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Prairie plants found in Dickinson 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 canadense
L.
(Wild onion)
Allium canadense
L.
(Wild garlic)
Allium stellatum
Nutt. ex Ker-Gawl.
(Wild prairie onion)
Ambrosia psilostachya
DC.
(Western ragweed)
Amorpha canescens
Pursh
(Lead plant)
Amorpha nana
Nutt.
(Fragrant false indigo)
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 androsaemifolium
L.
(Spreading dogbane)
Apocynum cannabinum
L.
(Indian hemp)
Apocynum cannabinum
L.
(Hemp dogbane)
Apocynum sibiricum
Jacq.
(Indian hemp)
Artemisia campestris
L.
(Western sagewort)
Artemisia campestris
L.
(Tall wormwood)
Artemisia caudata
Michx.
(Western sagewort)
Artemisia caudata
Michx.
(Tall wormwood)
Artemisia ludoviciana
Nutt.
(White sage)
Asclepias hirtella
(Pennell) Woodson
(Tall green milkweed)
Asclepias incarnata
L.
(Swamp milkweed)
Asclepias ovalifolia
Dene.
(Oval milkweed)
Asclepias ovalifolia
Dene.
(Oval-leaved 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 novae-angliae
L.
(New England aster)
Aster oblongifolius
Nutt.
(Aromatic aster)
Aster sericeus
Vent.
(Silky aster)
Aster simplex
Willd.
(Panicled aster)
Aster umbellatus
Miller
(Flat-topped aster)
Aster umbellatus
Miller
(White aster)
Astragalus agrestis
Douglas ex D. Don
(Milk vetch)
Astragalus canadensis
L.
(Milk vetch)
Astragalus crassicarpus
Nutt.
(Ground plum)
Baptisia bracteata
Muhl. ex Ell.
(False indigo)
Baptisia bracteata
Muhl. ex Ell.
(Cream false indigo)
Baptisia leucophaea
Nutt.
(False indigo)
Baptisia leucophaea
Nutt.
(Cream false indigo)
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)
Cacalia plantaginea
(Raf.) Shinners
(Prairie Indian plantain)
Cacalia tuberosa
Nutt.
(Prairie Indian plantain)
Calamagrostis canadensis
(Michx.) Beauv.
(Bluejoint)
Calylophus serrulatus
(Nutt.) Raven
(Toothed evening primrose)
Campanula aparinoides
Pursh
(Marsh bellflower)
Campanula aparinoides
Pursh
(Bedstraw bellflower)
Cardamine bulbosa
(Schreber) BSP.
(Spring cress)
Carex bicknellii
Britton
(Sedge)
Carex brevior
(Dewey) Mack, ex Lunell
(Sedge)
Carex gravida
Bailey
(Sedge)
Carex lasiocarpa
Ehrh.
(Slender sedge)
Cassia fasciculata
Michx.
(Partridge pea)
Castilleja sessiliflora
Pursh
(Downy painted cup)
Ceanothus americanus
L.
(New Jersey tea)
Ceanothus herbaceus
Raf.
(Redroot)
Ceanothus ovatus
Desf. (misapplied)
(Redroot)
Chamaecrista fasciculata
(Michx.) Greene
(Partridge pea)
Cicuta maculata
L.
(Water hemlock)
Cicuta maculata
L.
(Spotted water hemlock)
Cirsium altissimum
(L.) Sprengel
(Tall thistle)
Cirsium discolor
(Muhl. ex Willd.) Sprengel
(Field thistle)
Cirsium flodmanii
(Rydb.) Arthur
(Flodman’s thistle)
Comandra umbellata
(L.) Nutt.
(Bastard toadflax)
Cypripedium candidum
Muhl. ex Willd.
(Small white lady’s slipper orchid)
Dalea alopecuroides
Willd.
(Foxtail dalea)
Dalea candida
Willd.
(White prairie clover)
Dalea leporina
(Aiton) Bullock
(Foxtail 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)
Desmodium canadense
(L.) DC.
(Showy tick trefoil)
Desmodium canadense
(L.) DC.
(Tick clover)
Desmodium illinoense
Gray
(Illinois tick trefoil)
Dichanthelium leibergii
(Vasey) Freckman
(Leiberg’s panic grass)
Dichanthelium linearifolium
(Scribner) Gould
(Rosette panic grass)
Dichanthelium oligosanthes
var.
scribnerianum
(Scribner’s panic grass)
Dichanthelium oligosanthes
var.
wilcoxianum
(Wilcox’s panic grass)
Echinacea angustifolia
(Pale coneflower)
Echinacea pallida
Nutt.
(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)
Erigeron strigosus
Muhl. ex Willd.
(Fleabane)
Erigeron strigosus
Muhl. ex Willd.
(Daisy fleabane)
Eryngium yuccifolium
Michx.
(Rattlesnake master)
Euphorbia glyptosperma
Engelm.
(Spurge)
Euphorbia marginata
Pursh
(Snow-on-the-mountain)
Euthamia graminifolia
(L.) Nutt. ex Cass.
(Lance-leaved goldenrod)
Euthamia graminifolia
(L.) Nutt. ex Cass.
(Grass-leaved goldenrod)
Fragaria virginiana
Duchesne
(Wild strawberry)
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)
Geranium maculatum
L.
(Wild geranium)
Geum triflorum
Pursh
(Prairie smoke)
Geum triflorum
Pursh
(Long-plumed purple avens)
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Pursh
(Wild licorice)
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Pursh
(Licorice-root)
Haplopappus spinulosus
(Pursh) DC.
(Cut-leaved goldenrod)
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 maximiliani
Schrader
(Maximillian’s sunflower)
Helianthus occidentalis
Riddell
(Western sunflower)
Helianthus rigidus
(Cass.) Desf.
(Prairie sunflower)
Helianthus rigidus
(Cass.) Desf.
(Showy sunflower)
Helianthus tuberosus
L.
(Jerusalem artichoke)
Heliopsis helianthoides
(L.) Sweet
(Ox-eye)
Heuchera richardsonii
R. Br.
(Alumroot)
Hieracium umbellatum
L.
(Hawkweed)
Hieracium umbellatum
L.
(Canada hawkweed)
Hypoxis hirsuta
(L.) Cov.
(Yellow stargrass)
Hypoxis hirsuta
(L.) Cov.
(Star-grass)
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)
Lactuca canadensis
L.
(Wild lettuce)
Lactuca ludoviciana
(Nutt.) Riddell
(Prairie lettuce)
Lactuca pulchella
(Pursh) DC.
(Blue lettuce)
Lactuca tatarica
(L.) C. A. Meyer
(Blue lettuce)
Lathyrus palustris
L.
(Marsh vetchling)
Lathyrus venosus
Muhl. ex Willd.
(Veiny pea)
Lathyrus venosus
Muhl. ex Willd.
(Wild pea)
Lespedeza capitata
Michx.
(Round-headed bush clover)
Lespedeza leptostachya
Engelm.
(Prairie 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)
Lilium michiganense
Farw.
(Michigan lily)
Lilium michiganense
Farw.
(Turks-cap lily)
Lilium philadelphicum
L.
(Wood lily)
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)
Lobelia siphilitica
L.
(Great lobelia)
Lobelia siphilitica
L.
(Giant lobelia)
Lobelia spicata
Lam.
(Spiked lobelia)
Lobelia spicata
Lam.
(Pale-spiked lobelia)
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)
Lythrum alatum
Pursh
(Winged loosestrife)
Lythrum alatum
Pursh
(Wing-angled 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)
Muhlenbergia racemosa
(Michx.) BSP.
(Marsh 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)
Onoclea sensibilis
L.
(Sensitive fern)
Onosmodium molle
Michx.
(False gromwell)
Oxalis violacea
L.
(Violet wood sorrel)
Oxytropis lambertii
Pursh
(Locoweed)
Panicum implicatum
Scribner
(Rosette panic grass)
Panicum leibergii
(Vasey) Scribner
(Leiberg’s panic grass)
Panicum linearifolium
Scribner
(Rosette panic grass)
Panicum scribnerianum
Nash
(Scribner’s panic grass)
Panicum virgatum
L.
(Switchgrass)
Panicum wilcoxianum
Vasey
(Wilcox’s panic grass)
Pedicularis canadensis
L.
(Lousewort)
Pedicularis lanceolata
Michx.
(Swamp lousewort)
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 heterophylla
Nees
(Ground cherry)
Physalis heterophylla
Nees
(Clammy ground-cherry)
Physalis virginiana
P. Miller
(Virginia ground cherry)
Pilea fontana
(Lunell) Rydb.
(Bog clearweed)
Plantago patagonica
Jacq.
(Plantain)
Plantago purshii
R. & S.
(Plantain)
Platanthera praeclara
Sheviak & Bowles
(Western prairie fringed orchid)
Poa palustris
L.
(Fowl meadow grass)
Polygala senega
L.
(Seneca snakeroot)
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)
Prenanthes racemosa
Michx.
(Glaucous white lettuce)
Prenanthes racemosa
Michx.
(Smooth 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)
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 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 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)
Schizachyrium scoparium
(Michx.) Nash
(Little bluestem)
Scrophularia lanceolata
Pursh
(Figwort)
Scutellaria parvula
Michx.
(Skullcap)
Scutellaria parvula
Michx.
(Smaller skullcap)
Senecio plattensis
Nutt.
(Prairie ragwort)
Silene antirrhina
L.
(Sleepy catchfly)
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 graminifolia
(L.) Salisb.
(Lance-leaved goldenrod)
Solidago graminifolia
(L.) Salisb.
(Grass-leaved goldenrod)
Solidago missouriensis
Nutt.
(Missouri goldenrod)
Solidago nemoralis
Aiton
(Field goldenrod)
Solidago nemoralis
Aiton
(Gray goldenrod)
Solidago riddellii
Frank ex Riddell
(Riddell’s goldenrod)
Solidago riddellii
Frank ex Riddell
(Narrow-leaved 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)
Spiraea alba
Du Roi
(Meadowsweet)
Sporobolus asper
(Michx.) Kunth
(Dropseed)
Sporobolus asper
(Michx.) Kunth
(Tall dropseed)
Sporobolus asper
(Michx.) Kunth
(Rough dropseed)
Sporobolus heterolepis
(Gray) Gray
(Prairie dropseed)
Sporobolus heterolepis
(Gray) Gray
(Northern dropseed)
Stipa spartea
Trin.
(Porcupine grass)
Stipa viridula
Trin.
(Green needlegrass)
Stipa viridula
Trin.
(Feather-bunchgrass)
Strophostyles helvula
(L.) Ell.
(Wild bean)
Strophostyles helvula
(L.) Ell.
(Trailing wild bean)
Strophostyles leiosperma
(T. & G.) Piper
(Wild bean)
Teucrium canadense
L.
(Germander)
Teucrium canadense
L.
(Wood sage)
Thalictrum dasycarpum
Fischer & Ave-Lall.
(Purple meadow-rue)
Tradescantia bracteata
Small
(Spiderwort)
Verbena stricta
Vent.
(Hoary vervain)
Verbena urticifolia
L.
(White vervain)
Vernonia fasciculata
Michx.
(Ironweed)
Vernonia fasciculata
Michx.
(Western ironweed)
Veronicastrum virginicum
(L.) Farw.
(Culver’s root)
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)
Zigadenus elegans
Pursh
(White camass)
Zigadenus elegans
Pursh
(Death camass)
Zizia aptera
(Gray) Fern.
(Heart-leaved meadow parsnip)
Zizia aurea
(L.) W. Koch.
(Golden alexanders)