List of Flora
for Black Soil Prairies
| ———Black Soil Prairie Flora ——— | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Moisture Gradient |
| Acalypha gracilens | Slender Mercury | mesic to dry |
| Agalinis purpurea | Purple False Foxglove | moist |
| Agalinis tenuiflora | Slender False Foxglove | moist |
| Agrimonia parviflora | Swamp Agrimony | moist |
| Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion | mesic |
| Allium canadense | Wild Garlic | moist to dry |
| Ambrosia artemesiifolia | Common Ragweed | mesic to dry |
| Ambrosia trifida | Giant Ragweed | moist |
| Amorpha canescens | Leadplant | mesic to dry |
| Andropogron geraldii | Big Bluestem | moist to mesic |
| Anemone canadensis | Canada Anemone | moist |
| Anemone cylindrica | Thimbleweed | mesic to dry |
| Antennaria neglecta | Field Pussytoes | mesic to dry |
| Apocynum cannabinum | Common Dogbane | moist to mesic |
| Arabis glabra | Tower Mustard | moist to mesic |
| Arnoglossum atriplicifolia | Pale Indian Plantain | mesic |
| Arnoglossum plantagineum | Prairie Indian Plantain | wet to moist |
| Artemesia dracunuloides | False Tarragon | mesic to dry |
| Artemesia serrata | Sawtooth Sage | moist |
| Asclepias meadii | Mead's Milkweed | mesic to dry |
| Asclepias sullivantii | Prairie Milkweed | moist to mesic |
| Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | moist to mesic |
| Asclepias verticillata | Whorled Milkweed | dry |
| Aster ericoides | Heath Aster | mesic to dry |
| Aster laevis | Smooth Blue Aster | mesic to dry |
| Aster lanceolatus | Panicled Aster | moist |
| Aster novae-angliae | New England Aster | moist to mesic |
| Aster oolentangiensis | Sky Blue Aster | mesic to dry |
| Aster pilosus | Frost Aster | mesic to dry |
| Aster praealtus | Willow Aster | moist |
| Aster umbellatum | Flat-Topped Aster | moist |
| Astragalus canadensis | Canada Milkvetch | moist to dry |
| Baptisia leucantha | White Wild Indigo | moist to dry |
| Baptisia leucophaea | Cream Wild Indigo | mesic to dry |
| Bidens aristosa | Tickseed Sunflower | wet to moist |
| Bidens frondosa | Common Beggar's Ticks | wet to mesic |
| Bidens polylepis | Long-Bracted Tickseed Sunflower | wet to moist |
| Blephilia ciliata | Downy Wood Mint | mesic to dry |
| Boltonia asterioides | False Aster | moist |
| Brickellia eupatorioides | False Boneset | mesic to dry |
| Calamagrostis canadensis | Bluejoint Grass | wet to moist |
| Calystegia sepium | Hedge Bindweed | moist to mesic |
| Camassia angusta | Prairie Hyacinth | mesic |
| Camassia scilloides | Wild Hyacinth | moist to mesic |
| Carex bicknellii | Bicknell's Sedge | mesic |
| Carex blanda | Smooth Sedge | |
| Carex brevior | Short Sedge | mesic |
| Carex bushii | Bush's Sedge | moist |
| Carex gravida | Heavy Sedge | mesic |
| Carex hirsutella | Hairy-Leaved Sedge | mesic |
| Carex meadii | Mead's Sedge | mesic |
| Carex tenera | Remote Sedge | moist to mesic |
| Castilleja coccinea | Indian Paintbrush | moist to mesic |
| Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea | mesic to dry |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge Pea | mesic to dry |
| Cicuta maculata | Water Hemlock | wet to moist |
| Cirsium altissimum | Tall Thistle | moist to mesic |
| Cirsium discolor | Pasture Thistle | mesic to dry |
| Comandra umbellata | Bastard Toadflax | mesic |
| Conyza canadensis | Horseweed | mesic to dry |
| Coreopsis palmata | Prairie Coreopsis | mesic to dry |
| Coreopsis tripteris | Tall Coreopsis | moist to mesic |
| Cyperus esculentus | Yellow Nut Sedge | wet to moist |
| Cyperus strigosus | Slender Sedge | moist |
| Dalea candida | White Prairie Clover | mesic to dry |
| Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover | mesic to dry |
| Desmanthus illinoensis | Illinois Bundleflower | moist to dry |
| Desmodium canadense | Showy Tick Trefoil | moist to mesic |
| Desmodium illinoensis | Illinois Tick Trefoil | mesic to dry |
| Dodecatheon meadia | Shooting Star | mesic |
| Echinacea pallida | Pale Purple Coneflower | mesic to dry |
| Elymus canadensis | Nodding Wild Rye | mesic to dry |
| Elymus virginicus | Virginia Wild Rye | moist |
| Epilobium coloratum | Cinnamon Willow Herb | wet to moist |
| Equisetum arvense | Common Horsetail | moist to dry |
| Erigeron philadelphicus | Marsh Fleabane | moist |
| Erigeron strigosus | Daisy Fleabane | mesic to dry |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master | moist to mesic |
| Erythronium mesochoreum | Prairie Trout Lily | mesic |
| Eupatorium altissimum | Tall Boneset | mesic to dry |
| Eupatorium maculatum | Spotted Joe-Pye Weed | wet to moist |
| Eupatorium perfoliatum | Common Boneset | wet to moist |
| Eupatorium serotinum | Late Boneset | moist |
| Euphorbia corollata | Flowering Spurge | mesic to dry |
| Euthamia graminifolia | Grass-Leaved Goldenrod | wet to moist |
| Euthamia gymnospermoides | Plains Grass-Leaved Goldenrod | mesic |
| Filipendula rubra | Queen-of-the-Prairie | wet to moist |
| Fragaria virginiana | Wild Strawberry | moist to dry |
| Galium obtusum | Wild Madder | moist |
| Gaura biennis | Biennial Gaura | mesic to dry |
| Gentiana andrewsii | Bottle Gentian | moist |
| Gentiana puberula | Prairie Gentian | mesic to dry |
| Geum strictum | Yellow Avens | moist |
| Glandularia canadensis | Rose Vervain | mesic to dry |
| Gnaphalium obtusifolium | Sweet Everlasting | dry |
| Helenium autumnale | Common Sneezeweed | moist |
| Helianthus annuus | Annual Sunflower | mesic to dry |
| Helianthus giganteus | Giant Sunflower | moist |
| Helianthus grosseserratus | Sawtooth Sunflower | moist to mesic |
| Helianthus mollis | Downy Sunflower | mesic to dry |
| Helianthus rigidus | Prairie Sunflower | mesic to dry |
| Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem Artichoke | moist to mesic |
| Heliopsis helianthoides | False Sunflower | moist to mesic |
| Houstonia lanceolata | Lance-Leaved Bluets | mesic |
| Hypericum punctatum | Spotted St. John's Wort | mesic |
| Hypericum sphaerocarpum | Round-Fruited St. John's Wort | moist to mesic |
| Hypoxis hirsuta | Yellow Star Grass | mesic |
| Juncus interior | Inland Rush | moist to mesic |
| Lathyrus palustris | Marsh Vetchling | moist |
| Lactuca canadensis | Wild Lettuce | mesic to dry |
| Lactuca ludoviciana | Prairie Lettuce | mesic to dry |
| Lespedeza capitata | Round-Head Bush Clover | mesic to dry |
| Liatris aspera | Rough Blazingstar | mesic to dry |
| Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazingstar | moist to mesic |
| Lilium michiganense | Michigan Lily | moist to mesic |
| Lilium philadelphicum andinum | Prairie Lily | mesic |
| Lithospermum canescens | Hoary Puccoon | mesic to dry |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | moist |
| Lobelia spicata | Pale-Spiked Lobelia | moist to mesic |
| Lycopus americanus | Common Water Horehound | wet to moist |
| Lysimachia lanceolata | Lance-Leaved Loosestrife | mesic |
| Lysimachia quadriflora | Prairie Loosestrife | wet to moist |
| Lythrum alatum | Winged Loosestrife | wet to moist |
| Melanthium virginicum | Bunchflower | wet to moist |
| Mentha arvensis | Wild Mint | moist |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot | moist to dry |
| Muhlenbergia mexicana | Marsh Satin Grass | moist |
| Oenothera biennis | Common Evening Primrose | mesic to dry |
| Oenothera pilosella | Prairie Sundrops | moist |
| Oxalis stricta | Yellow Wood Sorrel | mesic |
| Oxalis violacea | Violet Wood Sorrel | mesic to dry |
| Panicum capillare | Witch Grass | |
| Panicum dichtomiflorum | Fall Panic Grass | |
| Panicum gattingeri | Gattinger's Panic Grass | |
| Panicum oligosanthes var. scribnerianum | Scribner's Panic Grass | mesic |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass | moist to mesic |
| Panicum wilcoxianum | Wilcox' Panic Grass | mesic |
| Parthenium integrifolium | Wild Quinine | mesic |
| Pedicularis canadensis | Wood Betony | mesic to dry |
| Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue | mesic |
| Penstemon tubaeflorus | Trumpet Beardtongue | mesic |
| Perideridia americana | Wild Dill | mesic |
| Phlox glaberrima interior | Smooth Phlox | moist |
| Phlox maculata | Wild Sweet William | moist |
| Phlox pilosa | Prairie Phlox | moist to mesic |
| Phlox pilosa sangamonensis | Sangamon Phlox | moist to mesic |
| Physalis heterophylla | Clammy Ground Cherry | mesic to dry |
| Physalis subglabrata | Smooth Ground Cherry | moist to mesic |
| Physalis virginiana | Lance-Leaved Ground Cherry | mesic to dry |
| Physostegia virginiana | Obedient Plant | moist to mesic |
| Platanthera leucophaea | Prairie White-Fringed Orchid | moist to mesic |
| Polygala incarnata | Pink Milkwort | mesic to dry |
| Polygala sanguinea | Field Milkwort | moist to mesic |
| Polygonum pennsylvanicum | Pennsylvania Smartweed | moist |
| Polytaenia nuttallii | Prairie Parsley | mesic to dry |
| Potentilla arguta | Prairie Cinquefoil | dry |
| Potentilla simplex | Common Cinquefoil | moist to mesic |
| Prenanthes aspera | Rough White Lettuce | mesic to dry |
| Prenanthes racemosa | Glaucous White Lettuce | moist |
| Prunella vulgaris laneolata | Self-Heal | moist to mesic |
| Psoralea onobrychis | French Grass | mesic |
| Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | Slender Mountain Mint | moist to mesic |
| Pycnanthemum virginianum | Common Mountain Mint | moist to mesic |
| Pycnanthemum pilosum | Hairy Mountain Mint | mesic |
| Ratibida pinnata | Yellow Coneflower | mesic to dry |
| Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | mesic to dry |
| Rosa carolina | Pasture Rose | mesic to dry |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-Eyed Susan | mesic to dry |
| Rudbeckia subtomentosa | Sweet Coneflower | moist to mesic |
| Rudbeckia triloba | Brown-Eyed Susan | moist to mesic |
| Ruellia humilis | Hairy Wild Petunia | mesic to dry |
| Rumex altissimus | Pale Dock | moist |
| Sabatia angularis | Marsh Rose Gentian | wet to moist |
| Salix humilis | Prairie Willow | moist to dry |
| Sambucus nigra var. canadensis | Common Elderberry | moist |
| Sanguisorba canadensis | Great Burnet | wet to moist |
| Schizachryium scoparium | Little Bluestem | mesic to dry |
| Scleria triglomerata | Large Nut Rush | mesic |
| Scutellaria lateriflora | Mad Dog Skullcap | moist |
| Senecio pauperculus | Balsam Ragwort | moist |
| Senecio plattensis | Prairie Ragwort | dry |
| Senna hebecarpa | Wild Senna | moist to mesic |
| Senna marilandica | Maryland Senna | moist to mesic |
| Silene regia | Royal Catchfly | mesic |
| Silphium integrifolium | Rosinweed | mesic to dry |
| Silphium laciniatum | Compass Plant | mesic |
| Silphium perfoliatum | Cup Plant | moist |
| Silphium terebinthinaceum | Prairie Dock | moist to dry |
| Sisyrinchium albidum | Pale Blue-Eyed Grass | moist to mesic |
| Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Meadow Blue-Eyed Grass | moist to mesic |
| Sisyrinchium campestre alba | White Blue-Eyed Grass | moist to mesic |
| Solanum carolinense | Horse Nettle | mesic to dry |
| Solidago canadensis | Canada Goldenrod | moist to dry |
| Solidago gigantea | Giant Goldenrod | moist |
| Solidago juncea | Early Goldenrod | mesic to dry |
| Solidago missouriensis | Missouri Goldenrod | mesic to dry |
| Solidago nemoralis | Field Goldenrod | dry |
| Solidago rigida | Stiff Goldenrod | mesic to dry |
| Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod | mesic to dry |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indian Grass | mesic |
| Spartina pectinata | Prairie Cord Grass | moist |
| Spiranthes lacera | Slender Ladies' Tresses | moist |
| Spiranthes vernalis | Spring Ladies' Tresses | moist |
| Spiraea alba | Meadowsweet | wet to moist |
| Sporobolus heterolepis | Prairie Dropseed | mesic to dry |
| Stachys palustris arenicola | Hairy Hedge Nettle | moist |
| Stachys tenuifolia | Slender Hedge Nettle | moist |
| Strophostyles helvola | Large Fuzzy Bean | moist |
| Teucrium canadense | American Germander | moist |
| Thalictrum purpureum | Purple Meadow Rue | moist |
| Thalictrum revolutum | Waxy Meadow Rue | mesic |
| Thaspium barbinode | Hairy-Jointed Meadow Parsnip | mesic to dry |
| Thaspium trifoliatum | Meadow Parsnip | moist to mesic |
| Tomanthera auriculata | Ear-Leaved False Foxglove | mesic |
| Tradescantia ohiensis | Ohio Spiderwort | moist to dry |
| Tridens flavus | Purpletop | mesic to dry |
| Trifolium reflexum | Buffalo Clover | mesic |
| Tripsacum dactyloides | Gama Grass | moist |
| Verbena hastata | Blue Vervain | moist |
| Verbena stricta | Hoary Vervain | dry |
| Verbesina helianthoides | Yellow Crownbeard | mesic |
| Vernonia fasciculata | Smooth Ironweed | wet to moist |
| Vernonia missurica | Missouri Ironweed | moist to mesic |
| Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's Root | moist to mesic |
| Vicia americana | American Vetch | moist |
| Viola cucullata | Marsh Violet | wet to moist |
| Viola pedatifida | Prairie Violet | mesic |
| Viola pratincola | Common Blue Violet | moist to mesic |
| Zizia aurea | Golden Alexanders | moist to mesic |