genus
Beargrasses
Nolina
Field notes
Children
- Texas Sacahuiste native
- Parry's Nolina native
- Sacahuista native
- Devil's Shoestring native
- Bigelow's Nolina native
- Small-flowered Mexican Bear Grass present
- Dehesa Nolina native
- Woodland Beargrass presumed native
- Nolina palmeri present
- Chaparral Nolina native
- Britton's Beargrass native
- Foothill Beargrass native
- Nolina cespitifera present
- Florida Beargrass presumed native
- Georgia Beargrass present
- Nolina beldingii
- Blue Nolina
- Tree Beargrass
- Chaparral Beargrass native
- Sand Sacahuista
- Nolina durangensis
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Trees
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native beargrasses All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Sacahuista
Nolina microcarpa
caterpillars
4
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Texas Sacahuiste
Nolina texana
caterpillars
3
flowers
2
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Woodland Beargrass
Nolina greenei
caterpillars
3
flowers
1
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Foothill Beargrass
Nolina erumpens
caterpillars
2
food
1
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Devil's Shoestring
Nolina lindheimeriana
caterpillars
2
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Chaparral Beargrass
Nolina micrantha
caterpillars
2
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Parry's Nolina
Nolina parryi
caterpillars
1
flowers
5
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Bigelow's Nolina
Nolina bigelovii
caterpillars
1
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Chaparral Nolina
Nolina cismontana
caterpillars
1
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Dehesa Nolina
Nolina interrata
caterpillars
1
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Britton's Beargrass
Nolina brittoniana
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Florida Beargrass
Nolina atopocarpa