List of Flora
for Sand Prairies
| ––— Sand Prairie Flora ––––– | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Moisture Gradient |
| Agalinis purpurea | Purple False Foxglove | moist |
| Agalinis skinneriana | Pale False Foxglove | dry |
| Agalinis tenuifolia | Slender False Foxglove | moist |
| Agrimonia parviflora | Swamp Agrimony | moist |
| Aletris farinosa | Colic Root | moist |
| Agrostis hyemalis | Tickle Grass | dry |
| Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion | mesic |
| Amaranthus albus | White Amaranth | mesic to dry |
| Amaranthus arenicola | Sandhills Amaranth | mesic to dry |
| Amaranthus tuberculatus var. subnudus | Sand Water Hemp | moist |
| Ambrosia artemisifolia | Common Ragweed | mesic to dry |
| Ambrosia psilostachya | Western Ragweed | dry |
| Andropogon virginicus | Broom Sedge | dry |
| Anemone cylindrica | Thimbleweed | mesic to dry |
| Antennaria neglecta | Field Pussytoes | mesic to dry |
| Arabis lyrata | Sand Cress | mesic to dry |
| Aristida tuberculosa | Beach Three-Awn Grass | dry |
| Artemesia campestris caudata | Beach Wormwood | dry |
| Aronia melanocarpa | Black Chokeberry | moist to mesic |
| Asclepias amplexicaulis | Sand Milkweed | mesic to dry |
| Asclepias hirtella | Tall Green Milkweed | moist to mesic |
| Asclepias ovalifolia | Oval Milkweed | dry |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Milkweed | mesic to dry |
| Asclepias verticillata | Whorled Milkweed | mesic to dry |
| Asclepias viridiflora | Short Green Milkweed | mesic to dry |
| Aster dumosus | Rice Button Aster | moist |
| Aster sericeus | Silky Aster | dry |
| Aster umbellatus | Flat-Topped Aster | moist |
| Aster linarifolius | Flax-Leaved Aster | dry |
| Baptisia leucantha | White Wild Indigo | mesic to dry |
| Baptisia tinctoria | Yellow Wild Indigo | dry |
| Bouteloua hirsuta | Hairy Grama | dry |
| Buchnera americana | Blue Hearts | mesic to dry |
| Bulbostylis capillaris | Hair Sedge | moist |
| Calamovilfa longifolia | Sand Reed | mesic to dry |
| Calopogon tuberous | Grass Pink Orchid | moist |
| Callirhoe triangulata | Clustered Poppy Mallow | mesic to dry |
| Calopogon tuberosus | Grass Pink Orchid | moist |
| Calylophus serrulatus | Toothed Evening Primrose | dry |
| Carex aurea | Golden Sedge | moist to mesic |
| Carex brevior | Short Sedge | mesic to dry |
| Carex foenea | Straw Sedge | mesic |
| Carex longii | Long's Sedge | moist to mesic |
| Carex muhlenbergii | Muhlenberg's Sedge | mesic to dry |
| Carex tonsa | Shaved Sedge | dry |
| Cassia nictitans | Wild Sensitive Plant | mesic to dry |
| Castilleja coccinea | Indian Paintbrush | moist to mesic |
| Ceanothus ovatus | Redroot | dry |
| Cenchus longispinus | Sandbur | dry |
| Cerastium arvense var. villosum | Field Chickweed | moist to mesic |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge Pea | mesic to dry |
| Chamaesyce geyeri | Geyer's Spurge | dry |
| Chamaesyce glyptosperma | Ridge-Seeded Spurge | dry |
| Chenopodium pratericola | Narrow-Leaved Goosefoot | dry |
| Chrysopsis camporum | Golden Aster | mesic to dry |
| Commelina erecta | Erect Dayflower | moist to dry |
| Comptonia peregrina | Sweet Fern | mesic |
| Conyza canadensis | Horseweed | dry |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Sand Coreopsis | mesic to dry |
| Corydalis aurea | Golden Corydalis | mesic to dry |
| Corydalis curvisliqua grandibracteata | Large-Bracted Corydalis | mesic to dry |
| Crotalaria sagittalis | Rattlebox | dry |
| Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis | Sand Croton | mesic to dry |
| Cycloloma atriplicifolium | Winged Pigweed | dry |
| Cyperus grayoides | Sand Prairie Flat Sedge | mesic to dry |
| Cyperus schweinitzii | Schweinitz' Flat Sedge | mesic |
| Dalea candida | White Prairie Clover | mesic to dry |
| Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover | mesic to dry |
| Delphinium carolininaum | Carolina Larkspur | mesic to dry |
| Delphinium virescens | Prairie Larkspur | mesic to dry |
| Descurainia pinnata brachycarpa | Tansy Mustard | dry |
| Desmodium sessifolium | Sessile-Leaved Tick Trefoil | mesic to dry |
| Digitaria filiformis | Slender Crabgrass | mesic to dry |
| Diodia teres | Rough Buttonweed | mesic to dry |
| Draba reptans | Common Whitlow Grass | mesic to dry |
| Eragrostis frankii | Sandbar Love Grass | moist to mesic |
| Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple Love Grass | mesic to dry |
| Erysimum capitatum | Western Wallflower | dry |
| Euphorbia corollata | Flowering Spurge | mesic to dry |
| Euphorbia heterophylla | Wild Poinsettia | moist to mesic |
| Euthamia gymnospermoides | Plains Grass-Leaved Goldenrod | mesic |
| Euthamia remota | Lake Grass-Leaved Goldenrod | moist to mesic |
| Froelichia floridana | Large Cottonweed | dry |
| Gentiana crinita | Fringed Gentian | moist |
| Gentiana saponaria | Soapwort Gentian | moist |
| Gnaphalium obtusifolium | Sweet Everlasting | dry |
| Hedyotis caerulea | Quaker Ladies | mesic |
| Helianthemum bicknellii | Bicknell's Rock-Rose | dry |
| Helianthemum canadense | Canada Rock-Rose | dry |
| Helianthus occidentalis | Western Sunflower | dry |
| Hieracium canadense | Canada Hawkweed | mesic to dry |
| Hieracium longipilum | Hairy Hawkweed | mesic to dry |
| Hymenopappus scabiosaeus | Old Plainsman | dry |
| Hypericum gentianoides | Orange Grass | mesic to dry |
| Hypericum kalmianum | Lakeside St. John's Wort | moist |
| Hypoxis hirsuta | Yellow Star Grass | mesic |
| Juncus greenei | Greene's Rush | moist |
| Koeleria cristata | June Grass | dry |
| Krigia virginica | Dwarf Dandelion | dry |
| Lechea spp. | Pinweed species | dry |
| Leptoloma cognatum | Fall Witch Grass | dry |
| Lespedeza capitata | Round-Headed Bush Clover | mesic to dry |
| Lesquerella ludoviciana | Silvery Bladderpod | mesic to dry |
| Liatris aspera | Rough Blazingstar | mesic to dry |
| Liatris spicata | Marsh Blazingstar | moist |
| Lilium philadelphicum | Prairie Lily | mesic |
| Linaria canadensis | Blue Toadflax | dry |
| Linum medium texanum | Small Yellow Flax | moist to dry |
| Lithospermum carolinense | Hairy Puccoon | mesic to dry |
| Lobelia kalmii | Kalm's Lobelia | moist |
| Lupinus perennis | Wild Lupine | dry |
| Ludwigia alternifolia | Seedbox | moist |
| Minuartia michauxii | Mitchaux's Stitchwort | dry |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted Bee Balm | dry |
| Myosotis verna | Spring Forget-Me-Not | mesic |
| Oenothera laciniata | Ragged Evening Primrose | mesic to dry |
| Oenothera rhombipetala | Sand Primrose | dry |
| Oligoneuron album | White Goldenrod | dry |
| Opuntia fragilis | Little Prickly Pear | dry |
| Opuntia humifusa | Eastern Prickly Pear | dry |
| Orbexilum pedunculatum | Sampson's Snakeroot | moist to mesic |
| Orobanche fasciculata | Clustered Broomrape | mesic to dry |
| Panicum virgatum | Switch Grass | moist to mesic |
| Penstemon grandiflorus | Large-Flowered Beardtongue | dry |
| Penstemon tubaeflorus | Trumpet Beardtongue | mesic |
| Persicaria careyi | Carey's Smartweed | mesic |
| Phlox bifida | Cleft Phlox | mesic to dry |
| Phlox pilosa | Prairie Phlox | moist to mesic |
| Plantago aristata | Large-Bracted Plantain | dry |
| Plantago purshii | Woolly Plantain | dry |
| Plantago virginica | Dwarf Plantain | mesic to dry |
| Platanthera ciliaris | Orange-Fringed Orchid | moist |
| Platanthera lacera | Green-Fringed Orchid | moist |
| Polanisia dodecandra | Clammyweed | mesic to dry |
| Polanisia jamesii | James' Clammyweed | mesic to dry |
| Polygala cruciata | Cross-Leaved Milkwort | moist |
| Polygala polygama obtusata | Purple Milkwort | mesic to dry |
| Polygala sanguinea | Field Milkwort | moist to mesic |
| Polygonella articulata | Jointweed | dry |
| Polygonum tenue | Slender Knotweed | dry |
| Potentilla anserina | Silverweed | moist |
| Potentilla arguta | Prairie Cinquefoil | mesic to dry |
| Prunus angustifolia | Chickasaw Plum | mesic |
| Pteridium aquilinum latiusculum | Bracken Fern | moist |
| Pycnanthemum virginianum | Common Mountain Mint | moist |
| Rhexia mariana | Pale Meadow Beauty | moist |
| Rhexia virginica | Virginia Meadow Beauty | moist |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac | mesic to dry |
| Rosa palustris | Swamp Rose | moist |
| Rubus flagellaris | Common Dewberry | mesic to dry |
| Rubus schneideri | Bristly Blackberry | moist |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-Eyed Susan | mesic to dry |
| Ruellia humilis | Hairy Wild Petunia | mesic to dry |
| Rumex hastatulus | Sour Dock | mesic to dry |
| Sabatia angularis | Marsh Rose-Pink | moist |
| Sabatia campestris | Prairie Rose-Pink | mesic |
| Sagina decumbens | Annual Pearlwort | moist |
| Salix humilis | Prairie Willow | moist to dry |
| Scleria triglomerata | Tall Nut Rush | moist to dry |
| Schrankia nutallii | Sensitive Briar | mesic to dry |
| Senecio plattensis | Prairie Ragwort | mesic to dry |
| Silene antirrhina | Sleepy Catchfly | mesic to dry |
| Sisyrinchium atlanticum | Eastern Blue-Eyed Grass | moist |
| Sisyrinchium mucronatum | Sand Blue-Eyed Grass | moist |
| Smilacina stellata | Starry False Solomon's Seal | moist to dry |
| Solanum carolinense | Horse Nettle | mesic to dry |
| Solidago nemoralis | Field Goldenrod | dry |
| Spiraea tomentosa | Steeplebush | moist |
| Spiranthes cernua | Nodding Ladies' Tresses | moist |
| Sporobolus cryptandrous | Sand Dropseed | dry |
| Stipa spartea | Porcupine Grass | mesic to dry |
| Stachys hyssopifolia | Hyssop Hedge Nettle | moist |
| Strophostyles helvola | Large Fuzzy Bean | moist to mesic |
| Strophostyles leiosperma | Small Fuzzy Bean | mesic to dry |
| Stylisma pickeringii var. pattersonii | Patterson's Bindweed | dry |
| Talinum rugospermum | Prairie Fame Flower | mesic to dry |
| Tephrosia virginica | Goat's Rue | dry |
| Tradescantia bracteata | Large-Bracted Spiderwort | mesic to dry |
| Trichostema dichotomum | Blue Curls | mesic to dry |
| Triodanis perfoliata | Venus' Looking Glass | mesic to dry |
| Triplasis purpurea | Sand Grass | mesic |
| Vaccinium angustifolium | Low Bush Blueberry | mesic to dry |
| Verbena stricta | Hoary Vervain | dry |
| Viola fimbriatula | Sand Violet | mesic |
| Viola lanceolata | Lance-Leaved Violet | moist |
| Viola pedata | Bird Foot's Violet | mesic to dry |
| Xyris torta | Twisted Yellow-Eyed Grass | moist |