Narrow Plumegrass

Saccharum baldwinii

Native to Georgia (estimated)

Photographs are not available yet.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

29CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including GA

Genus host records with ranges including GA · Saccharum

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
Diatraea crambidoidesSouthern Cornstalk Borer
Elaphria chalcedoniaChalcedony Midget
Elaphria festivoidesSouthern Festive Midget
Elaphria nucicoloraSugarcane Midget, Sugarcane Moth

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Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
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 multilineaMany-Lined Wainscot
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
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

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
Flower color: Green, purple or brown

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

Growing sources and scope

Flower color · “Green, purple or brown” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Height · “Up to about 6 feet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Light · “Partial shade; Full sun (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia
Soil · “Moist; Wet (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia

Also known as

Narrow Plume Grass; Saccharum baldwinii

Conservation status

Georgia rank	Not available
Global rank	G5
GA status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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