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  7. Pappophorinae
  8. Tridens

genus

Tridens

Tridens

Traits
Includes
9 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Tridens is a genus of perennial grasses in the family Poaceae native to the Americas.

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Children

  • Purpletop Tridens native
  • White Tridens native
  • Longspike Tridens native
  • Texas Fluffgrass native
  • Chapman's Tridens native
  • Pink Fluffgrass native
  • Buckley Tridens native
  • Pine Barren Fluffgrass native
  • Carolina Fluff Grass native
  • Tridens × oklahomensis
  • Tridens brasiliensis
  • Lovegrass Tridens

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 tridens All

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

  • Purpletop Tridens Tridens flavus caterpillars 2 food 1
  • White Tridens Tridens albescens
  • Longspike Tridens Tridens strictus
  • Texas Fluffgrass Tridens texanus
  • Chapman's Tridens Tridens chapmanii
  • Pink Fluffgrass Tridens congestus
  • Buckley Tridens Tridens buckleyanus
  • Pine Barren Fluffgrass Tridens ambiguus
  • Carolina Fluff Grass Tridens carolinianus

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