Randy Hoffman, Ron Endres and I cruised the South Prairie (the 20 acres we planted on November 1, 2014) and took an inventory of the species of prairie plants that have germinated and are growing there. We planted 103 species, back in 2014, and have found 93 species. Wow, we are impressed at this level of success in only its second season! I thought you would be interested to know what we found.
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Grasses and Sedges |
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| Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Side-oats Grama |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye |
| Elymus hystrix | Bottlebrush grass |
| Elymus virginicus | Virginia Wild Rye |
| Koeleria maculata | June Grass |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem |
| Sporobolus heterolepis | Prairie Dropseed |
Forbs and Shrubs |
|
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow |
| Agastache foeniculum | Lavender Hyssop |
| Allium cernuum | Nodding Wild Onion |
| Amorpha canescens | Lead Plant |
| Anemone virginiana ? | Tall thimbleweed |
| Artemisia ludoviciana | White Sage |
| Asclepias purpurescens | Purple milkweed |
| Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed |
| Aster azureus | Sky-blue Aster |
| Aster ericoides | Heath Aster |
| Aster laevis | Smooth Aster |
| Aster latewrifolius | Calico aster |
| Aster novae-angliae | New England aster |
| Aster oblongifolius | Aromatic Aster |
| Aster puniceum | Purple-stemmed aster |
| Aster sericeus | Silky Aster |
| Baptisia leucantha | White Wild Indigo |
| Baptisia leucophaea | Cream Wild Indigo |
| Cacalia atriplicifolia | Pale Indian Plantain |
| Cacalia plantaginea | Prairie Indian Plantain |
| Castilleja sessiliflora | Downy Paintbrush |
| Cirsium discolor | Field Thistle |
| Coreopsis palmata | Prairie Coreopsis |
| Coreopsis tripteris | Tall Coreopsis |
| Dalea candida | White Prairie Clover |
| Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover |
| Desmodium canadense | Canada Tick-trefoil |
| Desmodium illinoensis | Illinois Tick-trefoil |
| Echinacea pallida | Pale Purple Coneflower |
| Echinacea purpurea | Purple coneflower |
| Erigeron strigosus | Rough fleabane |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master |
| Euphorbia corolatta | Flowering Spruge |
| Euthamia graminifolia | Grass-leaved goldenrod |
| Eutrochium purpureum | Woodland Joe-Pye (tall boneset?) |
| Gaura biennis | Biennial gaura |
| Gentianella quinquefolia | Stiff Gentian |
| Geum aleppicum | Yellow avens |
| Helianthus grosseseratus | Saw-tooth sunflower |
| Helianthus occidentalis | Western Sunflower |
| Helianthus pauciflora | Stiff sunflower |
| Heliopsis helinathoides | Ox-eye sunflower |
| Hypericum grandiflora | Great St. John’s-wort |
| Kuhnia eupatorioides | False Boneset |
| Lactuca ludoviciana | Prairie lettuce |
| Lespedeza capitata | Round-headed Bushclover |
| Liatris aspera | Rough Blazingstar |
| Liatris cylindracea | Dwarf Blazingstar |
| Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie blazingstar |
| Lithospermum carolinense | Hairy Puccoon |
| Lithospermum incisum | Fringed Puccoon |
| Lobelia spicata | Pale Spiked Lobelia |
| Lupinus perennis | Wild Lupine |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot |
| Monarda punctata | Dotted Mint |
| Oenothera biennis | Common Evening Primrose |
| Oxalis violacea | Violet Wood-sorrel |
| Packera paupercula | Balsam ragwort |
| Parthenium integrifolium | Wild Quinine |
| Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue |
| Penstemon grandiflorus | Large-flowered Breadtongue |
| Phlox pilosa | Prairie Phlox |
| Potentilla arguta | Prairie Cinquefoil |
| Pycnanthemum virginianum | Mountain Mint |
| Ratibida pinnata | Yellow Coneflower |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan |
| Rudbeckia laciniata | Cut-leaved coneflower |
| Rudbeckia subtomentosa | Sweet black-eyed Susan |
| Rudbeckia triloba | Branching Blk.-eyed Susan |
| Scrophularia lanceolata | Early figwort |
| Scrophularia marilandica | Figwort |
| Silphium integrifolium | Rosinweed |
| Silphium laciniatum | Compass-plant |
| Silphium perfoliatum | Cup-plant |
| Silphium terebinthinaceum | Prairie Dock |
| Solidago missouriensis | Missouri goldenrod |
| Solidago nemoralis | Old-field Goldenrod |
| Solidago rigida | Stiff Goldenrod |
| Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod |
| Veronia faciata | New York ironweed |
| Verbena hastata | Blue vervain |
| Verbena stricta | Hoary Vervain |
| Zizia aurea | Golen alexanders |
| Total Species | 93 |