Tufted or Desert Love Grass

Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea

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Native status unresolved in Mississippi. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

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

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 5 Mississippi counties.

Ecological relationships

7CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including MS

Genus host records with ranges including MS · Eragrostis

Heliocheilus turbataSpotted Straw Moth
Hesperia leonardusLeonard's Skipper, Blazing Star Skipper, Pawnee Prairie Skipper, Pawnee Montane Skipper
Hylephila phyleusFiery Skipper
Lon hobomokHobomok Skipper
Lon zabulonZabulon Skipper
Nastra fuscaNeamathla Skipper
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

3BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Eragrostis

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

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

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