Prairie plants found in Decatur county:
Agropyron trachycaulum (Link) Make
(Slender wheatgrass)		Allium canadense L.
(Wild onion)		Allium canadense L.
(Wild garlic)
Amorpha canescens Pursh
(Lead plant)		Andropogon gerardii Vitman
(Big bluestem)		Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson
(Ladies’-tobacco)
Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson
(Plantain-leaved pussytoes)		Apocynum androsaemifolium L.
(Spreading dogbane)		Apocynum cannabinum L.
(Indian hemp)
Apocynum cannabinum L.
(Hemp dogbane)		Apocynum sibiricum Jacq.
(Indian hemp)		Asclepias hirtella (Pennell) Woodson
(Tall green 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 azureus Lindley
(Sky-blue aster)		Aster azureus Lindley
(Azure aster)		Aster ericoides L.
(Heath aster)
Aster ericoides L.
(Frost weed)		Aster laevis L.
(Smooth blue aster)		Aster novae-angliae L.
(New England aster)
Aster oblongifolius Nutt.
(Aromatic aster)		Aster praealtus Poiret
(Willow aster)		Astragalus canadensis L.
(Milk vetch)
Astragalus crassicarpus Nutt.
(Ground plum)		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)		Calamovilfa longifolia (Hooker) Scribner
(Sand reed-grass)
Cardamine bulbosa (Schreber) BSP.
(Spring cress)		Carex bicknellii Britton
(Sedge)		Carex gravida Bailey
(Sedge)
Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh.
(Slender sedge)		Cassia fasciculata Michx.
(Partridge pea)		Ceanothus americanus L.
(New Jersey tea)
Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.
(Redroot)		Ceanothus ovatus Desf. (misapplied)
(Redroot)		Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene
(Partridge pea)
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
(Bastard toadflax)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Tickseed)		Coreopsis palmata Nutt.
(Stiff tickseed)
Cypripedium candidum Muhl. ex Willd.
(Small white lady’s slipper orchid)		Dalea alopecuroides Willd.
(Foxtail dalea)		Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock
(Foxtail dalea)
Delphinium virescens Nutt.
(Prairie larkspur)		Desmodium illinoense Gray
(Illinois tick trefoil)		Dichanthelium linearifolium (Scribner) Gould
(Rosette panic grass)
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum
(Scribner’s panic grass)		Echinacea angustifolia
(Pale coneflower)		Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
(Purple coneflower)
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)		Euphorbia dentata Michx.
(Toothed spurge)		Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. ex Cass.
(Lance-leaved goldenrod)
Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. ex Cass.
(Grass-leaved goldenrod)		Festuca paradoxa Desv.
(Fescue)		Gaura biennis L.
(Biennial gaura)
Gaura filiformis Small
(Biennial gaura)		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)
Helianthemum bicknellii Fern.
(Frost weed)		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)		Helianthus tuberosus L.
(Jerusalem artichoke)		Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet
(Ox-eye)
Hieracium longipilum Torrey
(Hawkweed)		Hypericum punctatum Lam.
(Spotted St. John’s wort)		Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Cov.
(Yellow stargrass)
Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Cov.
(Star-grass)		Koeleria cristata (L.) Pers. (illegal name)
(June grass)		Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schultes
(June grass)
Lactuca canadensis L.
(Wild lettuce)		Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
(Blue lettuce)		Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Meyer
(Blue lettuce)
Lespedeza virginica (L.) Britton
(Slender bush clover)		Liatris aspera Michx.
(Rough blazing star)		Liatris punctata Hooker
(Dotted blazing star)
Liatris pycnostachya Michx.
(Prairie blazing star)		Liatris squarrosa (L.) Michx.
(Scaly blazing star)		Lilium michiganense Farw.
(Michigan lily)
Lilium michiganense Farw.
(Turks-cap lily)		Lilium philadelphicum L.
(Wood lily)		Linum sulcatum Riddell
(Wild flax)
Linum sulcatum Riddell
(Yellow flax)		Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.
(Hoary puccoon)		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)
Melanthium virginicum L.
(Bunch-flower)		Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacM.
(Hairy four-o’clock)		Monarda fistulosa L.
(Wild bergamot)
Monarda fistulosa L.
(Horsemint)		Onoclea sensibilis L.
(Sensitive fern)		Oxalis violacea L.
(Violet wood sorrel)
Oxypolis rigidior (L.) Raf.
(Cowbane)		Panicum implicatum Scribner
(Rosette panic grass)		Panicum linearifolium Scribner
(Rosette panic grass)
Panicum scribnerianum Nash
(Scribner’s panic grass)		Panicum virgatum L.
(Switchgrass)		Parthenium integrifolium L.
(Feverfew)
Parthenium integrifolium L.
(Wild quinine)		Pedicularis canadensis L.
(Lousewort)		Penstemon pallidus Small
(Pale beardtongue)
Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Ground cherry)		Physalis heterophylla Nees
(Clammy ground-cherry)		Polygala sanguinea L.
(Field milkwort)
Polygala verticillata L.
(Whorled milkwort)		Polygonum pensylvanicum L. var. laevigatum Fern.
(Pennsylvania smartweed)		Potentilla arguta Pursh
(Tall cinquefoil)
Prenanthes aspera Michx.
(Rough white lettuce)		Prenanthes aspera Michx.
(White lettuce)		Prunella vulgaris L.
(Self heal)
Psoralea tenuiflora Pursh
(Scurfy pea)		Psoralidium batesii Rydb.
(Scurfy pea)		Pycnanthemum pilosum Nutt.
(Hairy mountain mint)
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Schrader
(Slender mountain mint)		Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Schrader
(Narrow-leaved 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)		Salix humilis Marsh.
(Prairie willow)
Salix humilis Marsh.
(Upland-willow)		Scrophularia lanceolata Pursh
(Figwort)		Scutellaria parvula Michx.
(Skullcap)
Scutellaria parvula Michx.
(Smaller skullcap)		Silphium integrifolium Michx.
(Rosinweed)		Silphium laciniatum L.
(Compass plant)
Sisyrinchium campestre Bickn.
(Blue-eyed grass)		Solidago graminifolia (L.) Salisb.
(Lance-leaved goldenrod)		Solidago graminifolia (L.) Salisb.
(Grass-leaved goldenrod)
Solidago missouriensis Nutt.
(Missouri goldenrod)		Solidago speciosa Nutt.
(Showy goldenrod)		Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash
(Indian grass)
Spartina pectinata Link
(Slough grass)		Spartina pectinata Link
(Cord grass)		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)
Veratrum virginicum (L.) Ait. f.
(Bunch-flower)		Verbena urticifolia L.
(White vervain)		Vernonia baldwinii Torrey
(Baldwin’s ironweed)
Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.
(Culver’s root)		Viola pedata L.
(Bird’s foot violet)		Viola pedatifida G. Don
(Prairie violet)
Zizia aurea (L.) W. Koch.
(Golden alexanders)
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