Prairie plants found in Mahaska county:
Agropyron trachycaulum (Link) Make
(Slender wheatgrass)		Amorpha canescens Pursh
(Lead plant)		Andropogon gerardii Vitman
(Big bluestem)
Andropogon scoparius Michx.
(Little bluestem)		Anemone canadensis L.
(Canada anemone)		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)		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 novae-angliae L.
(New England aster)		Aster praealtus Poiret
(Willow aster)
Astragalus canadensis L.
(Milk vetch)		Baptisia bracteata Muhl. ex Ell.
(False indigo)		Baptisia bracteata Muhl. ex Ell.
(Cream false indigo)
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)		Baptisia leucophaea Nutt.
(False indigo)		Baptisia leucophaea Nutt.
(Cream false indigo)
Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torrey
(Side-oats grama)		Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners
(False boneset)		Cacalia plantaginea (Raf.) Shinners
(Prairie Indian plantain)
Cacalia tuberosa Nutt.
(Prairie Indian plantain)		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)		Cirsium hillii (Canby) Fern.
(Hill’s thistle)
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
(Bastard toadflax)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Tickseed)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)
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)		Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum
(Scribner’s panic grass)		Echinacea angustifolia
(Pale coneflower)
Elymus canadensis L.
(Canada wild rye)		Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Fleabane)		Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.
(Daisy fleabane)
Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
(Rattlesnake master)		Euphorbia dentata Michx.
(Toothed spurge)		Euphorbia marginata Pursh
(Snow-on-the-mountain)
Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. ex Cass.
(Lance-leaved goldenrod)		Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. ex Cass.
(Grass-leaved goldenrod)		Fragaria virginiana Duchesne
(Wild strawberry)
Galium obtusum Bigelow
(Wild madder)		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)		Helianthus grosseserratus Martens
(Saw-tooth sunflower)		Helianthus grosseserratus Martens
(Bigtooth sunflower)
Helianthus laetiflorus Pers.
(Prairie sunflower)		Helianthus laetiflorus Pers.
(Showy sunflower)		Helianthus rigidus (Cass.) Desf.
(Prairie sunflower)
Helianthus rigidus (Cass.) Desf.
(Showy sunflower)		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)		Iris shrevei L. Small
(Blue flag)
Iris virginica var. shrevei (Small) E. Anderson
(Blue flag)		Krigia biflora (Walter) Blake
(False dandelion)		Krigia biflora (Walter) Blake
(Dwarf dandelion)
Kuhnia eupatorioides L.
(False boneset)		Lactuca canadensis L.
(Wild lettuce)		Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell
(Prairie lettuce)
Lathyrus palustris L.
(Marsh vetchling)		Liatris pycnostachya Michx.
(Prairie blazing star)		Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.
(Hoary puccoon)
Lithospermum caroliniense (Walter) MacM.
(Hairy puccoon)		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)		Lysimachia ciliata L.
(Fringed loosestrife)
Lythrum alatum Pursh
(Winged loosestrife)		Lythrum alatum Pursh
(Wing-angled loosestrife)		Monarda punctata L.
(Spotted horsemint)
Monarda punctata L.
(Spotted bee balm)		Monarda punctata L.
(Horsemint)		Muhlenbergia racemosa (Michx.) BSP.
(Marsh muhly)
Oenothera clelandii D. Dietr. & Raven
(Sand primrose)		Oenothera laciniata Hill
(Ragged evening primrose)		Oenothera laciniata Hill
(Cut-leaved evening primrose)
Oenothera pilosella Raf.
(Prairie sundrops)		Oenothera pilosella Raf.
(Sundrops)		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)		Penstemon pallidus Small
(Pale beardtongue)
Petalostemon candidum (Willd.) Michx.
(White prairie clover)		Petalostemon purpureum (Vent.) Rydb.
(Purple prairie clover)		Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Ground cherry)
Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Clammy ground-cherry)		Physalis virginiana P. Miller
(Virginia ground cherry)		Polygala sanguinea L.
(Field milkwort)
Polygala verticillata L.
(Whorled milkwort)		Potentilla arguta Pursh
(Tall cinquefoil)		Prenanthes aspera Michx.
(Rough white lettuce)
Prenanthes aspera Michx.
(White lettuce)		Prunella vulgaris L.
(Self heal)		Pycnanthemum pilosum Nutt.
(Hairy mountain mint)
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Schrader
(Slender mountain mint)		Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Schrader
(Narrow-leaved mountain mint)		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 blanda Aiton
(Meadow rose)
Rosa blanda Aiton
(Smooth 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)
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
(Little bluestem)		Silphium integrifolium Michx.
(Rosinweed)		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)
Solidago rigida L.
(Stiff goldenrod)		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)
Stipa spartea Trin.
(Porcupine 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 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)
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