Prairie plants found in Ida county:
Agropyron smithii Rydb.
(Western wheatgrass)		Agropyron trachycaulum (Link) Make
(Slender wheatgrass)		Ambrosia psilostachya DC.
(Western ragweed)
Amorpha canescens Pursh
(Lead plant)		Anemone canadensis L.
(Canada anemone)		Anemone cylindrica Gray
(Windflower)
Anemone cylindrica Gray
(Thimbleweed)		Antennaria neglecta Greene
(Pussytoes)		Antennaria neglecta Greene
(Field pussytoes)
Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex Gray
(Prairie milkweed)		Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex Gray
(Sullivant’s milkweed)		Asclepias syriaca L.
(Common milkweed)
Asclepias verticillata L.
(Whorled milkweed)		Aster laevis L.
(Smooth blue aster)		Aster sericeus Vent.
(Silky aster)
Astragalus canadensis L.
(Milk vetch)		Astragalus crassicarpus Nutt.
(Ground plum)		Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv.
(Bluejoint)
Calylophus serrulatus (Nutt.) Raven
(Toothed evening primrose)		Cardamine bulbosa (Schreber) BSP.
(Spring cress)		Carex bicknellii Britton
(Sedge)
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack, ex Lunell
(Sedge)		Carex gravida Bailey
(Sedge)		Cassia fasciculata Michx.
(Partridge pea)
Ceanothus americanus L.
(New Jersey tea)		Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene
(Partridge pea)		Cirsium altissimum (L.) Sprengel
(Tall thistle)
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)		Delphinium virescens Nutt.
(Prairie larkspur)
Echinacea angustifolia
(Pale coneflower)		Elymus canadensis L.
(Canada wild rye)		Equisetum arvense L.
(Common horsetail)
Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Fleabane)		Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Daisy fleabane)		Euphorbia corollata L.
(Flowering spurge)
Euphorbia dentata Michx.
(Toothed spurge)		Euphorbia glyptosperma Engelm.
(Spurge)		Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. ex Cass.
(Lance-leaved goldenrod)
Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. ex Cass.
(Grass-leaved goldenrod)		Fragaria virginiana Duchesne
(Wild strawberry)		Gentiana puberula Michx.
(Downy gentian)
Gentiana puberulenta J. Pringle
(Downy gentian)		Helianthus maximiliani Schrader
(Maximillian’s sunflower)		Koeleria cristata (L.) Pers. (illegal name)
(June grass)
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schultes
(June grass)		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 venosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Veiny pea)
Lathyrus venosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Wild pea)		Liatris squarrosa (L.) Michx.
(Scaly blazing star)		Lilium michiganense Farw.
(Michigan lily)
Lilium michiganense Farw.
(Turks-cap 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)
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 racemosa (Michx.) BSP.
(Marsh muhly)		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)
Oxalis violacea L.
(Violet wood sorrel)		Oxytropis lambertii Pursh
(Locoweed)		Panicum virgatum L.
(Switchgrass)
Pedicularis canadensis L.
(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)
Phalaris arundinacea L.
(Reed canary grass)		Phlox pilosa L.
(Prairie phlox)		Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Ground cherry)
Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Clammy ground-cherry)		Polygonum pensylvanicum L. var. laevigatum Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)		Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Scurf-pea)
Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)		Psoralea esculenta Pursh
(Prairie turnip)		Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooton and Standley
(Long-headed coneflower)
Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooton and Standley
(Thimble-weed)		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)		Scutellaria parvula Michx.
(Skullcap)		Scutellaria parvula Michx.
(Smaller skullcap)
Silene antirrhina L.
(Sleepy catchfly)		Silphium laciniatum L.
(Compass plant)		Sisyrinchium campestre Bickn.
(Blue-eyed grass)
Solidago graminifolia (L.) Salisb.
(Lance-leaved goldenrod)		Solidago graminifolia (L.) Salisb.
(Grass-leaved goldenrod)		Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash
(Indian grass)
Stipa spartea Trin.
(Porcupine grass)		Thalictrum dasycarpum Fischer & Ave-Lall.
(Purple meadow-rue)		Tradescantia bracteata Small
(Spiderwort)
Verbena stricta Vent.
(Hoary vervain)		Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
(Vetch)		Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
(Purple vetch)
Viola papilionacea Pursh
(Common blue violet)		Viola pratincola Greene
(Common blue violet)
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