Native grasses can be used as specimen plants, as you would any flower or shrub, they can be mixed in with wildflowers to produce a prairie effect, and they can be used in mass plantings to produce stunning swatches of seasonal color in your landscape. Much of Florida’s wildlife use grasses for various purposes … nymphs, skippers and satyr butterflies use many of the native grasses as larval food plants, birds and other wildlife eat the seeds, many animals use the soft tufts of grass blooms for bedding and nesting material, and many animals live in the grass itself.