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Prairie plants found in Taylor county:
Allium canadense
L.
(Wild garlic)
Amorpha canescens
Pursh
(Lead plant)
Andropogon gerardii
Vitman
(Big bluestem)
Anemone canadensis
L.
(Canada anemone)
Antennaria plantaginifolia
(L.) Richardson
(Ladies’-tobacco)
Antennaria plantaginifolia
(L.) Richardson
(Plantain-leaved pussytoes)
Asclepias verticillata
L.
(Whorled milkweed)
Aster ericoides
L.
(Heath aster)
Aster ericoides
L.
(Frost weed)
Aster laevis
L.
(Smooth blue aster)
Aster novae-angliae
L.
(New England aster)
Astragalus canadensis
L.
(Milk vetch)
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)
Brickellia eupatorioides
(L.) Shinners
(False boneset)
Cacalia plantaginea
(Raf.) Shinners
(Prairie Indian plantain)
Cacalia tuberosa
Nutt.
(Prairie Indian plantain)
Calamagrostis canadensis
(Michx.) Beauv.
(Bluejoint)
Carex bicknellii
Britton
(Sedge)
Carex lasiocarpa
Ehrh.
(Slender sedge)
Cassia fasciculata
Michx.
(Partridge pea)
Ceanothus americanus
L.
(New Jersey tea)
Chamaecrista fasciculata
(Michx.) Greene
(Partridge pea)
Cicuta maculata
L.
(Water hemlock)
Cicuta maculata
L.
(Spotted water hemlock)
Comandra umbellata
(L.) Nutt.
(Bastard toadflax)
Coreopsis palmata
Nutt.
(Tickseed)
Coreopsis palmata
Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)
Desmanthus illinoensis
(Michx.) MacM.
(Prairie mimosa)
Desmanthus illinoensis
(Michx.) MacM.
(Illinois bundle flower)
Dichanthelium leibergii
(Vasey) Freckman
(Leiberg’s panic grass)
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)
Erigeron strigosus
Muhl. ex Willd.
(Fleabane)
Erigeron strigosus
Muhl. ex Willd.
(Daisy fleabane)
Eryngium yuccifolium
Michx.
(Rattlesnake master)
Euphorbia corollata
L.
(Flowering spurge)
Festuca paradoxa
Desv.
(Fescue)
Gaura biennis
L.
(Biennial gaura)
Gaura filiformis
Small
(Biennial gaura)
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Pursh
(Wild licorice)
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Pursh
(Licorice-root)
Heuchera richardsonii
R. Br.
(Alumroot)
Hypericum punctatum
Lam.
(Spotted St. John’s wort)
Iris shrevei
L. Small
(Blue flag)
Iris virginica
var.
shrevei
(Small) E. Anderson
(Blue flag)
Kuhnia eupatorioides
L.
(False boneset)
Lactuca canadensis
L.
(Wild lettuce)
Liatris pycnostachya
Michx.
(Prairie blazing star)
Liatris squarrosa
(L.) Michx.
(Scaly blazing star)
Lilium michiganense
Farw.
(Michigan lily)
Lilium michiganense
Farw.
(Turks-cap lily)
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)
Lysimachia ciliata
L.
(Fringed loosestrife)
Lythrum alatum
Pursh
(Winged loosestrife)
Lythrum alatum
Pursh
(Wing-angled loosestrife)
Monarda fistulosa
L.
(Wild bergamot)
Monarda fistulosa
L.
(Horsemint)
Onoclea sensibilis
L.
(Sensitive fern)
Oxalis violacea
L.
(Violet wood sorrel)
Panicum leibergii
(Vasey) Scribner
(Leiberg’s panic grass)
Phalaris arundinacea
L.
(Reed canary grass)
Phlox pilosa
L.
(Prairie phlox)
Physalis heterophylla
Nees
(Ground cherry)
Physalis heterophylla
Nees
(Clammy ground-cherry)
Physalis virginiana
P. Miller
(Virginia ground cherry)
Platanthera praeclara
Sheviak & Bowles
(Western prairie fringed orchid)
Polygonum pensylvanicum
L. var.
laevigatum
Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)
Prunella vulgaris
L.
(Self heal)
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Schrader
(Slender mountain mint)
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Schrader
(Narrow-leaved mountain mint)
Rosa blanda
Aiton
(Meadow rose)
Rosa blanda
Aiton
(Smooth rose)
Salix humilis
Marsh.
(Prairie willow)
Salix humilis
Marsh.
(Upland-willow)
Silene antirrhina
L.
(Sleepy catchfly)
Silphium laciniatum
L.
(Compass plant)
Solidago gigantea
Aiton
(Smooth goldenrod)
Solidago gigantea
Aiton
(Late goldenrod)
Spiraea alba
Du Roi
(Meadowsweet)
Thalictrum dasycarpum
Fischer & Ave-Lall.
(Purple meadow-rue)
Tradescantia bracteata
Small
(Spiderwort)
Tradescantia ohiensis
Raf.
(Ohio spiderwort)
Verbena hastata
L.
(Blue vervain)
Verbena urticifolia
L.
(White vervain)
Vernonia baldwinii
Torrey
(Baldwin’s ironweed)
Veronicastrum virginicum
(L.) Farw.
(Culver’s root)
Zizia aurea
(L.) W. Koch.
(Golden alexanders)