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Species List

Adiantum  pedatum   Maidenhair Fern

Agastache foeniculum     Anise hyssop

Agalinis tenuifolia   Slender False Foxglove

Allium cernuum     Nodding Onion

Amphicarpa bracteata     Hog-peanut

Andropogon gerardii     Big Bluestem

Anemone canadensis     Canada Anemone

Anemone virginiana     Thimbleweed

Aquilegia canadensis   Wild columbine

Arisaema triphyllum   Jack in the Pulpit

Arisaema dracontium  Green Dragon

Aruncus diocus   Goatsbeard

Asarum canadense   Wild Ginger

Asclepias exaltata Poke Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata    Swamp (Marsh) Milkweed

Asclepias sullivantii     Sullivant's Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca Common milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa     Butterflyweed

Asclepias verticillata     Whorled Milkweed

Aster azureus Sky Blue Aster

Aster cordifolium Blue Wood aster

Aster divaricatus White Wood aster

Aster laevis     Smooth Aster

Aster novae-angliae     New England Aster

Aster oblongifolius     Shale Barren or Blue Cliff Aster *

Baptisia australis    Blue Wild Indigo  *

Baptisia leucantha     White Wild Indigo  *

Blephilia ciliata     Downy Wood Mint

Blephilia hirsuta Hairy Wood Mint

Bouteloua curtipendula     Sideoats Grama Grass

Cassia hebecarpa     Wild Senna

Chelone glabra     White Turtlehead  

Chelone obliqua    Pink Turtlehead

Coreopsis lanceolata   Lanceleaved Coreopsis

Coreopsis tripteris     Tall Coreopsis

Delphinium exaltatum  Prairie Larkspur *     

Desmodium canadense     Showy Tick-trefoil

Echinacea purpurea     Purple Coneflower

Elymus canadensis     Canada Wild Rye Grass

Elymus hystrix     Bottlebrush Grass

Elymus virginicus     Virginia Wild Rye Grass

Eryngium yuccifolium     Rattlesnake-master  *

Eupatorium altissimum     Tall Boneset

Eupatorium coelestinum    Mistflower

Eupatorium fistulosum  Hollow Joe Pye

Eupatorium maculatum      Spotted Joe Pye

Eupatorium perfoliatum     Boneset

Eupatorium purpureum  Sweet Joe Pye

Filipendula rubra             Queen-of-the-Prairie

Frageria virginiana         Wild strawberry

Gentiana andrewsii     Bottle Gentian

Gentiana alba  Cream Gentian

Helenium autumnale     Autumn Sneezeweed

Helianthus grosseserratus    Saw-tooth Sunflower

Helianthus microcephalus Small headed sunflower

Helianthus mollis             Downy Sunflower *

Heliopsis helianthoides     Ox-eye Sunflower

Hibiscus laevis (militaris) Halberd-leaved Mallow

Hibiscus moscheutos  Swamp Rose Mallow

Iris versicolor Northern Blue Flag Iris

Lespedeza capitata     Roundheaded Bushclover

Liatris cylindracea   Cylindrical Blazingstar *

Liatris pycnostacia  Prairie Blazingstar

Liatris scariosa     Savanna Blazingstar *

Liatris spicata     Dense Blazingstar

Liatris squarrosa Scaly Blazingstar *

Lillium canadense Canada Lily

Lilium michiganense     Michigan Lily

Lobelia cardinalis      Cardinal flower

Lobelia siphilitica      Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia spicata       Pale-spiked Lobelia

Lysimachia cilliata     Fringed loosestrife

Lysimachia quadriflora Prairie loosestrife

Lythrum alatum     Winged Loosestrife

Manfreda virginica     False Aloe  *

Mimulus alatus     Sharp-winged Monkeyflower

Mimulus ringens     Square-stem Monkeyflower

Monarda didyma Oswego Tea

Monarda fistulosa     Wild Bergamot

Monarda punctata     Dotted Horsemint *

Napaea dioica   Glade mallow *

Oenothera biennis Evening Primrose

Oenothera fructosa    Slender leaved Sundrops

Parthenium integrifolium Wild Quinine

Penstemon digitalis     Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon hirsutus     Hairy Beardtongue

Phlox divaricata           Woodland Phlox

Phlox pilosa           Prairie phlox

Physotegia virginiana     Obedient Plant

Podophyllum peltatum  Mayapple

Prenanthes racemosa    Purple Rattlesnake root *

Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium Sweet everlasting

Psoralea onobrychis Sainfoin

Pycnanthemum incanum    Hoary Mt. Mint

Pycnanthemum muticum    Short-toothed Mt. Mint

* denotes rare species,  call for current availability                        

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium   Slender Mt Mint

Pycnanthemum virginianum  Virginia Mt-mint 

Ratibida pinnata     Grey-headed Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida  Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia hirta     Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia laciniata Green-headed Coneflower

Rudbeckia speciosa     Showy Coneflower

Ruellia humilis   Hairy Wild Petunia

Salvia azurea    Blue Sage

Salvia lyrata       Lyre-leaved Sage

Satureja vulgaris            Wild basil

Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem

Scutellaria incana   Downy/Hoary Skullcap

Senecio plattensis     Prairie Ragwort

Silene stellata   Starry Campion

Silene regia     Royal Catchfly *

Silphium terebinthinaceum    Prairie Dock

Silphium trifoliatum    Whorled Rosinweed

Sisyrinchium angustifolium  Blue-eyed grass

Solidago caesia    Blue-Stemmed goldenrod

Solidago juncea       Early Goldenrod

Solidago nemoralis     Grey Goldenrod

Solidago ohioensis     Ohio Goldenrod

Solidago riddellii     Riddell's Goldenrod

Solidago rigida    Stiff (Prairie) Goldenrod

Solidago rugosa  Wrinkle-leaved Goldenrod

Solidago speciosa   Showy Goldenrod *

Sorghastrum nutans     Indiangrass

Sporobolus asper     Rough Dropseed

Sporobolus heterolepis   Prairie Dropseed *

Tradescantia ohiensis     Ohio Spiderwort

Tradescantia virginiana Virginia Spiderwort

Uniola paniculata  Sea Oats

Verbena hastata     Blue Vervain

Vernonia gigantea  Common or Tall Ironweed

Vernonia fasciculata Prairie Ironweed

Veronicastrum virginicum     Culver's-root

Viola sororia Common Blue Violet

Viola striata Cream Violet

Zizia aptera    Heartleaf Golden Alexanders

Zizia aureus     Golden Alexanders

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