Top native western needlegrasses
20 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Pinewoods Needle Grass
Eriocoma pinetorum
caterpillars
1
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Nevada Needle Grass
Eriocoma nevadensis
caterpillars
1
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Sand Ricegrass
Eriocoma hymenoides
food
3
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Crested Needle Grass
Eriocoma coronata
food
1
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Western Needlegrass
Eriocoma occidentalis
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Lemmon's Needle Grass
Eriocoma lemmonii
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Columbia Needlegrass
Eriocoma nelsonii
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Parish's Needlegrass
Eriocoma parishii
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Thurber's Needlegrass
Eriocoma thurberiana
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Sleepygrass
Eriocoma robusta
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Eriocoma scribneri
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Mormon Needle Grass
Eriocoma arida
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Webber's Needle Grass
Eriocoma webberi
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Letterman's Needle Grass
Eriocoma lettermanii
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Richardson's Needlegrass
Eriocoma richardsonii
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Eriocoma arnowiae
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Wallowa Needlegrass
Eriocoma wallowaensis
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Henderson's Needlegrass
Eriocoma hendersonii
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Wide-glumed Needle Grass
Eriocoma latiglumis
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Contracted Ricegrass
Eriocoma contracta