Prairie plants found in Grundy county:
Allium canadense L.
(Wild garlic)
Amorpha canescens Pursh
(Lead plant)
Andropogon scoparius Michx.
(Little bluestem)
Anemone canadensis L.
(Canada anemone)
Apocynum cannabinum L.
(Indian hemp)
Apocynum cannabinum L.
(Hemp dogbane)
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
(White sage)
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)
Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners
(False boneset)
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv.
(Bluejoint)
Cardamine bulbosa (Schreber) BSP.
(Spring cress)
Carex bicknellii Britton
(Sedge)
Carex gravida Bailey
(Sedge)
Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh.
(Slender sedge)
Carex muhlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd.
(Sedge)
Ceanothus americanus L.
(New Jersey tea)
Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.
(Redroot)
Ceanothus ovatus Desf. (misapplied)
(Redroot)
Cicuta maculata L.
(Water hemlock)
Cicuta maculata L.
(Spotted water hemlock)
Cirsium hillii (Canby) Fern.
(Hill’s thistle)
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
(Bastard toadflax)
Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Tickseed)
Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)
Cypripedium candidum Muhl. ex Willd.
(Small white lady’s slipper orchid)
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)
Equisetum arvense L.
(Common horsetail)
Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Fleabane)
Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Daisy fleabane)
Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
(Rattlesnake master)
Euphorbia corollata L.
(Flowering spurge)
Galium boreale L.
(Northern bedstraw)
Galium obtusum Bigelow
(Wild madder)
Gentiana andrewsii Griseb.
(Bottle gentian)
Gentiana puberula Michx.
(Downy gentian)
Gentiana puberulenta J. Pringle
(Downy gentian)
Helianthus grosseserratus Martens
(Saw-tooth sunflower)
Helianthus grosseserratus Martens
(Bigtooth sunflower)
Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet
(Ox-eye)
Heuchera richardsonii R. Br.
(Alumroot)
Iris shrevei L. Small
(Blue flag)
Iris virginica var. shrevei (Small) E. Anderson
(Blue flag)
Koeleria cristata (L.) Pers. (illegal name)
(June grass)
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schultes
(June grass)
Kuhnia eupatorioides L.
(False boneset)
Lilium michiganense Farw.
(Michigan lily)
Lilium michiganense Farw.
(Turks-cap lily)
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.
(Hoary puccoon)
Lobelia spicata Lam.
(Spiked lobelia)
Lobelia spicata Lam.
(Pale-spiked lobelia)
Lysimachia ciliata L.
(Fringed loosestrife)
Melanthium virginicum L.
(Bunch-flower)
Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM.
(Wild four-o’clock)
Onoclea sensibilis L.
(Sensitive fern)
Panicum leibergii (Vasey) Scribner
(Leiberg’s panic grass)
Parthenium integrifolium L.
(Feverfew)
Parthenium integrifolium L.
(Wild quinine)
Pedicularis canadensis L.
(Lousewort)
Pedicularis lanceolata Michx.
(Swamp lousewort)
Phalaris arundinacea L.
(Reed canary grass)
Phlox maculata L.
(Wild phlox)
Phlox pilosa L.
(Prairie phlox)
Poa palustris L.
(Fowl meadow grass)
Polygonum pensylvanicum L. var. laevigatum Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)
Potentilla arguta Pursh
(Tall cinquefoil)
Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) Dur. & Jackson
(Common mountain mint)
Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) Dur. & Jackson
(Virginia mountain mint)
Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
(Gray-headed coneflower)
Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
(Yellow coneflower)
Rosa arkansana Porter
(Sunshine rose)
Rosa arkansana Porter
(Prairie rose)
Rosa carolina L.
(Pasture rose)
Rosa carolina L.
(Carolina rose)
Rosa suffulta Greene
(Sunshine rose)
Rosa suffulta Greene
(Prairie rose)
Rudbeckia hirta L.
(Black-eyed Susan)
Salix discolor Muhl.
(Pussy willow)
Salix humilis Marsh.
(Prairie willow)
Salix humilis Marsh.
(Upland-willow)
Salix petiolaris Smith
(Shrub willow)
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
(Little bluestem)
Scrophularia lanceolata Pursh
(Figwort)
Silene antirrhina L.
(Sleepy catchfly)
Silphium integrifolium Michx.
(Rosinweed)
Solidago altissima L.
(Tall goldenrod)
Solidago altissima L.
(Canada goldenrod)
Solidago canadensis L.
(Tall goldenrod)
Solidago canadensis L.
(Canada goldenrod)
Solidago gigantea Aiton
(Smooth goldenrod)
Solidago gigantea Aiton
(Late goldenrod)
Spiraea alba Du Roi
(Meadowsweet)
Stipa spartea Trin.
(Porcupine grass)
Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers.
(Goat’s-rue)
Teucrium canadense L.
(Germander)
Teucrium canadense L.
(Wood sage)
Thalictrum dasycarpum Fischer & Ave-Lall.
(Purple meadow-rue)
Tradescantia bracteata Small
(Spiderwort)
Veratrum virginicum (L.) Ait. f.
(Bunch-flower)
Verbena hastata L.
(Blue vervain)
Verbena urticifolia L.
(White vervain)
Vernonia fasciculata Michx.
(Ironweed)
Vernonia fasciculata Michx.
(Western ironweed)
Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.
(Culver’s root)
Viola papilionacea Pursh
(Common blue violet)
Viola pratincola Greene
(Common blue violet)
Zizia aurea (L.) W. Koch.
(Golden alexanders)