Dry-mesic Prairie Plant List

Graminoids

• big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
• Bicknell’s sedge (Carex bicknellii)
• Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica)
• little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
• Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans)

Forbs

• thimbleweed (Anemone cylindrica)
• smooth pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii)
• pale Indian plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolium)
• milkweeds (Asclepias purpurascens, A. syriaca, A. tuberosa, A. verticillata, A. viridiflora, and others)
• white false indigo (Baptisia lactea)
• false boneset (Brickellia eupatorioides)
• bastard-toadflax (Comandra umbellata)
• prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)
• tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris)
• tick-trefoils (Desmodium canadense, D. illinoense, and D. marilandicum)
• daisy fleabanes (Erigeron annuus and E. strigosus)
• flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
• wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
• American columbo (Frasera caroliniensis)
• western sunflower (Helianthus occidentalis)
• 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)
• Solomon-seal (Polygonatum biflorum)
• old-field cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)
• yellow coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
• black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
• goldenrods (Solidago juncea, S. nemoralis, S. rigida, and S. speciosa)
• asters (Symphyotrichum laeve, S. oolentangiense, and S. pilosum)
• yellow-pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)
• spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
• Culver’s-root (Veronicastrum virginicum)

Shrubs

• leadplant (Amorpha canescens)
• New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus)
• American hazelnut (Corylus americana)
• winged sumac (Rhus copallina)
• smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)
• pasture rose (Rosa carolina)
• northern dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)
• prairie willow (Salix humilis)

Trees

• white oak (Quercus alba)
• bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
• dwarf chinquapin oak (Quercus prinoides)
• black oak (Quercus velutina)