This document provides a list of plant species found in a particular region. It includes the common name, scientific name, family, color, whether the species is native or introduced, and whether the species is likely to be seen. There are over 100 plant species represented from a variety of families, the majority of which are native to the region. Both flowering and non-flowering plant species are included.
This document provides a list of plant species found in a particular region. It includes the common name, scientific name, family, color, whether the species is native or introduced, and whether the species is likely to be seen. There are over 100 plant species represented from a variety of families, the majority of which are native to the region. Both flowering and non-flowering plant species are included.
This document provides a list of plant species found in a particular region. It includes the common name, scientific name, family, color, whether the species is native or introduced, and whether the species is likely to be seen. There are over 100 plant species represented from a variety of families, the majority of which are native to the region. Both flowering and non-flowering plant species are included.
Introduced See White N Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium Asteraceae X White N Pearly Yarrow Achillea ptarmica Asteraceae Blue/Purple N Blue Giant Hyssop Agastache foeniculum Lamiaceae X Grass N Winter Bentgrass Agrostis hyemalis Poaceae Pink N Wild Garlic Allium canadense var. canadense Liliaceae Pink N Prairie Wild Onion Allium stellatum Liliaceae Green N Common Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia Asteraceae X Green N Western Ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya Asteraceae Blue/Purple N Leadplant Amorpha canescens Fabaceae X Blue/Purple N Fragrant False Indigo Amorpha nana Fabaceae X Grass N Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii Poaceae X White N Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis Ranunculaceae X White N Long-Headed Thimbleweed Anemone cylindrica Ranunculaceae Blue/Purple N Pasqueflower Anemone patens var. multifida Ranunculaceae X White N Field Pussytoes Antennaria neglecta Asteraceae Pink N Spreading Dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium Apocynaceae X White N American hemp Apocynum cannabinum Apocynaceae White N Clasping Dogbane Apocynum sibiricum Apocynaceae X Green I Absinthe Wormwood Artemisia absinthium Asteraceae X Green N Sage Wormwood Artemisia frigida Asteraceae Green N White Sage Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. ludoviciana Asteraceae X Pink N Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata var. incarnata Asclepiadaceae X Pink N Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca Asclepiadaceae X Orange N Butterflyweed Asclepias tuberosa var. interior Asclepiadaceae X White N Whorled Milkweed Asclepias verticillata Asclepiadaceae Green N Asparagus Asparagus officinalis Liliaceae X White N Canada Milk-Vetch Astragalus canadensis Fabaceae Blue/Purple N Ground Plum Astragalus crassicarpus var. crassicarpus Fabaceae X White I Hoary Alyssum Berteroa incana Brassicaceae X Grass N Side-Oats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula Poaceae X Grass N Blue Grama Bouteloua gracilis Poaceae X Yellow I Black Mustard Brassica nigra Brassicaceae Yellow I Field Mustard Brassica rapa Brassicaceae Grass I Smooth Brome Bromus inermis Poaceae X Grass N Kalm's Brome Bromus kalmii Poaceae Yellow N Toothed Evening Primrose Calylophus serrulatus Onagraceae White N Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium Convolvulaceae White N Upright Bindweed Calystegia spithamaea Convolvulaceae Blue/Purple N Clustered Bellflower Campanula glomerata Campanulaceae X Blue/Purple I European Harebell Campanula rapunculoides Campanulaceae X Blue/Purple N Harebell Campanula rotundifolia Campanulaceae X White I Shepherd's-Purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Brassicaceae X White N American New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus var. pitcheri Rhamnaceae Pink I Spotted Knapweed Centaurea stoebe subsp. micranthos Asteraceae X White I Mouse-Ear Chickweed Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare Caryophyllaceae X Green I White Lamb's Quarters Chenopodium album Chenopodiaceae Pink I Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense Asteraceae X Pink N Hill's Thistle Cirsium pumilum var. hillii Asteraceae Pink I Bull Thistle Cirsium vulgare Asteraceae X White I Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis Convolvulaceae Green I Horseweed Conyza canadensis Asteraceae X Yellow N Bird's Foot Coreopsis Coreopsis palmata Asteraceae X Pink I Crownvetch Coronilla varia Fabaceae X Yellow I Yellow Hawk's Beard Crepis tectorum Asteraceae White N White Prairie Clover Dalea candida var. candida Fabaceae X Blue/Purple N Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea var. purpurea Fabaceae X Pink N Canada Tick Trefoil Desmodium canadense Fabaceae X Blue/Purple N Narrow-Leaved Purple Coneflower Echinacea angustifolia Asteraceae X Blue/Purple I Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida Asteraceae X Grass N Nodding Wild Rye Elymus canadensis var. canadensis Poaceae X Grass I Quackgrass Elymus repens Poaceae X Green N Tall Scouring Rush Equisetum hyemale Equisetaceae X Green N Smooth Scouring Rush Equisetum laevigatum Equisetaceae X Grass I Stinkgrass Eragrostis cilianensis Poaceae White N Daisy Fleabane Erigeron strigosus Asteraceae X Yellow I Dog Mustard Erucastrum gallicum Brassicaceae White N Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium Apiaceae X Yellow N Grass-Leaved Goldenrod Euthamia graminifolia Asteraceae White N Common Strawberry Fragaria virginiana Rosaceae X Yellow N Blanket-Flower Gaillardia aristata Asteraceae White N Northern Bedstraw Galium boreale Rubiaceae X White N Cream Gentian Gentiana alba Gentianaceae X Blue/Purple N Bottle Gentian Gentiana andrewsii Gentianaceae X Blue/Purple N Bicknell's Cranesbill Geranium bicknellii Geraniaceae Yellow N Yellow Avens Geum aleppicum var. strictum Rosaceae Pink N Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum Rosaceae X Yellow N Curly Cup Gumweed Grindelia squarrosa Asteraceae White N Virginia Stickseed Hackelia virginiana Boraginaceae X Yellow N Common Sunflower Helianthus annuus Asteraceae Yellow N Giant Sunflower Helianthus giganteus Asteraceae Yellow N Maximilian's Sunflower Helianthus maximiliani Asteraceae Yellow N Jeruselem Artichoke Helianthus tuberosus Asteraceae Yellow N Bright Sunflower Helianthus X laetiflorus Asteraceae Yellow N Ox-Eye Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra Asteraceae X Grass N Porcupine Grass Hesperostipa spartea Poaceae X Yellow N Hairy Golden Aster Heterotheca villosa Asteraceae X Green N Alumroot Heuchera richardsonii Saxifragaceae X Grass N Foxtail Barley Hordeum jubatum subsp. jubatum Poaceae Yellow I Common St. John's-Wort Hypericum perforatum Clusiaceae Grass N Junegrass Koeleria macrantha Poaceae X White N Virginia Peppergrass Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum Brassicaceae X White N Round-Headed Bush-Clover Lespedeza capitata Fabaceae X White I Ox-eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare Asteraceae X Pink N Rough Blazing Star Liatris aspera Asteraceae X Pink N Northern Plains Blazing Star Liatris ligulistylis Asteraceae Pink N Dotted Blazing Star Liatris punctata var. punctata Asteraceae X Pink N Great Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya Asteraceae X Orange N Michigan Lily Lilium michiganense Liliaceae Yellow I Butter-and-Eggs Linaria vulgaris Scrophulariaceae X Grass I English Rye Grass Lolium perenne Poaceae Pink I Tartarian Honeysuckle Lonicera tatarica Caprifoliaceae X Yellow I Bird's-Foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus Fabaceae X Blue/Purple N Wild Lupine Lupinus perennis Fabaceae X Yellow I Pineapple Weed Matricaria discoidea Asteraceae Yellow I Black Medick Medicago lupulina Fabaceae X Blue/Purple I Alfalfa Medicago sativa Fabaceae X White I White Sweet Clover Melilotus alba Fabaceae X Yellow I Yellow Sweet Clover Melilotus officinalis Fabaceae X Pink N Heart-Leaved Four O'Clock Mirabilis nyctaginea Nyctagenaceae X Pink N Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa Lamiaceae X Yellow N Horsemint Monarda punctata var. villicaulis Lamiaceae Pink I Catnip Nepeta cataria Lamiaceae X Yellow N Prairie False Dandelion Nothocalais cuspidata Asteraceae Yellow N Common Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis Onagraceae Yellow N Northern Evening Primrose Oenothera parviflora Onagraceae Green N False Gromwell Onosmodium molle Boraginaceae X Yellow N Southern Wood Sorrel Oxalis dillenii Oxalidaceae Yellow N Yellow Wood Sorrel Oxalis stricta Oxalidaceae X Grass N Switchgrass Panicum virgatum Poaceae X Grass I Western Wheatgrass Pascopyrum smithii Poaceae Blue/Purple N Slender Beard Tongue Penstemon gracilis Scrophulariaceae X Blue/Purple N Large-Flowered Beard Tongue Penstemon grandiflorus Scrophulariaceae X White N Pale Beard Tongue Penstemon pallidus Scrophulariaceae X Grass I Reed Canary Grass Phalaris arundinacea Poaceae X Grass I Timothy Phleum pratense subsp. pratense Poaceae X Pink N Prairie Phlox Phlox pilosa var. fulgida Polemoniaceae X Yellow N Clammy Ground-Cherry Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla Solanaceae X Pink N Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana var. virginiana Lamiaceae X Green I English Plantain Plantago lanceolata Plantaginaceae X Green N Common Plantain Plantago major Plantaginaceae X Green I Ribwort Plantago patagonica Plantaginaceae X Grass I Canada Bluegrass Poa compressa Poaceae Grass I Kentucky Bluegrass Poa pratensis subsp. pratensis Poaceae X Yellow I Silvery Cinquefoil Potentilla argentea Rosaceae Yellow N Tall Cinquefoil Potentilla arguta subsp. arguta Rosaceae X Yellow N Rough Cinquefoil Potentilla norvegica Rosaceae Yellow I Rough-Fruited Cinquefoil Potentilla recta Rosaceae X Yellow N Old-Field Cinquefoil Potentilla simplex Rosaceae X Blue/Purple I Heal-all Prunella vulgaris Lamiaceae X White N Virginia Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum Lamiaceae X Yellow N Macoun's Buttercup Ranunculus macounii Ranunculaceae Yellow N Prairie Coneflower Ratibida columnifera Asteraceae X Yellow N Gray-Headed Coneflower Ratibida pinnata Asteraceae X Pink N Prairie Rose Rosa arkansana Rosaceae X White N Allegheny Blackberry Rubus allegheniensis Rosaceae White N Red Raspberry Rubus idaeus var. strigosus Rosaceae Yellow N Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima Asteraceae X Yellow N Tall Coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata Asteraceae Green I Common Sheep Sorrel Rumex acetosella Polygonaceae Green I Curly Dock Rumex crispus Polygonaceae X Pink I Bouncing Bet Saponaria officinalis Caryophyllaceae X Grass N Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium Poaceae X Green N Lance-Leaved Figwort Scrophularia lanceolata Scrophulariaceae X Grass N Faber’s Foxtail Setaria faberii Poaceae X Grass I Green Foxtail Setaria viridis Poaceae X White I White Campion Silene latifolia Caryophyllaceae X White I Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Caryophyllaceae X Yellow N Compass Plant Silphium laciniatum Asteraceae X Yellow N Cup-Plant Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum Asteraceae X Yellow I Wild Mustard Sinapis arvensis Brassicaceae Blue/Purple N Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium Iridaceae Blue/Purple I Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum var. virginicum Solanaceae X Yellow N Canada Goldenrod Solidago canadensis Asteraceae Yellow N Giant Goldenrod Solidago gigantea Asteraceae Yellow N Early Goldenrod Solidago juncea Asteraceae Yellow N Missouri Goldenrod Solidago missouriensis Asteraceae Yellow N Gray Goldenrod Solidago nemoralis Asteraceae X White N Upland White Aster Solidago ptarmicoides Asteraceae X Yellow N Stiff Goldenrod Solidago rigida Asteraceae X Yellow N Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa Asteraceae X Grass N Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans Poaceae X Grass N Prairie Cordgrass Spartina pectinata Poaceae X Grass N Sand Dropseed Sporobolus cryptandrus Poaceae Grass N Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis Poaceae X Pink N Woundwort Stachys palustris Lamiaceae X White I Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea Caryophyllaceae White N Wolfberry Symphoricarpos occidentalis Caprifoliaceae White N Heath Aster Symphyotrichum ericoides Asteraceae Blue/Purple N Smooth Blue Aster Symphyotrichum laeve Asteraceae X Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. White N Panicled Aster lanceolatum Asteraceae Blue/Purple N New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-anglie Asteraceae X Blue/Purple N Aromatic Aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium Asteraceae Blue/Purple N Skyblue Aster Symphyotrichum oolentangiense Asteraceae X Blue/Purple N Silky Aster Symphyotrichum sericeum Asteraceae X Yellow I Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Asteraceae X White N Tall Meadow-Rue Thalictrum dasycarpum Ranunculaceae White N Early Meadow-Rue Thalictrum dioicum Ranunculaceae White I Pennycress Thlaspi arvense Brassicaceae Yellow I Yellow Goat's Beard Tragopogon dubius Asteraceae Pink I Rabbit's Foot Clover Trifolium arvense Fabaceae X Pink I Alsike Clover Trifolium hybridum Fabaceae X Pink I Red Clover Trifolium pratense Fabaceae X White I White Clover Trifolium repens Fabaceae X Green N Stinging Nettle Urtica dioica subsp. dioica Urticaceae Yellow I Common Mullein Verbascum thapsus Scrophulariaceae X Blue/Purple N Blue Vervain Verbena hastata Verbenaceae Blue/Purple N Hoary Vervain Verbena stricta Verbenaceae X White N White Vervain Verbena urticifolia Verbenaceae X White N Culver's Root Veronicastrum virginicum Scrophulariaceae X Pink N American Vetch Vicia americana Fabaceae X Blue/Purple N Bearded Birdsfoot Violet Viola palmata var. pedatifida Violaceae Yellow N Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea Apiaceae X