Needlegrass
Nassella pulchra
flowers
4
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Texas Winter Grass
Nassella leucotricha
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Desert Needlegrass
Pappostipa speciosa
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Blackseed Needlegrass
Piptochaetium avenaceum
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Foothill Needle Grass
Nassella lepida