Top native beargrasses
12 species, 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