Saccharum brevibarbe var. contortum

Saccharum brevibarbe var. contortum

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Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Recorded in 8 Florida counties.

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36CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Saccharum

Acrolophus heppneriHeppner's Grass-Tubeworm
Agrotis ipsilonIpsilon Dart, Black Cutworm, Greasy Cutworm
Agrotis malefidaRascal Dart, Pale-Sided Cut-Worm, Shagreened Cut-Worm
Amblyscirtes vialisCommon Roadside-Skipper, Black Little Skipper
Anatrytone loganDelaware Skipper, Logan Skipper, Black-Vein Skipper
Atrytone byssusByssus Skipper, Golden Skipper
Calpodes ethliusBrazilian Skipper, Canna Skipper, Canna Leafroller
Cymaenes tripunctusThree-Spotted Skipper
Diatraea crambidoidesSouthern Cornstalk Borer
Elaphria agrotinaBicolored Midget

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Elaphria chalcedoniaChalcedony Midget
Elaphria festivoidesSouthern Festive Midget
Elaphria nucicoloraSugarcane Midget, Sugarcane Moth
Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
Feltia repletaReplete Dart
Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
Herpetogramma bipunctalisSouthern Beet Webworm, Two-Spotted Herpetogramma
Hylephila phyleusFiery Skipper
Lerema acciusClouded Skipper, Corn Leaf tier
Lerodea eufalaEufala Skipper, Gray Skipper, Rice Leafroller
Leucania humidicolaSugarcane Budworm Moth
Leucania subpunctataWhite-Dotted Wainscot, Forage Armyworm
Meropleon cosmionComely Brocade
Mocis disseveransYellow Mocis
Mocis latipesSmall Mocis, Striped Grass Looper
Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
Nomophila nearcticaLucerne Moth, American Celery Webworm
Panoquina ocolaOcola Skipper, Long-Winged Skiiper
Panoquina panoquinoidesObscure Skipper, Beach Skipper
Polites baracoaBaracoa Skipper, Little Tawny Edge Skipper
Polites othoSouthern Broken-Dash, Broken-Dash Skipper
Spodoptera albulaWhite-Spotted Armyworm, Gray-Streaked Armyworm
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Vernia vernaLittle Glassywing
Chilo erianthalis
Leucania latiuscula

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

0BeesSoutheastern regional records

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: POACEAE

What its natural habitat tells you

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Florida rank	SNR
Global rank	Not available
FL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

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