List of Flora
for Dolomite Prairies

———— Dolomite Prairie Flora ———— 
Scientific Name Common Name
Agalinis tenuifolia Slender False Foxglove
Allium canadense Wild Garlic
Allium cernuum Nodding Onion
Amorpha canescens Leadplant
Andropogon geraldii Big Bluestem
Anemone canadensis Canada Anemone
Antennaria plantaginifolia Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes
Apios americana Groundnut
Apocynum cannabinum Common Dogbane
Arabis hirsuta Hairy Rock Cress
Arnoglossum plantagineum Prairie Indian Plantain
Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias sullivantii Prairie Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata Whorled Milkweed
Aster ericoides Heath Aster
Aster novae-angliae New England Aster
Aster oblongifolius Aromatic Aster
Aster praealtus Willow Aster
Aster puniceus Swamp Aster
Bidens aristosa Tickseed Sunflower
Bidens cernua Nodding Bur-Marigold
Bidens frondosa Common Beggar-Ticks
Blephilia ciliata Downy Wood Mint
Bouteloua curtipendula Side Oats Gramma
Brickellia eupatorioides False Boneset
Calamagrostis canadensis Blue-Joint Grass
Calamintha arkansana Low Calamint
Camassia scilloides Wild Hyacinth
Cardamine bulbosa Spring Bitter Cress
Carex annectens Yellow-Fruited Sedge
Carex bicknellii Prairie Sedge
Carex brevior Short-Beaked Sedge
Carex crawei Crawe's Sedge
Carex eburnea Ivory Sedge
Carex frankii Frank's Sedge
Carex granularis Meadow Sedge
Carex gravida Heavy Sedge
Carex pedunculata Long-Stalked Hummock Sedge
Carex scoparia Pointed Broom Sedge
Carex suberecta Prairie Straw Sedge
Carex tetanica Rigid Sedge
Chelone glabra White Turtlehead
Cicuta maculata Water Hemlock
Cirsium discolor Pasture Thistle
Comandra umbellata Bastard Toadflax
Cyperus acuminatus Flat Sedge
Dalea foliosa Leafy Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea Purple Prairie Clover
Deschampsia caespitosa var. glauca Tufted Hair Grass
Desmanthus illinoensis Illinois Bundleflower
Dodecatheon meadia Shooting Star
Eleocharis compressa Flattened Spikerush
Eleocharis erythropoda Red-Rooted Spikerush
Eleocharis elliptica var. compressa Flat-Stemmed Spike Rush
Elymus canadensis Canada Wild Rye
Elymus riparius Riverbank Wild Rye
Elymus virginicus Virginia Wild Rye
Epilobium coloratum Cinnamon Willow-Herb
Equisetum arvense Common Horsetail
Erigeron annuus Annual Fleabane
Eupatorium altissimum Tall Boneset
Eupatorium maculatum Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
Eupatorium perfoliatum Common Boneset
Euphorbia corollata Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia dentata Toothed Spurge
Euthamia graminifolia Grass-Leaved Goldenrod
Fragaria virginiana Wild Strawberry
Galium boreale Northern Bedstraw
Galium obtusum White Bedstraw
Geranium carolinense Carolina Cranesbill
Geum laciniatum Rough Avens
Hedyotis longifolia Long-Leaved Bluets
Helenium autumnale Common Sneezeweed
Hierochloe odorata Vanilla Grass
Hymenoxys acaulis glabra Lakeside Daisy
Hypericum sphaerocarpum Round-Fruited St. John's Wort
Hypoxis hirsuta Yellow Stargrass
Iliamna remota Kankakee Mallow
Iris virginica shrevei Blue Flag Iris
Isanthus brachiatus False Pennyroyal
Isoetes butleri Butler's Quillwort
Juncus interior Inland Rush
Lactuca canadensis Wild Lettuce
Lathyrus venosus Veiny Pea
Leersia oryzoides Rice Cutgrass
Liatris spicata Marsh Blazingstar
Liatris aspera Rough Blazingstar
Lilium michiganense Michigan Lily
Lithospermum incisum Fringed Puccoon
Lobelia spicata Pale-Spiked Lobelia
Lycopus americanus Common Water Horehound
Lycopus uniflorus Small Water Horehound
Lysimachia ciliata Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia quadriflora Prairie Loosestrife
Lythrum alatum Winged Loosestrife
Malvastrum hispidum Hairy False Mallow
Mentha arvensis villosa Field Mint
Minuartia patula Spreading Sandwort
Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot
Muhlenbergia cuspidata Prairie Satin Grass
Muhlenbergia mexicana Marsh Satin Grass
Myosotis verna White Forget-Me-Not
Napaea dioica Glade Mallow
Oenothera biennis Common Evening Primrose
Oenothera pilosella Prairie Sundrops
Onosmodium hispidissimum Bristly Marbleseed
Opuntia humifusa  Eastern Prickly Pear
Oxalis violacea Violet Wood Sorrel
Oxypolis rigidior Cowbane
Packera pauperculus Balsam Ragwort
Panicum flexile Wiry Panic Grass
Panicum oligosanthes scribnerianum Scribner's Panic Grass
Panicum virgatum Switchgrass
Pedicularis lanceolata Swamp Betony
Penstemon hirsutus Hairy Penstemon
Perideridia americana Wild Dill
Phlox glaberrima interior Smooth Phlox
Phyla lanceolata Fogfruit
Physalis virginiana Lance-Leaved Ground Cherry
Physostegia virginiana Obedient Plant
Polygonum ramosissimum Bushy Knotweed
Potentilla fruticosa Shrubby Cinquefoil
Potentilla simplex Common Cinquefoil
Pycnanthemum virginianum Common Mountain Mint
Ranunculus scleratus Cursed Crowfoot
Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac
Rorippa islandica var. hispida Hairy Yellow Marsh Cress
Rosa blanda Smooth Wild Rose
Rudbeckia hirta Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia subtomentosa Sweet Coneflower
Ruellia humilis Hairy Wild Petunia
Schizachryium scoparium Little Bluestem
Scutellaria parvula Small Skullcap
Silphium perfoliatum Cup Plant
Sisyrinchium albidum Pale Blue-Eyed Grass
Smilacina stellata Starry False Solomon's Seal
Solidago gigantea Giant Goldenrod
Solidago juncea Early Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis Field Goldenrod
Solidago riddellii Riddell's Goldenrod
Solidago rigida Stiff Goldenrod
Sorghastrum nutans Indian Grass
Spartina pectinata Prairie Cordgrass
Sphenopholis obtusata Prairie Wedge Grass
Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie Dropseed
Stachys palustris homotricha Marsh Woundwort
Stipa spartea Porcupine Grass
Thalictrum purpureum Purple Meadow Rue
Verbena simplex Narrow-Leaved Vervain
Veronica peregrina var. xalapensis Purslane Speedwell

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