Prairie plants found in Plymouth county:
Agoseris cuspidata (Pursh) Raf.
(Prairie dandelion)		Agoseris cuspidata (Pursh) Raf.
(False dandelion)		Agropyron smithii Rydb.
(Western wheatgrass)
Agropyron trachycaulum (Link) Make
(Slender wheatgrass)		Allium stellatum Nutt. ex Ker-Gawl.
(Wild prairie onion)		Amorpha canescens Pursh
(Lead plant)
Andropogon gerardii Vitman
(Big bluestem)		Andropogon scoparius Michx.
(Little bluestem)		Anemone canadensis L.
(Canada anemone)
Anemone cylindrica Gray
(Windflower)		Anemone cylindrica Gray
(Thimbleweed)		Anemone patens L.
(Pasque flower)
Antennaria neglecta Greene
(Pussytoes)		Antennaria neglecta Greene
(Field pussytoes)		Apocynum sibiricum Jacq.
(Indian hemp)
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
(White sage)		Asclepias incarnata L.
(Swamp milkweed)		Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex Gray
(Prairie milkweed)
Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex Gray
(Sullivant’s milkweed)		Asclepias syriaca L.
(Common milkweed)		Asclepias tuberosa L.
(Butterfly weed)
Asclepias tuberosa L.
(Pleurisy-root)		Asclepias verticillata L.
(Whorled milkweed)		Asclepias viridiflora Raf.
(Green milkweed)
Asclepias viridiflora Raf.
(Green-flowered milkweed)		Aster ericoides L.
(Heath aster)		Aster ericoides L.
(Frost weed)
Aster laevis L.
(Smooth blue aster)		Aster lanceolatus Willd.
(Panicled aster)		Aster oblongifolius Nutt.
(Aromatic aster)
Aster sericeus Vent.
(Silky aster)		Aster simplex Willd.
(Panicled aster)		Astragalus canadensis L.
(Milk vetch)
Astragalus crassicarpus Nutt.
(Ground plum)		Astragalus lotiflorus Hooker
(Milk vetch)		Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torrey
(Side-oats grama)
Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex HBK.) Lag. ex Steudel
(Blue grama)		Bouteloua hirsuta Lag.
(Hairy grama)		Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners
(False boneset)
Calamovilfa longifolia (Hooker) Scribner
(Sand reed-grass)		Calylophus serrulatus (Nutt.) Raven
(Toothed evening primrose)		Carex bicknellii Britton
(Sedge)
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack, ex Lunell
(Sedge)		Carex gravida Bailey
(Sedge)		Cassia fasciculata Michx.
(Partridge pea)
Castilleja sessiliflora Pursh
(Downy painted cup)		Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.
(Redroot)		Ceanothus ovatus Desf. (misapplied)
(Redroot)
Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene
(Partridge pea)		Cirsium flodmanii (Rydb.) Arthur
(Flodman’s thistle)		Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
(Bastard toadflax)
Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Tickseed)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)		Dalea candida Willd.
(White prairie clover)
Dalea enneandra Nutt.
(Dalea)		Dalea purpurea Vent.
(Purple prairie clover)		Delphinium virescens Nutt.
(Prairie larkspur)
Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacM.
(Prairie mimosa)		Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacM.
(Illinois bundle flower)		Echinacea angustifolia
(Pale coneflower)
Echinacea pallida Nutt.
(Pale coneflower)		Elymus canadensis L.
(Canada wild rye)		Equisetum arvense L.
(Common horsetail)
Equisetum laevigatum A. Br.
(Smooth scouring-rush)		Equisetum laevigatum A. Br.
(Prairie scouring-rush)		Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Fleabane)
Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Daisy fleabane)		Euphorbia dentata Michx.
(Toothed spurge)		Euphorbia glyptosperma Engelm.
(Spurge)
Euphorbia marginata Pursh
(Snow-on-the-mountain)		Fragaria virginiana Duchesne
(Wild strawberry)		Gaura biennis L.
(Biennial gaura)
Gaura coccinea Pursh
(Scarlet gaura)		Gaura filiformis Small
(Biennial gaura)		Gentiana puberula Michx.
(Downy gentian)
Gentiana puberulenta J. Pringle
(Downy gentian)		Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh
(Wild licorice)		Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh
(Licorice-root)
Haplopappus spinulosus (Pursh) DC.
(Cut-leaved goldenrod)		Helenium autumnale L.
(Sneezeweed)		Helianthus laetiflorus Pers.
(Prairie sunflower)
Helianthus laetiflorus Pers.
(Showy sunflower)		Helianthus maximiliani Schrader
(Maximillian’s sunflower)		Helianthus rigidus (Cass.) Desf.
(Prairie sunflower)
Helianthus rigidus (Cass.) Desf.
(Showy sunflower)		Helianthus tuberosus L.
(Jerusalem artichoke)		Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet
(Ox-eye)
Koeleria cristata (L.) Pers. (illegal name)
(June grass)		Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schultes
(June grass)		Kuhnia eupatorioides L.
(False boneset)
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)		Liatris punctata Hooker
(Dotted blazing star)		Liatris pycnostachya Michx.
(Prairie blazing star)
Liatris squarrosa (L.) Michx.
(Scaly blazing star)		Linum rigidum Pursh
(Stiff flax)		Linum sulcatum Riddell
(Wild flax)
Linum sulcatum Riddell
(Yellow flax)		Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.
(Hoary puccoon)		Lithospermum incisum Lehm.
(Fringed puccoon)
Lithospermum incisum Lehm.
(Narrow-leaved puccoon)		Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex Barton
(Water horehound)		Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex Barton
(Cut-leaved water-horehound)
Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don
(Rush-pink)		Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don
(Skeleton weed)		Lysimachia ciliata L.
(Fringed loosestrife)
Machaeranthera spinulosa Greene
(Cut-leaved goldenrod)		Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacM.
(Hairy four-o’clock)		Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM.
(Wild four-o’clock)
Monarda fistulosa L.
(Wild bergamot)		Monarda fistulosa L.
(Horsemint)		Muhlenbergia cuspidata (Torrey) Rydb.
(Plains muhly)
Nothocalais cuspidata (Pursh) Greene
(Prairie dandelion)		Nothocalais cuspidata (Pursh) Greene
(False dandelion)		Oenothera biennis L. var. canescens T. & G.
(Gray evening primrose)
Oenothera serrulata Nutt.
(Toothed evening primrose)		Oenothera villosa Thunb.
(Gray evening primrose)		Onosmodium molle Michx.
(False gromwell)
Opuntia compressa (Salisb.) J. P. Macbr.
(Eastern prickly pear)		Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.
(Eastern prickly pear)		Oxalis violacea L.
(Violet wood sorrel)
Oxytropis lambertii Pursh
(Locoweed)		Panicum virgatum L.
(Switchgrass)		Pediomelum argophyllum (Pursh) Grimes
(Scurf-pea)
Pediomelum argophyllum (Pursh) Grimes
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)		Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.
(Prairie turnip)		Penstemon grandiflorus Nutt.
(Large-flowered beardtongue)
Petalostemon candidum (Willd.) Michx.
(White prairie clover)		Petalostemon purpureum (Vent.) Rydb.
(Purple prairie clover)		Phalaris arundinacea L.
(Reed canary grass)
Phlox pilosa L.
(Prairie phlox)		Physalis virginiana P. Miller
(Virginia ground cherry)		Plantago patagonica Jacq.
(Plantain)
Plantago purshii R. & S.
(Plantain)		Polygala verticillata L.
(Whorled milkwort)		Polygonum pensylvanicum L. var. laevigatum Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)
Potentilla arguta Pursh
(Tall cinquefoil)		Prenanthes aspera Michx.
(Rough white lettuce)		Prenanthes aspera Michx.
(White lettuce)
Prunella vulgaris L.
(Self heal)		Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Scurf-pea)		Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)
Psoralea esculenta Pursh
(Prairie turnip)		Pulsatilla patens (L.) P. Miller
(Pasque flower)		Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.
(Bristly crowfoot)
Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.
(Bristly buttercup)		Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooton and Standley
(Long-headed coneflower)		Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooton and Standley
(Thimble-weed)
Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
(Gray-headed coneflower)		Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
(Yellow coneflower)		Rosa arkansana Porter
(Sunshine rose)
Rosa arkansana Porter
(Prairie rose)		Rosa blanda Aiton
(Meadow rose)		Rosa blanda Aiton
(Smooth rose)
Rosa suffulta Greene
(Sunshine rose)		Rosa suffulta Greene
(Prairie rose)		Salix humilis Marsh.
(Prairie willow)
Salix humilis Marsh.
(Upland-willow)		Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
(Little bluestem)		Scrophularia lanceolata Pursh
(Figwort)
Senecio plattensis Nutt.
(Prairie ragwort)		Silphium laciniatum L.
(Compass plant)		Sisyrinchium campestre Bickn.
(Blue-eyed grass)
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 missouriensis Nutt.
(Missouri goldenrod)		Solidago rigida L.
(Stiff goldenrod)		Solidago speciosa Nutt.
(Showy goldenrod)
Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash
(Indian grass)		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)
Stipa spartea Trin.
(Porcupine grass)		Stipa viridula Trin.
(Green needlegrass)		Stipa viridula Trin.
(Feather-bunchgrass)
Teucrium canadense L.
(Germander)		Teucrium canadense L.
(Wood sage)		Thalictrum dasycarpum Fischer & Ave-Lall.
(Purple meadow-rue)
Tradescantia bracteata Small
(Spiderwort)		Verbena hastata L.
(Blue vervain)		Verbena stricta Vent.
(Hoary vervain)
Verbena urticifolia L.
(White vervain)		Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
(Vetch)		Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
(Purple vetch)
Viola papilionacea Pursh
(Common blue violet)		Viola pedatifida G. Don
(Prairie violet)		Viola pratincola Greene
(Common blue violet)
Yucca glauca Nutt. ex Fraser
(Soapweed)		Yucca glauca Nutt. ex Fraser
(Yucca)
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