Prairie plants found in Butler county:
Andropogon scoparius Michx.
(Little bluestem)		Anemone canadensis L.
(Canada anemone)		Anemone cylindrica Gray
(Windflower)
Anemone cylindrica Gray
(Thimbleweed)		Anemone patens L.
(Pasque flower)		Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson
(Ladies’-tobacco)
Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson
(Plantain-leaved pussytoes)		Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
(White sage)		Aster azureus Lindley
(Sky-blue aster)
Aster azureus Lindley
(Azure aster)		Aster ericoides L.
(Heath aster)		Aster ericoides L.
(Frost weed)
Aster novae-angliae L.
(New England aster)		Aster sericeus Vent.
(Silky aster)		Baptisia lactea (Raf.) Thieret
(White wild indigo)
Baptisia lactea (Raf.) Thieret
(White false indigo)		Baptisia leucantha T. & G.
(White wild indigo)		Baptisia leucantha T. & G.
(White false indigo)
Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torrey
(Side-oats grama)		Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners
(False boneset)		Bromus kalmii Gray
(Kalm’s bromegrass)
Calamovilfa longifolia (Hooker) Scribner
(Sand reed-grass)		Calylophus serrulatus (Nutt.) Raven
(Toothed evening primrose)		Cardamine bulbosa (Schreber) BSP.
(Spring cress)
Carex bicknellii Britton
(Sedge)		Castilleja coccinea (L.) Sprengel
(Indian paintbrush)		Ceanothus americanus L.
(New Jersey tea)
Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Sprengel
(Field thistle)		Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
(Bastard toadflax)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Tickseed)
Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)		Dalea candida Willd.
(White prairie clover)		Dalea purpurea Vent.
(Purple prairie clover)
Delphinium virescens Nutt.
(Prairie larkspur)		Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
(Showy tick trefoil)		Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
(Tick clover)
Dichanthelium leibergii (Vasey) Freckman
(Leiberg’s panic grass)		Dodecatheon meadia L.
(Shooting star)		Echinacea angustifolia
(Pale coneflower)
Elymus canadensis L.
(Canada wild rye)		Epilobium coloratum Biehler
(Cinnamon willowherb)		Epilobium coloratum Biehler
(Purple-leaved willow-herb)
Equisetum arvense L.
(Common horsetail)		Equisetum laevigatum A. Br.
(Smooth scouring-rush)		Equisetum laevigatum A. Br.
(Prairie scouring-rush)
Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
(Rattlesnake master)		Euphorbia corollata L.
(Flowering spurge)		Euphorbia dentata Michx.
(Toothed spurge)
Fragaria virginiana Duchesne
(Wild strawberry)		Galium boreale L.
(Northern bedstraw)		Gentiana andrewsii Griseb.
(Bottle gentian)
Gentiana puberula Michx.
(Downy gentian)		Gentiana puberulenta J. Pringle
(Downy gentian)		Geum triflorum Pursh
(Prairie smoke)
Geum triflorum Pursh
(Long-plumed purple avens)		Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh
(Wild licorice)		Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh
(Licorice-root)
Helianthus grosseserratus Martens
(Saw-tooth sunflower)		Helianthus grosseserratus Martens
(Bigtooth sunflower)		Helianthus maximiliani Schrader
(Maximillian’s sunflower)
Helianthus tuberosus L.
(Jerusalem artichoke)		Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet
(Ox-eye)		Heuchera richardsonii R. Br.
(Alumroot)
Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Cov.
(Yellow stargrass)		Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Cov.
(Star-grass)		Krigia biflora (Walter) Blake
(False dandelion)
Krigia biflora (Walter) Blake
(Dwarf dandelion)		Kuhnia eupatorioides L.
(False boneset)		Lactuca canadensis L.
(Wild lettuce)
Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell
(Prairie lettuce)		Lathyrus palustris L.
(Marsh vetchling)		Lespedeza leptostachya Engelm.
(Prairie bush clover)
Liatris aspera Michx.
(Rough blazing star)		Liatris cylindracea Michx.
(Cylindric blazing star)		Liatris pycnostachya Michx.
(Prairie blazing star)
Lilium michiganense Farw.
(Michigan lily)		Lilium michiganense Farw.
(Turks-cap lily)		Lilium philadelphicum L.
(Wood lily)
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.
(Hoary puccoon)		Lobelia siphilitica L.
(Great lobelia)		Lobelia siphilitica L.
(Giant lobelia)
Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM.
(Wild four-o’clock)		Muhlenbergia racemosa (Michx.) BSP.
(Marsh muhly)		Oenothera serrulata Nutt.
(Toothed evening primrose)
Onoclea sensibilis L.
(Sensitive fern)		Oxalis violacea L.
(Violet wood sorrel)		Panicum leibergii (Vasey) Scribner
(Leiberg’s panic grass)
Panicum virgatum L.
(Switchgrass)		Parthenium integrifolium L.
(Feverfew)		Parthenium integrifolium L.
(Wild quinine)
Pedicularis canadensis L.
(Lousewort)		Pedicularis lanceolata Michx.
(Swamp lousewort)		Petalostemon candidum (Willd.) Michx.
(White prairie clover)
Petalostemon purpureum (Vent.) Rydb.
(Purple prairie clover)		Phlox maculata L.
(Wild phlox)		Phlox pilosa L.
(Prairie phlox)
Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Ground cherry)		Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Clammy ground-cherry)		Polygonum pensylvanicum L. var. laevigatum Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)
Potentilla arguta Pursh
(Tall cinquefoil)		Prenanthes racemosa Michx.
(Glaucous white lettuce)		Prenanthes racemosa Michx.
(Smooth white lettuce)
Prunella vulgaris L.
(Self heal)		Pulsatilla patens (L.) P. Miller
(Pasque flower)		Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) Dur. & Jackson
(Common mountain mint)
Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) Dur. & Jackson
(Virginia mountain mint)		Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.
(Bristly crowfoot)		Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.
(Bristly buttercup)
Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
(Gray-headed coneflower)		Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
(Yellow coneflower)		Rudbeckia hirta L.
(Black-eyed Susan)
Rudbeckia subtomentosa Pursh
(Fragrant coneflower)		Rudbeckia subtomentosa Pursh
(Sweet coneflower)		Salix discolor Muhl.
(Pussy willow)
Salix humilis Marsh.
(Prairie willow)		Salix humilis Marsh.
(Upland-willow)		Saxifraga pensylvanica L.
(Swamp saxifrage)
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
(Little bluestem)		Scutellaria parvula Michx.
(Skullcap)		Scutellaria parvula Michx.
(Smaller skullcap)
Silphium laciniatum L.
(Compass plant)		Sisyrinchium campestre Bickn.
(Blue-eyed grass)		Solidago gigantea Aiton
(Smooth goldenrod)
Solidago gigantea Aiton
(Late goldenrod)		Solidago rigida L.
(Stiff goldenrod)		Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash
(Indian grass)
Spiraea alba Du Roi
(Meadowsweet)		Sporobolus heterolepis (Gray) Gray
(Prairie dropseed)		Sporobolus heterolepis (Gray) Gray
(Northern dropseed)
Strophostyles helvula (L.) Ell.
(Wild bean)		Strophostyles helvula (L.) Ell.
(Trailing wild bean)		Teucrium canadense L.
(Germander)
Teucrium canadense L.
(Wood sage)		Thalictrum dasycarpum Fischer & Ave-Lall.
(Purple meadow-rue)		Verbena urticifolia L.
(White vervain)
Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.
(Culver’s root)		Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
(Vetch)		Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
(Purple vetch)
Viola pedata L.
(Bird’s foot violet)		Viola pedatifida G. Don
(Prairie violet)		Zizia aurea (L.) W. Koch.
(Golden alexanders)
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