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• Side-oats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula). Host to the orange skipperling and other skippers.
• Buffalograss (Bouteloua dactyloides)
• Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis). Host for a variety of
skippers and satyrs.
• Bluebunch Fescue (Festuca idahoensis)
• Big Galleta (Hilaria rigida)
• Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
• Bull Grass (Muhlenbergia emersleyi)
• Deer Grass (Muhlenbergia rigens). Best for areas with some supplemental water.
• Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
• Large Spike Bristlegrass (Setaria macrostachya)
• Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)
• Alkalai Sacaton (Sporobolis airoides). Host for the sandhill skipper.
• Sand Dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus)
• Wright’s Sacaton (Sporobolus wrightii)
• Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium)
The Cecrops-eyed Silkmoth, Automeris cecrops, feeds on oaks.
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