Prairie plants found in Mountgomery county:
Anemone cylindrica Gray
(Windflower)
Anemone cylindrica Gray
(Thimbleweed)
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
(White sage)
Asclepias incarnata L.
(Swamp milkweed)
Aster ericoides L.
(Heath aster)
Aster ericoides L.
(Frost weed)
Aster laevis L.
(Smooth blue aster)
Aster lanceolatus Willd.
(Panicled aster)
Aster novae-angliae L.
(New England aster)
Aster simplex Willd.
(Panicled aster)
Cacalia plantaginea (Raf.) Shinners
(Prairie Indian plantain)
Cacalia tuberosa Nutt.
(Prairie Indian plantain)
Cassia fasciculata Michx.
(Partridge pea)
Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene
(Partridge pea)
Desmodium illinoense Gray
(Illinois tick trefoil)
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum
(Scribner’s panic grass)
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)
Geranium maculatum L.
(Wild geranium)
Heuchera richardsonii R. Br.
(Alumroot)
Iris shrevei L. Small
(Blue flag)
Iris virginica var. shrevei (Small) E. Anderson
(Blue flag)
Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
(Blue lettuce)
Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Meyer
(Blue lettuce)
Lespedeza capitata Michx.
(Round-headed bush clover)
Liatris aspera Michx.
(Rough blazing star)
Lythrum alatum Pursh
(Winged loosestrife)
Lythrum alatum Pursh
(Wing-angled loosestrife)
Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacM.
(Hairy four-o’clock)
Panicum scribnerianum Nash
(Scribner’s panic grass)
Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Ground cherry)
Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Clammy ground-cherry)
Polygonum pensylvanicum L. var. laevigatum Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)
Rosa arkansana Porter
(Sunshine rose)
Rosa arkansana Porter
(Prairie rose)
Rosa suffulta Greene
(Sunshine rose)
Rosa suffulta Greene
(Prairie rose)
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)
Solidago rigida L.
(Stiff goldenrod)
Spartina pectinata Link
(Slough grass)
Spartina pectinata Link
(Cord grass)
Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth
(Dropseed)
Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth
(Tall dropseed)
Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth
(Rough dropseed)
Thalictrum dasycarpum Fischer & Ave-Lall.
(Purple meadow-rue)
Tradescantia bracteata Small
(Spiderwort)
Verbena hastata L.
(Blue vervain)
Vernonia baldwinii Torrey
(Baldwin’s ironweed)