Prairie Parcel Restoration

List of Native Prairie Plant Illustrations

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Common Name

Scientific Name

Grasses

 

BIG BLUESTEM

Andropogon gerardii

INDIAN GRASS

Sorghastrum nutans

LITTLE BLUESTEM

Andropogon scoparius

SWITCH GRASS

Panicum virgatum

CORD GRASS

Spartina pectinata

NEEDLEGRASS

Stipa spartea

PRAIRIE DROPSEED

Sporobolus pectinata

SIDE-OATS GRAMA

Bouteloua curtipendula

FORBS

 

ROSINWEED

Silphium integrifolium

SAW-TOOTHED SUNFLOWER

Helianthus grossesserratus

WILD BERGAMOT

Monarda fistulosa

YELLOW CONEFLOWER

Ratibida pinnata

BLACK-EYED SUSAN

Rudbeckia hirta

COMPASS PLANT

Silphium lactiniatum

CUP PLANT

Silphium perfoliatum

NEW ENGLAND ASTER

Aster novae-angilae

PRAIRIE DOCK

Silphium terebinthinaceum

RATTLESNAKE MASTER

Eryngium yuccifolium

STIFF GOLDENROD

Solidaga rigida

TALL COREOPSIS

Coreopsis tripteris

BLAZING STAR

Liatris pycnostachya

CULVER'S ROOT

Veronicastrum virginicum

MOUNTAIN MINT

Pycantheum virginianum

PURPLE CONEFLOWER

Echinacea pallida

SHOOTING STAR

Dodecatheon meadia

SHOWY TICK TREFOIL

Desmodium canadense

WILD INDIGO

Baptisia leucantha

WILD QUININE

Parthenium integrifolium

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