Prairie plants found in Monroe county:
Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson
(Plantain-leaved pussytoes)
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
(White sage)
Asclepias hirtella (Pennell) Woodson
(Tall green milkweed)
Asclepias tuberosa L.
(Butterfly weed)
Asclepias tuberosa L.
(Pleurisy-root)
Aster novae-angliae L.
(New England aster)
Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners
(False boneset)
Cacalia plantaginea (Raf.) Shinners
(Prairie Indian plantain)
Cacalia tuberosa Nutt.
(Prairie Indian plantain)
Cassia fasciculata Michx.
(Partridge pea)
Ceanothus americanus L.
(New Jersey tea)
Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene
(Partridge pea)
Dalea alopecuroides Willd.
(Foxtail dalea)
Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock
(Foxtail dalea)
Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacM.
(Prairie mimosa)
Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacM.
(Illinois bundle flower)
Euphorbia corollata L.
(Flowering spurge)
Gaura biennis L.
(Biennial gaura)
Gaura filiformis Small
(Biennial gaura)
Helenium autumnale L.
(Sneezeweed)
Helianthus grosseserratus Martens
(Saw-tooth sunflower)
Helianthus grosseserratus Martens
(Bigtooth sunflower)
Helianthus laetiflorus Pers.
(Prairie sunflower)
Helianthus laetiflorus Pers.
(Showy sunflower)
Helianthus rigidus (Cass.) Desf.
(Prairie sunflower)
Helianthus rigidus (Cass.) Desf.
(Showy sunflower)
Helianthus tuberosus L.
(Jerusalem artichoke)
Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet
(Ox-eye)
Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Cov.
(Yellow stargrass)
Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Cov.
(Star-grass)
Kuhnia eupatorioides L.
(False boneset)
Lespedeza capitata Michx.
(Round-headed bush clover)
Liatris aspera Michx.
(Rough blazing star)
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.
(Hoary puccoon)
Lythrum alatum Pursh
(Winged loosestrife)
Lythrum alatum Pursh
(Wing-angled loosestrife)
Melanthium virginicum L.
(Bunch-flower)
Oxalis violacea L.
(Violet wood sorrel)
Physalis virginiana P. Miller
(Virginia ground cherry)
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)
Salix humilis Marsh.
(Prairie willow)
Salix humilis Marsh.
(Upland-willow)
Silphium laciniatum L.
(Compass plant)
Solidago nemoralis Aiton
(Field goldenrod)
Solidago nemoralis Aiton
(Gray 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)
Veratrum virginicum (L.) Ait. f.
(Bunch-flower)
Viola papilionacea Pursh
(Common blue violet)
Viola pratincola Greene
(Common blue violet)