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Prairie plants found in Grundy county:
Allium canadense
L.
(Wild garlic)
Amorpha canescens
Pursh
(Lead plant)
Andropogon scoparius
Michx.
(Little bluestem)
Anemone canadensis
L.
(Canada anemone)
Apocynum cannabinum
L.
(Indian hemp)
Apocynum cannabinum
L.
(Hemp dogbane)
Artemisia ludoviciana
Nutt.
(White sage)
Baptisia lactea
(Raf.) Thieret
(White wild indigo)
Baptisia lactea
(Raf.) Thieret
(White false indigo)
Baptisia leucantha
T. & G.
(White wild indigo)
Baptisia leucantha
T. & G.
(White false indigo)
Brickellia eupatorioides
(L.) Shinners
(False boneset)
Calamagrostis canadensis
(Michx.) Beauv.
(Bluejoint)
Cardamine bulbosa
(Schreber) BSP.
(Spring cress)
Carex bicknellii
Britton
(Sedge)
Carex gravida
Bailey
(Sedge)
Carex lasiocarpa
Ehrh.
(Slender sedge)
Carex muhlenbergii
Schkuhr ex Willd.
(Sedge)
Ceanothus americanus
L.
(New Jersey tea)
Ceanothus herbaceus
Raf.
(Redroot)
Ceanothus ovatus
Desf. (misapplied)
(Redroot)
Cicuta maculata
L.
(Water hemlock)
Cicuta maculata
L.
(Spotted water hemlock)
Cirsium hillii
(Canby) Fern.
(Hill’s thistle)
Comandra umbellata
(L.) Nutt.
(Bastard toadflax)
Coreopsis palmata
Nutt.
(Tickseed)
Coreopsis palmata
Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)
Cypripedium candidum
Muhl. ex Willd.
(Small white lady’s slipper orchid)
Desmodium canadense
(L.) DC.
(Showy tick trefoil)
Desmodium canadense
(L.) DC.
(Tick clover)
Dichanthelium leibergii
(Vasey) Freckman
(Leiberg’s panic grass)
Dodecatheon meadia
L.
(Shooting star)
Echinacea angustifolia
(Pale coneflower)
Equisetum arvense
L.
(Common horsetail)
Erigeron strigosus
Muhl. ex Willd.
(Fleabane)
Erigeron strigosus
Muhl. ex Willd.
(Daisy fleabane)
Eryngium yuccifolium
Michx.
(Rattlesnake master)
Euphorbia corollata
L.
(Flowering spurge)
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)
Helianthus grosseserratus
Martens
(Saw-tooth sunflower)
Helianthus grosseserratus
Martens
(Bigtooth sunflower)
Heliopsis helianthoides
(L.) Sweet
(Ox-eye)
Heuchera richardsonii
R. Br.
(Alumroot)
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)
Lilium michiganense
Farw.
(Michigan lily)
Lilium michiganense
Farw.
(Turks-cap lily)
Lithospermum canescens
(Michx.) Lehm.
(Hoary puccoon)
Lobelia spicata
Lam.
(Spiked lobelia)
Lobelia spicata
Lam.
(Pale-spiked lobelia)
Lysimachia ciliata
L.
(Fringed loosestrife)
Melanthium virginicum
L.
(Bunch-flower)
Mirabilis nyctaginea
(Michx.) MacM.
(Wild four-o’clock)
Onoclea sensibilis
L.
(Sensitive fern)
Panicum leibergii
(Vasey) Scribner
(Leiberg’s panic grass)
Parthenium integrifolium
L.
(Feverfew)
Parthenium integrifolium
L.
(Wild quinine)
Pedicularis canadensis
L.
(Lousewort)
Pedicularis lanceolata
Michx.
(Swamp lousewort)
Phalaris arundinacea
L.
(Reed canary grass)
Phlox maculata
L.
(Wild phlox)
Phlox pilosa
L.
(Prairie phlox)
Poa palustris
L.
(Fowl meadow grass)
Polygonum pensylvanicum
L. var.
laevigatum
Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)
Potentilla arguta
Pursh
(Tall cinquefoil)
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)
Rosa arkansana
Porter
(Sunshine rose)
Rosa arkansana
Porter
(Prairie 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)
Salix petiolaris
Smith
(Shrub willow)
Schizachyrium scoparium
(Michx.) Nash
(Little bluestem)
Scrophularia lanceolata
Pursh
(Figwort)
Silene antirrhina
L.
(Sleepy catchfly)
Silphium integrifolium
Michx.
(Rosinweed)
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)
Spiraea alba
Du Roi
(Meadowsweet)
Stipa spartea
Trin.
(Porcupine grass)
Tephrosia virginiana
(L.) Pers.
(Goat’s-rue)
Teucrium canadense
L.
(Germander)
Teucrium canadense
L.
(Wood sage)
Thalictrum dasycarpum
Fischer & Ave-Lall.
(Purple meadow-rue)
Tradescantia bracteata
Small
(Spiderwort)
Veratrum virginicum
(L.) Ait. f.
(Bunch-flower)
Verbena hastata
L.
(Blue vervain)
Verbena urticifolia
L.
(White vervain)
Vernonia fasciculata
Michx.
(Ironweed)
Vernonia fasciculata
Michx.
(Western ironweed)
Veronicastrum virginicum
(L.) Farw.
(Culver’s root)
Viola papilionacea
Pursh
(Common blue violet)
Viola pratincola
Greene
(Common blue violet)
Zizia aurea
(L.) W. Koch.
(Golden alexanders)