Woodland Forbs and Shrubs
Family Name
Specific Name
Bloom
Agave
Small soapweed
Yucca glauca
May-Jun
Bean
American vetch
Vicia americana
May-Jun
Breadroot scurfpea
Psoralea esculenta
May-Jul
False indigo
Amorpha fruticosa
May-Jun
Golden prairie clover
Dalea aurea
Jun-Sep
Ground-plum
Astragalus crassicarpus
Mar-Jun
Leadplant
Amorpha canescens
May-Aug
Prairie goldenpea
Thermopsis rhombifolia
Apr-Jun
Purple locoweed
Oxytropis lambertii
May-Aug
Slender locoweed
Oxytropis campestris
May-Jul
White prairie clover
Dalea candida
May-Aug
Wild licorice
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
May-Aug
Bellflower
Harebell
Campanula rotundifolia
Jun-Sep
Borage
False gromwell
Onosmodium molle
Apr-Jun
Gromwell
Lithospermum incisum
Jun-Jul
Lanceleaf bluebells
Mertensia lanceolata
Apr-Jun
Buttercup
Crowfoot, Buttercup
Ranunculus glaberrimus
Apr-Jun
Early wood buttercup
Ranunculus abortivus
Apr-Jun
Pasqueflower
Anemone patens
Apr-Jun
Tall anemone
Anemone virginiana
Jun-Jul
Caper
Rocky Mountain beeplant
Cleome serrulata
Jun-Aug
Cashew
Poison ivy
Toxicodendron rydbergii
May-Sep
Skunkbush
Rhus aromatica
Apr-May
Currant
Golden currant
Ribes odoratum
Apr-May
Cypress
Common juniper
Juniperus communis
May-Jun
Evening Primrose
Evening primrose
Oenothera biennis
Jul-Oct
Velvety gaura
Gaura parviflora
May-Oct
Yellow primrose
Calylophus serrulatus
May-Sep
Figwort
Large beardtongue
Penstemon grandiflorus
Apr-Jul
Monkeyflower
Mimulus floribundus
May-Jul
Grape
Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
May-Jul
Woodbine
Parthenocissus vitacea
May-Jul
Heath
Bearberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
May-Jul
Pinedrops
Pterospora andromedea
Jul-Sep
Honeysuckle
Stinking elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
May-Jun
Western snowberry
Symphoricarpos occidentalis
Jun-Aug
White coralberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Jun-Jul
Iris
Western blueflag
Iris missouriensis
Jun-Jul
Lily
Death camus
Zigadenus venosus
May-Jul
Mountain lily
Leucocrinum montanum
Apr-Jun
Sagolily
Calochortus gunnisonii
Jul-Aug
Spikenard
Smilacina stellata
May-Jun
Wild onion
Allium cernuum, A. geyeri
Jul-Aug
Wood lily
Lilium philadelphicum
Jul-Aug
Madder
Catchweed bedstraw
Galium aparine
May-Aug
Northern bedstraw
Galium boreale
Jun-Sep
Sweetscented bedstraw
Galium triflorum
May-Sep
Milkweed
Whorled milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
Jun-Sep
Milkwort
White milkwort
Polygala alba
May-Aug
Whorled milkwort
Polygala verticillata
May-Oct
Mint
Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
May-Oct
Mustard
Bitter cress
Cardamine pensylvanica
Apr-Jun
Dames rocket
Hesperis matronalis
May-Aug
Nightshade
Common groundcherry
Physalis longifolia
May-Sep
Virginia groundcherry
Physalis virginiana
May-Sep
Oleaster
Rabbitberry
Shepherdia canadensis
May-Jun
Parsley
Cow parsnip
Heracleum sphondylium
May-Jul
Narrow-leaved musineon
Musineon tenuifolium
May-Jun
Pink
Common chickweed
Stellaria media
Mar-Oct
Mouse-ears
Cerostium vulgatum
Apr-Oct
Pine
Ponderosa pine
Pinus ponderosa
May-Jun
Primrose
Rock jasmine
Androsace occidentalis
Mar-Jun
Rose
Cinquefoil
Potentilla hippiana
Jun-Aug
Gland cinquefoil Potentilla glandulosa
Jun-Aug
Prairie smoke Geum triflorum
Apr-Jun
Red raspberry
Rubus idaeus
May-Jul
Tall cinquefoil
Potentilla arguta
Jun-Aug
White avens
Geum canadense
Apr-Jun
Spurge
Carpetweed
Euphorbia strictospora
Jun-Oct
Leafy spurge
Euphorbia esula
May-Sep
Sunflower
Canada thistle
Cirsium arvense
Jun-Aug
Canada goldenrod
Solidago canadensis
Jul-Sep
Fleabane
Erigeron subtrinervis
Jul-Aug
Pearly everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
Jul-Oct
Pink pussytoes
Antennaria microphylla
May-Jul
Prairie goldenrod
Solidago missouriensis
Jul-Oct
Prickly lettuce
Lactuca serriola
Jun-Sep
Pussytoes
Antennaria parvifolia
May-Jul
Spotted joe-pye weed
Eupatorium maculatum
Jul-Sep
Three-nerve fleabane
Erigeron subtrinervis
Jul-Aug
Western yarrow
Achillea millefolium
May-Oct
Verbena
Blue vervain
Verbena hastata
Jun-Oct
Lopseed
Phryma leptostachya
Jun-Sep
Violet
Canada violet
Viola canadensis
May-Aug
Downy yellow violet
Viola pubescens
Mar-Jun
Waterleaf
Waterpod
Ellisia nyctelea
May-Jul
Page Last Updated: Saturday, April 29, 2006 3:29 PM
Web Author: Jim Pisarowicz
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