Prairie plants found in Marion county:
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)
Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson
(Ladies’-tobacco)		Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson
(Plantain-leaved pussytoes)		Apocynum sibiricum Jacq.
(Indian hemp)
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
(White sage)		Asclepias amplexicaulis Smith
(Sand milkweed)		Asclepias amplexicaulis Smith
(Blunt-leaved milkweed)
Asclepias hirtella (Pennell) Woodson
(Tall green milkweed)		Asclepias syriaca L.
(Common milkweed)		Asclepias verticillata L.
(Whorled milkweed)
Asclepias viridiflora Raf.
(Green milkweed)		Asclepias viridiflora Raf.
(Green-flowered milkweed)		Aster azureus Lindley
(Sky-blue aster)
Aster azureus Lindley
(Azure aster)		Aster laevis L.
(Smooth blue aster)		Aster oblongifolius Nutt.
(Aromatic aster)
Astragalus canadensis L.
(Milk vetch)		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)		Cardamine bulbosa (Schreber) BSP.
(Spring cress)
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack, ex Lunell
(Sedge)		Carex gravida Bailey
(Sedge)		Carex muhlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd.
(Sedge)
Cassia fasciculata Michx.
(Partridge pea)		Ceanothus americanus L.
(New Jersey tea)		Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene
(Partridge pea)
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
(Bastard toadflax)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Tickseed)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
(Rattle box)		Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
(Showy tick trefoil)		Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
(Tick clover)
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum
(Scribner’s panic grass)		Echinacea angustifolia
(Pale coneflower)		Epilobium coloratum Biehler
(Cinnamon willowherb)
Epilobium coloratum Biehler
(Purple-leaved willow-herb)		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)
Euphorbia corollata L.
(Flowering spurge)		Gaura biennis L.
(Biennial gaura)		Gaura filiformis Small
(Biennial gaura)
Gentiana andrewsii Griseb.
(Bottle gentian)		Geranium carolinianum L.
(Cranesbill)		Geranium carolinianum L.
(Carolina crane’s bill)
Geranium maculatum L.
(Wild geranium)		Helianthemum bicknellii Fern.
(Frost weed)		Helianthus tuberosus L.
(Jerusalem artichoke)
Heuchera richardsonii R. Br.
(Alumroot)		Hypericum punctatum Lam.
(Spotted St. John’s wort)		Hypericum sphaerocarpum Michx.
(Round-fruited St. John’s wort)
Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Cov.
(Yellow stargrass)		Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Cov.
(Star-grass)		Lespedeza leptostachya Engelm.
(Prairie bush clover)
Liatris aspera Michx.
(Rough blazing star)		Lithospermum caroliniense (Walter) MacM.
(Hairy 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 clelandii D. Dietr. & Raven
(Sand primrose)
Oenothera rhombipetala Nutt. ex T. & G.
(Sand primrose)		Onoclea sensibilis L.
(Sensitive fern)		Oxalis violacea L.
(Violet wood sorrel)
Panicum implicatum Scribner
(Rosette panic grass)		Panicum scribnerianum Nash
(Scribner’s panic grass)		Panicum virgatum L.
(Switchgrass)
Pedicularis canadensis L.
(Lousewort)		Phalaris arundinacea L.
(Reed canary grass)		Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Ground cherry)
Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Clammy ground-cherry)		Physalis virginiana P. Miller
(Virginia ground cherry)		Plantago patagonica Jacq.
(Plantain)
Plantago purshii R. & S.
(Plantain)		Polygala sanguinea L.
(Field milkwort)		Polygala verticillata L.
(Whorled milkwort)
Polygonum pensylvanicum L. var. laevigatum Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)		Prunella vulgaris L.
(Self heal)		Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) Dur. & Jackson
(Common mountain mint)
Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) Dur. & Jackson
(Virginia mountain mint)		Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl.
(Early buttercup)		Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
(Gray-headed coneflower)
Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
(Yellow coneflower)		Rosa carolina L.
(Pasture rose)		Rosa carolina L.
(Carolina rose)
Rudbeckia subtomentosa Pursh
(Fragrant coneflower)		Rudbeckia subtomentosa Pursh
(Sweet coneflower)		Salix discolor Muhl.
(Pussy willow)
Saxifraga pensylvanica L.
(Swamp saxifrage)		Senecio plattensis Nutt.
(Prairie ragwort)		Silene antirrhina L.
(Sleepy catchfly)
Solidago altissima L.
(Tall goldenrod)		Solidago altissima L.
(Canada goldenrod)		Solidago canadensis L.
(Tall goldenrod)
Solidago canadensis L.
(Canada goldenrod)		Spartina pectinata Link
(Slough grass)		Spartina pectinata Link
(Cord grass)
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)		Tradescantia bracteata Small
(Spiderwort)
Tradescantia ohiensis Raf.
(Ohio spiderwort)		Verbena stricta Vent.
(Hoary vervain)		Vernonia baldwinii Torrey
(Baldwin’s ironweed)
Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.
(Culver’s root)		Viola pedata L.
(Bird’s foot violet)
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