Wet-mesic Prairie Plant List

Graminoids

• big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
• fringed brome (Bromus ciliatus)
• blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
• sedges (Carex bebbii, C. buxbaumii, C. pellita, C. stricta, and others)
• golden-seeded spike-rush (Eleocharis elliptica)
• little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
• Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
• cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)

Forbs

• purple false foxglove (Agalinis purpurea)
• swamp agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora)
• thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)
• white camas (Anticlea elegans)
• hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
• swamp thistle (Cirsium muticum)
• rattlesnake-master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
• grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
• wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
• northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)
• bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)
• fringed gentian (Gentianopsis crinita)
• marsh blazing-star (Liatris spicata)
• Kalm’s lobelia (Lobelia kalmii)
• wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
• grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia glauca)
• common mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
• yellow coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
• black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
• prairie dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum)
• goldenrods (Solidago gigantea, S. ohioensis, S. riddellii, and others)
• smooth aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
• New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
• purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)
• Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
• golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)

Fern Allies

• common horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

Shrubs

• dogwoods (Cornus spp.)
• shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa)
• common juniper (Juniperus communis)
• ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
• willows (Salix spp.)