Prairie Plant Identification

Identification of plants that have either germinated or gone to flower in the prairie took place over the course of the summer.  The following list includes every native plant that has been found in the reconstruction.

Phase 2 Seed List Planted Spring 2009

Agastache foeniculum Anise Hyssop
Anemone canadensis Canada Anemone
Artemisia ludoviciana Prairie Sage
Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed
Aster laevis Smooth Blue Aster
Aster novae-angliae New Englad Aster
Aster ptarmicoides Upland White Aster
Astragalus canadensis Canada Milkvetch
Baptisia leucantha White Wild Indigo
Boltonia asteroides False Aster
Cassia fasciculata Partridge Pea
Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis palmata Prairie Coreopsis
Desmodium canadense Showy Tick Trefoil
Echinacea pallida Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower
Eupatorium coelestinum Mist Flower
Eupatorium purpureum Sweet Joe Pye Weed
Heliopsis helianthoides Ox Eye Sunflower
Kuhnia eupatoriodes False Boneset
Liatris aspera Button Blazingstar
Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot
Monarda punctata Dotted Mint
Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beardtongue
Petalostemum candidum White Prairie Clover
Petalostemum purpureum Purple Prairie Clover
Pycnanthemum virginianum Mountain Mint
Ratibida pinnata Yellow Coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia subtomentosa Sweet Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba Brown-Eyed Susan
Silphium lacinatum Compass Plant
Silphium perfoliatum Cup Plant
Solidago ohiensis Ohio Goldenrod
Solidago riddellii Riddell's Goldenrod
Solidago rigida Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago speciosa Showy Goldenrod
Verbena stricta Hoary Vervain
Vernonia fasciculata Ironweed
Zizea aurea Golden Alexanders

Grasses
Andropogon gerardii Big Bluestem
Andropogon scoparium Little Bluestem
Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats Grama
Elymus canadensis Canada Wild Rye
Sorghastrum nutans Indiangrass