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Prairie plants found in Mountgomery county:
Anemone cylindrica
Gray
(Windflower)
Anemone cylindrica
Gray
(Thimbleweed)
Artemisia ludoviciana
Nutt.
(White sage)
Asclepias incarnata
L.
(Swamp 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 simplex
Willd.
(Panicled aster)
Cacalia plantaginea
(Raf.) Shinners
(Prairie Indian plantain)
Cacalia tuberosa
Nutt.
(Prairie Indian plantain)
Cassia fasciculata
Michx.
(Partridge pea)
Chamaecrista fasciculata
(Michx.) Greene
(Partridge pea)
Desmodium illinoense
Gray
(Illinois tick trefoil)
Dichanthelium oligosanthes
var.
scribnerianum
(Scribner’s panic grass)
Equisetum arvense
L.
(Common horsetail)
Equisetum laevigatum
A. Br.
(Smooth scouring-rush)
Equisetum laevigatum
A. Br.
(Prairie scouring-rush)
Eryngium yuccifolium
Michx.
(Rattlesnake master)
Euphorbia corollata
L.
(Flowering spurge)
Geranium maculatum
L.
(Wild geranium)
Heuchera richardsonii
R. Br.
(Alumroot)
Iris shrevei
L. Small
(Blue flag)
Iris virginica
var.
shrevei
(Small) E. Anderson
(Blue flag)
Lactuca pulchella
(Pursh) DC.
(Blue lettuce)
Lactuca tatarica
(L.) C. A. Meyer
(Blue lettuce)
Lespedeza capitata
Michx.
(Round-headed bush clover)
Liatris aspera
Michx.
(Rough blazing star)
Lythrum alatum
Pursh
(Winged loosestrife)
Lythrum alatum
Pursh
(Wing-angled loosestrife)
Mirabilis hirsuta
(Pursh) MacM.
(Hairy four-o’clock)
Panicum scribnerianum
Nash
(Scribner’s panic grass)
Physalis heterophylla
Nees
(Ground cherry)
Physalis heterophylla
Nees
(Clammy ground-cherry)
Polygonum pensylvanicum
L. var.
laevigatum
Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)
Rosa arkansana
Porter
(Sunshine rose)
Rosa arkansana
Porter
(Prairie rose)
Rosa suffulta
Greene
(Sunshine rose)
Rosa suffulta
Greene
(Prairie rose)
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 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)
Thalictrum dasycarpum
Fischer & Ave-Lall.
(Purple meadow-rue)
Tradescantia bracteata
Small
(Spiderwort)
Verbena hastata
L.
(Blue vervain)
Vernonia baldwinii
Torrey
(Baldwin’s ironweed)