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Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
35CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including KY
Genus host records with ranges including KY · Poa
- Acrolophus popeanellaClemen's Grass Tubeworm
- Agrotis gladiariaSwordsman Dart, Clay-Backed Cut-Worm
- Amblyscirtes hegonPepper and Salt Skipper
- Amblyscirtes vialisCommon Roadside-Skipper, Black Little Skipper
- Ancyloxypha numitorLeast Skipper
- Anicla infectaGreen Cutworm Moth
- Apamea devastatorGlassy Borer, Glassy Cutworm Moth
- Arugisa luteaCommon Arugisa
- Atalopedes huronSachem
- Cercyonis pegalaCommon Wood Nymph
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- Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
- Fissicrambus mutabilisStriped Webworm, Striped Sodworm, Changeable Grass-Veneer
- Hesperia leonardusLeonard's Skipper, Blazing Star Skipper, Pawnee Prairie Skipper, Pawnee Montane Skipper
- Hylephila phyleusFiery Skipper
- Lacinipolia meditataThe Thinker
- Leucania phragmitidicolaNeedle Wainscot, Phragmites Wainscot
- Lon hobomokHobomok Skipper
- Lon zabulonZabulon Skipper
- Macrochilo litophoraAngulate Fan-Foot, Brown-Lined Owlet
- Marimatha nigrofimbriaBlack-Bordered Lemon
- Megisto cymelaLittle Wood Satyr
- Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
- Nephelodes miniansBronzed Cutworm
- Nomophila nearcticaLucerne Moth, American Celery Webworm
- Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
- Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
- Parapediasia teterrellusBluegrass Webworm
- Pediasia trisectaSod Webworm Moth, Larger Sod Webworm
- Phalaenostola larentioidesBlack-Banded Owlet, Black-Banded Phalaenostola
- Phalaenostola metonalisPale Epidelta, Pale Phalaenostola
- Polites corasPeck's Skipper, Yellow-Patch Skipper
- Polites themistoclesTawny-Edged Skipper
- Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
- Elachista illectella
- Gonioterma mistrella
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
9BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Poa
- Anser caerulescensSnow Goose
- Branta canadensisCanada Goose
- Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
- Lagopus leucuraWhite-tailed Ptarmigan
- Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
- Pooecetes gramineusVesper Sparrow
- Spizella breweriBrewer's Sparrow
- Spizella passerinaChipping Sparrow
- Spizella pusillaField Sparrow
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Poaceae
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Kentucky rank | SNA |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| KY status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
Native alternatives
Find natives for your gardenSources
- tnky_atlas
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications