Prairie plants found in Adams county:
Apocynum cannabinum L.
(Indian hemp)
Apocynum cannabinum L.
(Hemp dogbane)
Apocynum sibiricum Jacq.
(Indian hemp)
Asclepias amplexicaulis Smith
(Sand milkweed)
Asclepias amplexicaulis Smith
(Blunt-leaved 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)
Asclepias viridiflora Raf.
(Green milkweed)
Asclepias viridiflora Raf.
(Green-flowered 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)
Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners
(False boneset)
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv.
(Bluejoint)
Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Tickseed)
Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)
Desmodium illinoense Gray
(Illinois tick trefoil)
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum
(Scribner’s panic grass)
Echinacea angustifolia
(Pale coneflower)
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)
Euphorbia corollata L.
(Flowering spurge)
Gaura biennis L.
(Biennial gaura)
Gaura filiformis Small
(Biennial gaura)
Helianthus laetiflorus Pers.
(Prairie sunflower)
Helianthus laetiflorus Pers.
(Showy sunflower)
Helianthus rigidus (Cass.) Desf.
(Prairie sunflower)
Helianthus rigidus (Cass.) Desf.
(Showy sunflower)
Iris shrevei L. Small
(Blue flag)
Iris virginica var. shrevei (Small) E. Anderson
(Blue flag)
Kuhnia eupatorioides L.
(False boneset)
Lilium philadelphicum L.
(Wood lily)
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)
Pediomelum argophyllum (Pursh) Grimes
(Scurf-pea)
Pediomelum argophyllum (Pursh) Grimes
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)
Phalaris arundinacea L.
(Reed canary grass)
Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Ground cherry)
Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Clammy ground-cherry)
Polygonum pensylvanicum L. var. laevigatum Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)
Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Scurf-pea)
Psoralea argophylla Pursh
(Silverleaf scurf-pea)
Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
(Gray-headed coneflower)
Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
(Yellow coneflower)
Rosa arkansana Porter
(Sunshine rose)
Rosa arkansana Porter
(Prairie rose)
Rosa suffulta Greene
(Sunshine rose)
Rosa suffulta Greene
(Prairie rose)
Scutellaria parvula Michx.
(Skullcap)
Scutellaria parvula Michx.
(Smaller skullcap)
Silphium integrifolium Michx.
(Rosinweed)
Teucrium canadense L.
(Germander)
Teucrium canadense L.
(Wood sage)
Thalictrum dasycarpum Fischer & Ave-Lall.
(Purple meadow-rue)
Verbena stricta Vent.
(Hoary vervain)
Verbena urticifolia L.
(White vervain)
Vernonia baldwinii Torrey
(Baldwin’s ironweed)
Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.
(Culver’s root)