Top native Cariceae
55 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Northwest Territory Sedge
Carex utriculata
keystone
caterpillars
43
food
59
flowers
3
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Water Sedge
Carex aquatilis
keystone
caterpillars
43
food
58
flowers
3
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Bristle-stalked Sedge
Carex leptalea
keystone
caterpillars
42
food
58
flowers
3
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Inflated Sedge
Carex vesicaria
keystone
caterpillars
41
food
63
flowers
3
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Woolly-fruited Sedge
Carex lasiocarpa
keystone
caterpillars
39
food
63
flowers
3
shelter
1
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Few-flowered Sedge
Carex pauciflora
keystone
caterpillars
39
food
63
flowers
3
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Awl-fruited Sedge
Carex stipata
keystone
caterpillars
39
food
56
flowers
3
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Pointed Broom Sedge
Carex scoparia
keystone
caterpillars
39
food
55
flowers
3
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Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
keystone
caterpillars
39
food
55
flowers
3
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Inland Sedge
Carex interior
keystone
caterpillars
39
food
55
flowers
3
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Brownish Sedge
Carex brunnescens
keystone
caterpillars
38
food
63
flowers
3
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Mud Sedge
Carex limosa
keystone
caterpillars
38
food
60
flowers
3
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Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
keystone
caterpillars
38
food
59
flowers
5
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Golden Sedge
Carex aurea
keystone
caterpillars
38
food
55
flowers
3
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Lesser Tussock Sedge
Carex diandra
keystone
caterpillars
38
food
55
flowers
3
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Cyperus Sedge
Carex pseudocyperus
keystone
caterpillars
35
food
59
flowers
3
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Longbeak Sedge
Carex sprengelii
keystone
caterpillars
35
food
55
flowers
3
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Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
keystone
caterpillars
34
food
57
flowers
4
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Sallow Sedge
Carex lurida
keystone
caterpillars
34
food
55
flowers
3
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Blunt Broom Sedge
Carex tribuloides
keystone
caterpillars
34
food
54
flowers
3
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Retrorse Sedge
Carex retrorsa
keystone
caterpillars
34
food
54
flowers
3
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Emory's Sedge
Carex emoryi
keystone
caterpillars
34
food
52
flowers
3
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Sparse-flowered Sedge
Carex tenuiflora
keystone
caterpillars
34
food
50
flowers
3
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Fringed Sedge
Carex crinita
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
55
flowers
3
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Hop Sedge
Carex lupulina
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Tussock Sedge
Carex stricta
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Brome-like Sedge
Carex bromoides
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Lake Sedge
Carex lacustris
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Greater Straw Sedge
Carex normalis
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Threeseeded Sedge
Carex trisperma
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Few-seeded Sedge
Carex oligosperma
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Meager Sedge
Carex exilis
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Northeastern Sedge
Carex cryptolepis
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
53
flowers
3
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Lenticular Sedge
Carex lenticularis
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
54
flowers
3
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False Hop Sedge
Carex lupuliformis
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
53
flowers
3
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Eastern Narrowleaf Sedge
Carex amphibola
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
52
flowers
3
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Spreading Sedge
Carex laxiculmis
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
52
flowers
3
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Tuckerman's Sedge
Carex tuckermanii
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
52
flowers
3
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Prairie Sedge
Carex prairea
keystone
caterpillars
31
food
53
flowers
3
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Foxtail Sedge
Carex alopecoidea
keystone
caterpillars
31
food
50
flowers
3
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Dioecious Sedge
Carex sterilis
keystone
caterpillars
30
food
52
flowers
3
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Bicknell's Sedge
Carex bicknellii
keystone
caterpillars
30
food
50
flowers
4
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Squarrose Sedge
Carex squarrosa
keystone
caterpillars
29
food
51
flowers
3
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Palm Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
keystone
caterpillars
29
food
50
flowers
3
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Frank's Sedge
Carex frankii
keystone
caterpillars
29
food
49
flowers
3
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Michaux's Sedge
Carex michauxiana
keystone
caterpillars
28
food
49
flowers
3
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Davis' Sedge
Carex davisii
keystone
caterpillars
28
food
48
flowers
3
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Northern Meadow Sedge
Carex praticola
keystone
caterpillars
28
food
48
flowers
3
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Shoreline Sedge
Carex hyalinolepis
keystone
caterpillars
28
food
46
flowers
3
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Beaked Sedge
Carex rostrata
keystone
caterpillars
26
food
47
flowers
3