Mesic Prairie Plant List

Graminoids

• big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
• Bicknell’s sedge (Carex bicknellii)
• Leiberg’s panic grass (Dichanthelium leibergii)
• panic grass (Dichanthelium oligosanthes)
• porcupine grass (Hesperostipa spartea)
• switch grass (Panicum virgatum)
• little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
• Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
• cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)
• prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)

Forbs

• thimbleweed (Anemone cylindrica)
• pale Indian plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolium)
• butterfly-weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
• white false indigo (Baptisia lactea)
• false boneset (Brickellia eupatorioides)
• bastard-toadflax (Comandra umbellata)
• prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)
• tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris)
• prairie tick-trefoil (Desmodium illinoense)
• wild yam (Dioscorea villosa)
• rattlesnake-master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
• flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
• American columbo (Frasera caroliniensis)
• bedstraws (Galium boreale and G. pilosum)
• wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)
• western sunflower (Helianthus occidentalis)
• pale-leaved sunflower (Helianthus strumosus)
• alum root (Heuchera americana)
• tall lettuce (Lactuca canadensis)
• round-headed bush-clover (Lespedeza capitata)
• hairy bush-clover (Lespedeza hirta)
• hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens)
• false spikenard (Maianthemum racemosum)
• wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
• prairie phlox (Phlox pilosa)
• early buttercup (Ranunculus fascicularis)
• yellow coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
• black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
• rosin weed (Silphium integrifolium)
• prairie dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum)
• stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida)
• smooth aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
• prairie heart-leaved aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense)
• yellow pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)
• purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)
• common spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
• Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
• prairie violet (Viola pedatifida)
• golden alexanders  (Zizia aurea )

Shrubs

• leadplant (Amorpha canescens)
• New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus)
• American hazelnut (Corylus americana)
• pasture rose (Rosa carolina)
• prairie willow (Salix humilis)

Trees

• bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)