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Prairie plants found in Cass county:
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)
Apocynum sibiricum
Jacq.
(Indian hemp)
Artemisia ludoviciana
Nutt.
(White sage)
Asclepias amplexicaulis
Smith
(Sand milkweed)
Asclepias amplexicaulis
Smith
(Blunt-leaved milkweed)
Asclepias syriaca
L.
(Common milkweed)
Asclepias tuberosa
L.
(Butterfly weed)
Asclepias tuberosa
L.
(Pleurisy-root)
Asclepias verticillata
L.
(Whorled milkweed)
Aster laevis
L.
(Smooth blue aster)
Aster lanceolatus
Willd.
(Panicled aster)
Aster praealtus
Poiret
(Willow 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)
Cacalia plantaginea
(Raf.) Shinners
(Prairie Indian plantain)
Cacalia tuberosa
Nutt.
(Prairie Indian plantain)
Cardamine bulbosa
(Schreber) BSP.
(Spring cress)
Ceanothus americanus
L.
(New Jersey tea)
Ceanothus herbaceus
Raf.
(Redroot)
Ceanothus ovatus
Desf. (misapplied)
(Redroot)
Dalea candida
Willd.
(White prairie clover)
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)
Dichanthelium leibergii
(Vasey) Freckman
(Leiberg’s panic grass)
Echinacea angustifolia
(Pale coneflower)
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)
Gaura biennis
L.
(Biennial gaura)
Gaura filiformis
Small
(Biennial gaura)
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Pursh
(Wild licorice)
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Pursh
(Licorice-root)
Helianthus tuberosus
L.
(Jerusalem artichoke)
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)
Lactuca canadensis
L.
(Wild lettuce)
Liatris aspera
Michx.
(Rough 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)
Lobelia siphilitica
L.
(Great lobelia)
Lobelia siphilitica
L.
(Giant lobelia)
Lycopus americanus
Muhl. ex Barton
(Water horehound)
Lycopus americanus
Muhl. ex Barton
(Cut-leaved water-horehound)
Mirabilis nyctaginea
(Michx.) MacM.
(Wild four-o’clock)
Oenothera biennis
L. var.
canescens
T. & G.
(Gray evening primrose)
Oenothera villosa
Thunb.
(Gray evening primrose)
Onoclea sensibilis
L.
(Sensitive fern)
Onosmodium molle
Michx.
(False gromwell)
Oxalis violacea
L.
(Violet wood sorrel)
Panicum leibergii
(Vasey) Scribner
(Leiberg’s panic grass)
Petalostemon candidum
(Willd.) Michx.
(White prairie clover)
Petalostemon purpureum
(Vent.) Rydb.
(Purple prairie clover)
Phalaris arundinacea
L.
(Reed canary grass)
Potentilla arguta
Pursh
(Tall cinquefoil)
Ratibida pinnata
(Vent.) Barnh.
(Gray-headed coneflower)
Ratibida pinnata
(Vent.) Barnh.
(Yellow coneflower)
Rosa carolina
L.
(Pasture rose)
Rosa carolina
L.
(Carolina rose)
Rudbeckia hirta
L.
(Black-eyed Susan)
Salix discolor
Muhl.
(Pussy willow)
Schizachyrium scoparium
(Michx.) Nash
(Little bluestem)
Silphium integrifolium
Michx.
(Rosinweed)
Silphium laciniatum
L.
(Compass plant)
Solidago missouriensis
Nutt.
(Missouri goldenrod)
Solidago rigida
L.
(Stiff goldenrod)
Sporobolus heterolepis
(Gray) Gray
(Prairie dropseed)
Sporobolus heterolepis
(Gray) Gray
(Northern dropseed)
Stipa spartea
Trin.
(Porcupine grass)
Tradescantia ohiensis
Raf.
(Ohio spiderwort)
Verbena stricta
Vent.
(Hoary vervain)
Verbena urticifolia
L.
(White vervain)
Vernonia baldwinii
Torrey
(Baldwin’s ironweed)
Veronicastrum virginicum
(L.) Farw.
(Culver’s root)
Viola papilionacea
Pursh
(Common blue violet)
Viola pratincola
Greene
(Common blue violet)