Top native needlegrasses and allies
41 species, 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
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Black-fruit Mountain-ricegrass
Patis racemosa
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New Mexico Feathergrass
Hesperostipa neomexicana
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Western Needlegrass
Eriocoma occidentalis
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Lemmon's Needle Grass
Eriocoma lemmonii
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Nodding Needle Grass
Nassella cernua
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Columbia Needlegrass
Eriocoma nelsonii
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Parish's Needlegrass
Eriocoma parishii
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Thurber's Needlegrass
Eriocoma thurberiana
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Little Mountain-ricegrass
Piptatheropsis micrantha
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Stillman's Needle Grass
Barkworthia stillmanii
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Sleepygrass
Eriocoma robusta
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Florida Speargrass
Piptochaetium avenacioides
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Eriocoma scribneri
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Mormon Needle Grass
Eriocoma arida
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Little Ricegrass
Piptatheropsis exigua
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Webber's Needle Grass
Eriocoma webberi
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San Diego Needle Grass
Thorneochloa diegoensis
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Letterman's Needle Grass
Eriocoma lettermanii
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Richardson's Needlegrass
Eriocoma richardsonii
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King's Ricegrass
Ptilagrostiella kingii
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Canadian Ricegrass
Piptatheropsis canadensis
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Eriocoma arnowiae
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Wallowa Needlegrass
Eriocoma wallowaensis
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Henderson's Needlegrass
Eriocoma hendersonii
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Wide-glumed Needle Grass
Eriocoma latiglumis
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Contracted Ricegrass
Eriocoma contracta