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Prairie plants found in Jefferson county:
Agropyron trachycaulum
(Link) Make
(Slender wheatgrass)
Allium canadense
L.
(Wild onion)
Allium canadense
L.
(Wild garlic)
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 androsaemifolium
L.
(Spreading dogbane)
Apocynum sibiricum
Jacq.
(Indian hemp)
Asclepias hirtella
(Pennell) Woodson
(Tall green milkweed)
Asclepias incarnata
L.
(Swamp 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)
Cacalia plantaginea
(Raf.) Shinners
(Prairie Indian plantain)
Cacalia tuberosa
Nutt.
(Prairie Indian plantain)
Calamagrostis canadensis
(Michx.) Beauv.
(Bluejoint)
Carex gravida
Bailey
(Sedge)
Carex lasiocarpa
Ehrh.
(Slender sedge)
Carex muhlenbergii
Schkuhr ex Willd.
(Sedge)
Cassia fasciculata
Michx.
(Partridge pea)
Castilleja coccinea
(L.) Sprengel
(Indian paintbrush)
Ceanothus americanus
L.
(New Jersey tea)
Chamaecrista fasciculata
(Michx.) Greene
(Partridge pea)
Cicuta maculata
L.
(Water hemlock)
Cicuta maculata
L.
(Spotted water hemlock)
Cirsium hillii
(Canby) Fern.
(Hill’s thistle)
Coreopsis palmata
Nutt.
(Tickseed)
Coreopsis palmata
Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)
Crotalaria sagittalis
L.
(Rattle box)
Desmanthus illinoensis
(Michx.) MacM.
(Prairie mimosa)
Desmanthus illinoensis
(Michx.) MacM.
(Illinois bundle flower)
Elymus canadensis
L.
(Canada wild rye)
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)
Euphorbia corollata
L.
(Flowering spurge)
Euphorbia dentata
Michx.
(Toothed spurge)
Fragaria virginiana
Duchesne
(Wild strawberry)
Gentiana alba
Muhl.
(Pale gentian)
Gentiana alba
Muhl.
(Yellow gentian)
Gentiana andrewsii
Griseb.
(Bottle gentian)
Gentiana flavida
A. Gray
(Pale gentian)
Gentiana flavida
A. Gray
(Yellow gentian)
Gentiana puberula
Michx.
(Downy gentian)
Gentiana puberulenta
J. Pringle
(Downy gentian)
Geranium maculatum
L.
(Wild geranium)
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Pursh
(Wild licorice)
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Pursh
(Licorice-root)
Helenium autumnale
L.
(Sneezeweed)
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)
Heliopsis helianthoides
(L.) Sweet
(Ox-eye)
Hypericum punctatum
Lam.
(Spotted St. John’s wort)
Hypericum sphaerocarpum
Michx.
(Round-fruited St. John’s wort)
Lactuca canadensis
L.
(Wild lettuce)
Lespedeza capitata
Michx.
(Round-headed bush clover)
Liatris aspera
Michx.
(Rough blazing star)
Liatris pycnostachya
Michx.
(Prairie blazing star)
Linum sulcatum
Riddell
(Wild flax)
Linum sulcatum
Riddell
(Yellow flax)
Lithospermum caroliniense
(Walter) MacM.
(Hairy puccoon)
Lobelia siphilitica
L.
(Great lobelia)
Lobelia siphilitica
L.
(Giant lobelia)
Lobelia spicata
Lam.
(Spiked lobelia)
Lobelia spicata
Lam.
(Pale-spiked lobelia)
Lycopus americanus
Muhl. ex Barton
(Water horehound)
Lycopus americanus
Muhl. ex Barton
(Cut-leaved water-horehound)
Lythrum alatum
Pursh
(Winged loosestrife)
Lythrum alatum
Pursh
(Wing-angled loosestrife)
Mirabilis nyctaginea
(Michx.) MacM.
(Wild four-o’clock)
Monarda punctata
L.
(Spotted horsemint)
Monarda punctata
L.
(Spotted bee balm)
Monarda punctata
L.
(Horsemint)
Oenothera clelandii
D. Dietr. & Raven
(Sand 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 virgatum
L.
(Switchgrass)
Pedicularis canadensis
L.
(Lousewort)
Penstemon digitalis
Nutt.
(Foxglove penstemon)
Penstemon digitalis
Nutt.
(Foxglove beardtongue)
Penstemon pallidus
Small
(Pale beardtongue)
Polygala sanguinea
L.
(Field milkwort)
Polygala verticillata
L.
(Whorled milkwort)
Polygonum pensylvanicum
L. var.
laevigatum
Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)
Potentilla arguta
Pursh
(Tall cinquefoil)
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 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)
Sisyrinchium campestre
Bickn.
(Blue-eyed grass)
Solidago altissima
L.
(Tall goldenrod)
Solidago altissima
L.
(Canada goldenrod)
Solidago canadensis
L.
(Tall goldenrod)
Solidago canadensis
L.
(Canada goldenrod)
Solidago nemoralis
Aiton
(Field goldenrod)
Solidago nemoralis
Aiton
(Gray goldenrod)
Solidago rigida
L.
(Stiff goldenrod)
Sorghastrum nutans
(L.) Nash
(Indian grass)
Spiraea alba
Du Roi
(Meadowsweet)
Spiranthes cernua
(L.) L. C. Rich.
(Nodding ladies’-tresses)
Sporobolus heterolepis
(Gray) Gray
(Prairie dropseed)
Sporobolus heterolepis
(Gray) Gray
(Northern dropseed)
Stipa spartea
Trin.
(Porcupine grass)
Strophostyles helvula
(L.) Ell.
(Wild bean)
Strophostyles helvula
(L.) Ell.
(Trailing wild bean)
Teucrium canadense
L.
(Germander)
Teucrium canadense
L.
(Wood sage)
Thalictrum dasycarpum
Fischer & Ave-Lall.
(Purple meadow-rue)
Tradescantia ohiensis
Raf.
(Ohio spiderwort)
Vernonia baldwinii
Torrey
(Baldwin’s ironweed)
Vernonia fasciculata
Michx.
(Ironweed)
Vernonia fasciculata
Michx.
(Western ironweed)
Viola papilionacea
Pursh
(Common blue violet)
Viola pedata
L.
(Bird’s foot violet)
Viola pedatifida
G. Don
(Prairie violet)
Viola pratincola
Greene
(Common blue violet)