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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Grasses
  7. Hilariinae
  8. Galleta Grasses

genus

Galleta Grasses

Hilaria

Traits
Includes
4 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Big Galleta native
  • James' Galleta native
  • Tobosagrass native
  • Curly-mesquite native
  • Hilaria cenchroides
  • Swallen's Curly-mesquite

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 galleta grasses All

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

  • Tobosagrass Hilaria mutica food 3
  • Big Galleta Hilaria rigida food 1 flowers 1
  • James' Galleta Hilaria jamesii
  • Curly-mesquite Hilaria belangeri

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