Prairie plants found in Audubon county:
Ambrosia psilostachya DC.
(Western ragweed)		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)		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)		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 sericeus Vent.
(Silky aster)		Aster simplex Willd.
(Panicled aster)		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)		Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners
(False boneset)
Cacalia plantaginea (Raf.) Shinners
(Prairie Indian plantain)		Cacalia tuberosa Nutt.
(Prairie Indian plantain)		Carex bicknellii Britton
(Sedge)
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack, ex Lunell
(Sedge)		Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.
(Redroot)		Ceanothus ovatus Desf. (misapplied)
(Redroot)
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)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Tickseed)
Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)		Dalea alopecuroides Willd.
(Foxtail dalea)		Dalea candida Willd.
(White prairie clover)
Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock
(Foxtail dalea)		Dalea purpurea Vent.
(Purple prairie clover)		Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
(Showy tick trefoil)
Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
(Tick clover)		Desmodium illinoense Gray
(Illinois tick trefoil)		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)		Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
(Rattlesnake master)
Euphorbia corollata L.
(Flowering spurge)		Euphorbia dentata Michx.
(Toothed spurge)		Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. ex Cass.
(Lance-leaved goldenrod)
Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. ex Cass.
(Grass-leaved goldenrod)		Gaura biennis L.
(Biennial 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)		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 rigidus (Cass.) Desf.
(Prairie sunflower)		Helianthus rigidus (Cass.) Desf.
(Showy sunflower)		Helianthus tuberosus L.
(Jerusalem artichoke)
Heuchera richardsonii R. Br.
(Alumroot)		Iris shrevei L. Small
(Blue flag)		Iris virginica var. shrevei (Small) E. Anderson
(Blue flag)
Kuhnia eupatorioides L.
(False boneset)		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)
Lilium michiganense Farw.
(Michigan lily)		Lilium michiganense Farw.
(Turks-cap lily)		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)		Lythrum alatum Pursh
(Winged loosestrife)		Lythrum alatum Pursh
(Wing-angled loosestrife)
Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacM.
(Hairy four-o’clock)		Muhlenbergia racemosa (Michx.) BSP.
(Marsh muhly)		Oenothera biennis L. var. canescens T. & G.
(Gray evening primrose)
Oenothera villosa Thunb.
(Gray evening primrose)		Onosmodium molle Michx.
(False gromwell)		Oxypolis rigidior (L.) Raf.
(Cowbane)
Panicum implicatum Scribner
(Rosette panic grass)		Panicum virgatum L.
(Switchgrass)		Petalostemon candidum (Willd.) Michx.
(White prairie clover)
Petalostemon purpureum (Vent.) Rydb.
(Purple prairie clover)		Poa palustris L.
(Fowl meadow grass)		Polygonum pensylvanicum L. var. laevigatum Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)
Prenanthes racemosa Michx.
(Glaucous white lettuce)		Prenanthes racemosa Michx.
(Smooth white lettuce)		Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
(Gray-headed coneflower)
Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
(Yellow coneflower)		Rosa blanda Aiton
(Meadow rose)		Rosa blanda Aiton
(Smooth rose)
Salix humilis Marsh.
(Prairie willow)		Salix humilis Marsh.
(Upland-willow)		Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
(Little bluestem)
Silphium integrifolium Michx.
(Rosinweed)		Silphium laciniatum L.
(Compass plant)		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 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)
Sporobolus heterolepis (Gray) Gray
(Prairie dropseed)		Sporobolus heterolepis (Gray) Gray
(Northern dropseed)		Tradescantia bracteata Small
(Spiderwort)
Tradescantia ohiensis Raf.
(Ohio spiderwort)		Verbena hastata L.
(Blue vervain)		Verbena stricta Vent.
(Hoary vervain)
Vernonia baldwinii Torrey
(Baldwin’s ironweed)		Viola pedatifida G. Don
(Prairie violet)		Zizia aurea (L.) W. Koch.
(Golden alexanders)
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