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)
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