Plant List
The following list of plants found on the Refuge was compiled in 1993. The list of 179 plants, while useful, is not intended to be comprehensive.
Scientific Name | Common Name |
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Abronia fragrans | Heart's-delight |
Agropyron cristatum | Crested Wheatgrass |
Agropyron elongatum | Tall Wheatgrass |
Agropyron smithii | Western Wheatgrass |
Allium canadense | Wild Onion |
Althaea | Hollyhock |
Ambrosia tomentosa | Perennial Bursage |
Ambrosia trifida | Giant Ragweed |
Andropogon gerardi | Sand Bluestem |
Apocynum cannabinum | Indian Hemp Dogbane |
Arenaria hookeri | Sandwort |
Argemone polyanthemos | Prickly Poppy |
Artemisia frigida | Fringed Sage |
Asclepias incarnate | Swamp Milkweed |
Asclepias pumila | Low Milkweed |
Asclepias speciosa | Showy Milkweed |
Asparagus officinalis | Garden Asparagus-fern |
Aster ericoides | White Aster |
Aster praealtus v.nebraska | Willowleaf Aster |
Aster simplex | Panicled Aster |
Aster tanacetifolius | Tansyleaf Aster |
Astragalus adsurgens | Prairie Milk-vetch |
Astragalus crassicarpus | Ground Plum |
Astragalus mollissimus | Woolly Locoweed |
Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama |
Bromus inermis | Smooth Brome |
Bromus tectorum | Downy Brome |
Calamovilfa longifolia | Prairie sandreed |
Calvatia cyathiformis | Puff Ball |
Calylophus serrulatus | Tooth-Leaved Evening Primrose |
Cardamine | Bitter Cress |
Carduus nutans | Musk Thistle |
Carex helnoshemsis | Nebraska Sedge |
Carex lanuginosa | Wooly Sedge |
Carex scoparia | Broom Sedge |
Carex stricta | Strict Sedge |
Carex vesicaria | Inflated Sedge |
Carex vulpinoidea | Fox Sedge |
Cenchrus incertus | Field Sandbur |
Chenpodium gigantospermum | Maple Leaf Goosefoot |
Chorispora tenella | Blue Mustard |
Chrysopsis villosa | Golden Aster |
Cirsium arvense | Canada Thistle |
Cirsium canescens | Platte Thistle |
Cirsium flodmanii | Flodman's Thistle |
Cirsium ochrocentrum | Yellow Spine Thistle |
Cirsium vulgare | Bull Thistle |
Cleome serrulata | Rocky Mountain Bee Plant |
Conium maculatum | Poison Hemlock |
Convolvulus arvensis | Field Bindweed |
Conyza canadensis | Horseweed |
Coryphantha vivipara | Pincushion cactus |
Crepis rundinata | Dandelion Hawksbeard |
Croton texensis | Texas Croton |
Cryptantha thyrsiflora | Miner's Candle |
Dactylis glomerata | Orchardgrass |
Dalea candida | White Prairie Clover |
Dalea cylindriceps | Massive Spike Prairie Clover |
Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover |
Delphinium virescens | Plains Larkspur |
Descurainia pinnata | Tansy Mustard |
Descurainia sophia | Flixweed |
Dyssodia papposa | Fetid Marigold |
Echinocystis lobata | Wild Cucumber |
Elaeagnus angustifolia | Russian olive |
Eleocharis erythropoda | Red-Stemmed Spike Sedge |
Elymus canadenis | Canada Wildrye |
Equisetum hyemale | Scouring Rush |
Eragrostis trichodes | Sand Lovegrass |
Erigeron pumilus | Low Fleabane |
Eriogonum annuum | Umbrella Plant |
Erysimum asperum | Western Wall Flower |
Euphorbia dentata | Wild Poinsettia |
Euthamia graminifolia | Grassleaf Goldenrod |
Franseria discolor | Skeleton-leaf Bursage |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash |
Gaura coccinea | Scarlet Gaura |
Gaura parviflora | Velvety Gaura |
Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey Locust |
Glycyrrhiza lepidota | Wild Licorice |
Grindelia squarrosa | Curly-top Gumweed |
Gutierrezia sarothrae | Broom Snakeweed |
Haplopappus spinulosus | Cutleaf Goldenweed |
Helianthus annuus | Common Sunflower |
Helianthus petiolaris | Plains Sunflower |
Hesperis matronalis | Dames Rocket |
Hordeum jubatum | Foxtail Barley |
Ipomoea leptophylla | Bush morning-glory |
Iva axillaris | Marsh Elder |
Juncus balticus | Baltic Rush |
Juncus torreyi | Torrey's Rush |
Koeleria pyramidata | Prairie Junegrass |
Kuhnia eupatorioides | False Boneset |
Lactuca pulchella | Blue Lettuce |
Lactuca serriola | Prickly Lettuce |
Lathyrus polymorphus | Hoary Vetchling |
Lepidium virginicum | Virginia Pepperweed |
Lesqterella ludoviciana | Silvery Bladderpod |
Liatris punctata | Dotted Gayfeather |
Linum suloatum | Grooved Flax |
Lippia cuneifolia | Wedgeleaf Fog-fruit |
Lithospermum | Puccoon |
Lithospermum carolinense | Hairy Puccoon |
Lupinus argenteus | Silvery Lupine |
Lycopus americanus | Water Horehound |
Lycopus uniflorus | Northern Bugleweed |
Lygodesmia juncea | Skeletonweed |
Medicago sativa | Alfalfa (cultivated) |
Melilotus officinalis | Yellow Sweet Clover |
Mentha arvensis | Wild Mint |
Mentzelia decapetala | Ten-petaled |
Mentzelia Mirabilis hirsuta | Hairy Four-o'clock |
Mirabilis linearis | Narrowleaf Four-o'clock |
Mirabilis nyctaginea | Wild Four-o'clock |
Monarda pectinate | Plains Beebalm |
Muhlenbergia asperifolia | Alkali Muhly |
Myriophyllum verticillatu | Whorled Water-milfoil |
Nepeta cataria | Catnip |
Oenothera biennis | Common Evening Primrose |
Oenothera coronapifolia | Combleaf Evening Primrose |
Oenothera nuttallii | White-Stemmed Evening Primrose |
Oenothera speciosa | Showy Evening Primrose |
Onopordum acanthium | Scotch Thistle |
Opuntia | Prickly Pear Cactus |
Oryzopsis hymenoides | Indian Ricegrass |
Oxytropis lambertii | Lambert Crazyweed |
Panicum capillare | Witchgrass |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass |
Penstemon albidus | White Penstemon |
Penstemon angustifolius | Narrowleaf Penstemon |
Penstemon canescens | Gray Beardstongue |
Physalis subglabrata | Smooth Ground Cherry |
Plantago major | Broadleaf Plantain |
Plantago purshii | Woolly Plaintain |
Poa compressa | Canada Blue Grass |
Polanisia trachysperma | Roughseed Clammyweed |
Polygonum | Smartweed |
Polygonum ramosissimum | Tall Knotweed |
Populas deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood |
Potentilla argentea | Silvery Cinquefoil |
Psoralea argophylla | Silver-leaf Scurf Pea |
Psoralea tenuiflora | Wild Alfalfa |
Ranunculus | Buttercup |
Ratibida columnifera | Prairie Coneflower |
Ratibida pinnata | Grayhead Prairie Coneflower |
Rorippa sinuata | Yellow Cress |
Rosa woodsii | Western Wild Rose |
Rumex crispus | Curly Dock |
Rumex venosus | Wild Begonia |
Russula variata | Mushroom |
Salidago missouriensis | Prairie Goldenrod |
Salix amygdaloides | Peach-leaf Willow |
Saponaria officinalis | Bouncing Bet |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem |
Scirpus pungens | Three-square Bulrush |
Scutellaria galericulata | Marsh Skullcap |
Senecio plattensis | Prairie Ragwort |
Sisymbrium altissimum | Tumble Mustard |
Sisyrinchium montanum | Blue-eyed Grass |
Smilacina stellata | False Solomon's Seal |
Solanum americanum | Common Nightshade |
Solanum dulcomara | Bittersweet Nightshade |
Solanum rostratum | Buffalo Bur |
Solidago canadensis | Canada Goldenrod |
Sonchus asper | Spiny Sow Thistle |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass |
Spartina pectinate | Prairie Cordgrass |
Sphaeralcea coccinea | Red False Mallow |
Stipa comata | Needle and Thread |
Tamarix ramosissima | Saltcedar |
Teucrium canadense | American Germander |
Thlaspi arvense | Field Pennycress |
Tradescantia occidentalis | Prairie Spiderwort |
Tragopogon dubius | Western Salsify |
Tribulus terrestris | Puncturevine |
Typha angustifolia | Narrow-leaf Cattail |
Typha latifolia | Broadleaf Cattail |
Verbascum thapsus | Common Mullein |
Verbena bracteata | Prostrate Vervain |
Verbena hastata | Blue Vervain |
Verbena stricta | Hoary Vervain |
Xanthium strumarium | Common Cocklebur |
Last updated:
November 2, 2008