Top native Cariceae
18 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Dry Land Sedge
Carex siccata
keystone
caterpillars
37
food
55
flowers
3
shelter
1
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Longbeak Sedge
Carex sprengelii
keystone
caterpillars
35
food
55
flowers
3
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Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
55
flowers
5
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Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Limestone Meadow Sedge
Carex granularis
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Long-stalked Sedge
Carex pedunculata
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Drooping Woodland Sedge
Carex arctata
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Eastern Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
53
flowers
3
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White Bear Sedge
Carex albursina
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
54
flowers
3
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White-tinged Sedge
Carex albicans
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
53
flowers
3
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Bicknell's Sedge
Carex bicknellii
keystone
caterpillars
30
food
50
flowers
4
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Reflexed Sedge
Carex retroflexa
keystone
caterpillars
30
food
50
flowers
3
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Handsome Sedge
Carex formosa
keystone
caterpillars
30
food
49
flowers
3
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Merritt Fernald's Sedge
Carex merritt-fernaldii
keystone
caterpillars
28
food
49
flowers
3
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Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
keystone
caterpillars
27
food
46
flowers
3
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Thin-fruit Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
keystone
caterpillars
24
food
42
flowers
3
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Nard Sedge
Carex nardina
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
34
flowers
3
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Cedar Sedge
Carex planostachys
keystone
caterpillars
10
food
34
flowers
2