SCIENTIFIC NAME ![]() |
COMMON NAME ![]() |
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Achillea millefolium | Common Yarrow | FACU | M-DM |
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2′
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White | Jun-Aug | |
Achillea millefolium | Western Yarrow | FACU | M-DM |
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2′
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White | Jun-Aug | |
Acorus americanus | Sweet Flag | OBL | W-WM |
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2′
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Green | May-Jul | |
Agastache foeniculum | Anise Hyssop | M-DM |
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3′
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Purple | Jun-Sep | ||
Agastache scrophulariifolia | Purple Giant Hyssop | UPL | WM-DM |
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6′
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Purple | Jul-Oct | |
Alisma subcordatum | Water Plantain | OBL | W |
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3′
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White | Jun-Sep | |
Alisma triviale | Northern Water Plantain | OBL | W |
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3′
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White | Jun-Sep | |
Allium canadense | Wild Garlic | FACU | WM-D |
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18"
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Pink | May-Jul | |
Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion | FACU | WM-DM |
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18"
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Lavender | Jul-Aug | |
Allium stellatum | Prairie Onion | UPL | M-D |
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14"
|
Lavender | Jul-Aug | |
Amorpha canescens | Leadplant | UPL | M-D |
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3′
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Purple | Jun-Aug | |
Amorpha fruticosa | False Indigo | FACW+ | WM-DM |
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12′
|
Purple | Jun-Aug | |
Anemone canadensis | Canada Anemone | FACW | WM-M |
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1′
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White | May-Jun | |
Anemone cylindrica | Thimbleweed | UPL | M-D |
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2′
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White | Jun-Jul | |
Anemone patens | Pasque Flower | UPL | DM-D |
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6"
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Lavender | Apr-May | |
Anemone virginiana | Tall Thimbleweed | UPL | M-DM |
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3′
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White | Jun-Aug | |
Angelica atropurpurea | Angelica | OBL | WM-M |
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7′
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White | May-Jun | |
Antennaria neglecta | Field Pussytoes | UPL | M-D |
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1′
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White | Apr-Jun | |
Aquilegia canadensis | Columbine | FAC- | M-D |
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2′
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Red & Yellow | Apr-Jun | |
Artemisia ludoviciana | Prairie Sage | UPL | M-D |
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3′
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Green | Jul-Sep | |
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed | OBL | W-M |
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4′
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Red | Jun-Aug | |
Asclepias sullivantii | Prairie Milkweed | UPL | WM-M |
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3′
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Pink | Jun-Aug | |
Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | UPL | WM-D |
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3′
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Purple | Jun-Aug | |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Milkweed | UPL | M-D |
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2′
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Orange | Jun-Aug | |
Asclepias verticillata | Whorled Milkweed | UPL | M-D |
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2′
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White | Jul-Sep | |
Aster azureus | Sky Blue Aster | UPL | M-D |
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3′
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Blue | Aug-Oct | |
Aster ericoides | Heath Aster | FACU- | M-D |
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2′
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White | Aug-Oct | |
Aster laevis | Smooth Blue Aster | UPL | WM-DM |
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4′
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Blue | Aug-Oct | |
Aster lateriflorus | Calico Aster | FACW- | WM-DM |
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2′
|
White | Aug-Oct | |
Aster macrophyllus | Large-leaved Aster | UPL | WM-D |
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1′
|
White | Aug-Oct | |
Aster novae-angliae | New England Aster | FACW | W-DM |
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4′
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Purple | Aug-Oct | |
Aster pilosus | Frost Aster | FACU+ | WM-D |
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3′
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White | Sep-Oct | |
Aster ptarmicoides | Upland White Aster | UPL | DM-D |
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1′
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White | Jun-Sep | |
Aster puniceus | Swamp Aster | OBL | W-WM |
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5′
|
Blue | Aug-Oct | |
Aster sericeus | Silky Aster | UPL | DM-D |
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1′
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Purple | Sep-Oct | |
Aster simplex | Panicled Aster | OBL | WM-M |
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5′
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White | Sep-Oct | |
Aster umbellatus | Flat-topped Aster | FACW | W-M |
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5′
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Cream | Aug-Oct | |
Astragalus canadensis | Canada Milk Vetch | FAC+ | WM-DM |
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3′
|
Cream | Jun-Aug | |
Astragalus crassicarpus | Ground Plum | UPL | DM-D |
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1′
|
Purple | May-Jun | |
Baptisia alba | White Wild Indigo | FACU+ | WM-D |
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4′
|
White | Jun-Jul | |
Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo | UPL | WM-M |
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4′
|
Blue | May-Jul | |
Baptisia leucophaea | Cream Wild Indigo | UPL | M-D |
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2′
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Cream | May-Jun | |
Baptisia sphaerocarpa | Large Yellow Wild Indigo | M-D |
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3′
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Yellow | Jun-Jul | ||
Baptisia tinctoria | Small Yellow Wild Indigo | UPL | WM-D |
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2′
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Yellow | Jun-Aug | |
Bidens cernua | Nodding Bur Marigold | OBL | W-WM |
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3′
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Yellow | Jun-Sep | |
Bidens coronata | Tall Swamp Marigold | OBL | W-WM |
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4′
|
Yellow | Aug-Oct | |
Bidens frondosa | Beggar’s Tick | FACW | W-WM |
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3′
|
Yellow | Aug-Oct | |
Boltonia asteroides | False Aster | FACW | W-WM |
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4′
|
White | Aug-Oct | |
Cacalia atriplicifolia | Pale Indian Plantain | UPL | M-DM |
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7′
|
White | Jul-Oct | |
Caltha palustris | Marsh Marigold | OBL | W-WM |
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2′
|
Yellow | Apr-Jun | |
Camassia scilloides | Wild Hyacinth | FAC+ | WM-DM |
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2′
|
Blue | May-Jun | |
Campanula americana | Tall Bellflower | FAC | WM-DM |
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5′
|
Blue | Jul-Oct | |
Cassia hebecarpa | Wild Senna | FACW | WM-M |
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5′
|
Yellow | Jul-Aug | |
Cassia marilandica | Maryland Senna | FACW | WM-DM |
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4′
|
Yellow | Jul-Aug | |
Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea | UPL | DM-D |
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3′
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White | Jun-Jul | |
Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge Pea | FACU- | M-D |
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2′
|
Yellow | Jul-Sep | |
Chelone glabra | Turtlehead | OBL | W-WM |
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5′
|
Cream | Jul-Sep | |
Clematis virginiana | Virgin’s Bower | FAC | WM-M |
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9′
|
White | Jul-Sep | |
Comandra umbellata | Bastard Toadflax | FACU | M-D |
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1′
|
Green | May-Jul | |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Sand Coreopsis | FACU | DM-D |
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2′
|
Yellow | May-Aug | |
Coreopsis palmata | Prairie Coreopsis | FACU | M-D |
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2′
|
Yellow | Jun-Aug | |
Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis | FAC | WM |
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2′
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Yellow | Apr-Jun | |
Coreopsis tripteris | Tall Coreopsis | FAC | WM-DM |
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7′
|
Yellow | Jul-Oct | |
Crotalaria sagittilis | Rattlebox | UPL | DM-D |
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1′
|
Yellow | Jul-Sep | |
Dalea candidum | White Prairie Clover | UPL | M-D |
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2′
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White | Jun-Sep | |
Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover | UPL | M-D |
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2′
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Purple | Jul-Sep | |
Dalea villosa | Silky Prairie Clover | DM-D |
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18"
|
Purple | Jul-Aug | ||
Desmanthus illinoensis | Illinois Bundle Flower | UPL | M-D |
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5′
|
Yellow | Jul-Aug | |
Desmodium canadense | Showy Tick Trefoil | FAC- | WM-DM |
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5′
|
Purple | Jul-Aug | |
Desmodium illinoense | Illinois Tick Trefoil | UPL | DM-D |
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6′
|
Purple | Jul-Aug | |
Dodecatheon meadia | Midland Shooting Star | FACU | WM-DM |
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1′
|
Lavender | Apr-Jun | |
Echinacea angustifolia | Narrow-leaved Coneflower | DM-D |
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2′
|
Pink | Jun-Jul | ||
Echinacea pallida | Pale Purple Coneflower | UPL | M-D |
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3′
|
Lavender | Jun-Jul | |
Echinacea purpurea | Purple Coneflower | UPL | WM-DM |
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4′
|
Purple | Jul-Sep | |
Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master | FAC+ | WM-DM |
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4′
|
White | Jul-Sep | |
Eupatorium altissimum | Tall Boneset | FACU | WM-DM |
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4′
|
White | Aug-Oct | |
Eupatorium maculatum | Joe Pye Weed | OBL | W-WM |
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5′
|
Rose | Jun-Aug | |
Eupatorium perfoliatum | Boneset | FACW+ | W-WM |
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4′
|
White | Jul-Sep | |
Eupatorium purpureum | Sweet Joe Pye Weed | UPL | WM-DM |
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7′
|
Pink | Jul-Sep | |
Eupatorium rugosum | White Snakeroot | UPL | WM-DM |
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2′
|
White | Jul-Oct | |
Euphorbia corollata | Flowering Spurge | UPL | M-D |
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3′
|
White | Jun-Aug | |
Gentiana andrewsii | Bottle Gentian | FACW | WM-M |
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2′
|
Blue | Aug-Oct | |
Gentiana flavida | Cream Gentian | FACU | WM-DM |
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3′
|
Cream | Aug-Sep | |
Geranium maculatum | Wild Geranium | FACU | M-DM |
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1′
|
Lavender | Apr-Jul | |
Geum triflorum | Prairie Smoke | FACU- | WM-D |
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8"
|
Red | Apr-Jun | |
Glycyrrhiza lepidota | Wild Licorice | FACU- | WM-D |
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2′
|
Cream | Jun-Jul | |
Helenium autumnale | Sneezeweed | FACW+ | W-WM |
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4′
|
Yellow | Aug-Oct | |
Helianthus grosseserratus | Sawtooth Sunflower | FACW- | WM-DM |
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8′
|
Yellow | Aug-Oct | |
Helianthus laetiflorus | Showy Sunflower | UPL | DM-D |
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5′
|
Yellow | Jul-Sep | |
Helianthus maximiliani | Maximillian’s Sunflower | UPL | WM-DM |
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7′
|
Yellow | Aug-Sep | |
Helianthus mollis | Downy Sunflower | UPL | M-DM |
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5′
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Yellow | Aug-Sep | |
Helianthus occidentalis | Western Sunflower | FACU- | M-D |
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3′
|
Yellow | Jul-Sep | |
Heliopsis helianthoides | Ox-eye Sunflower | UPL | WM-DM |
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5′
|
Yellow | Jun-Sep | |
Heracleum maximum | Cow Parsnip | FACW | WM-M |
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8′
|
White | Jun-Jul | |
Heuchera richardsonii | Prairie Alumroot | FAC- | WM-D |
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2′
|
White | May-Jul | |
Hibiscus militarus | Rose Mallow | OBL | W-WM |
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5′
|
Pink | Jul-Sep | |
Hypericum pyramidatum | Great St. John’s Wort | FAC+ | WM-M |
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5′
|
Yellow | Jul-Aug | |
Iris versicolor | Northern Blue Flag Iris | OBL | W-M |
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3′
|
Blue | May-Jul | |
Iris virginica shrevei | Southern Blue Flag Iris | OBL | W-M |
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3′
|
Blue | May-Jul | |
Kuhnia eupatorioides | False Boneset | UPL | DM-D |
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3′
|
Cream | Aug-Sep | |
Lespedeza capitata | Round-headed Bush Clover | FACU | M-D |
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4′
|
Green | Aug-Sep | |
Liatris aspera | Button Blazingstar | UPL | M-D |
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3′
|
Purple | Jul-Oct | |
Liatris cylindracea | Dwarf Blazingstar | UPL | DM-D |
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1′
|
Purple | Jul-Oct | |
Liatris ligulistylis | Meadow Blazingstar | FACU | WM-D |
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5′
|
Purple | Aug-Sep | |
Liatris punctata | Dotted Blazingstar | UPL | DM-D |
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2′
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Rose | Jul-Sep | |
Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazingstar | FAC- | W-M |
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4′
|
Purple | Jul-Sep | |
Liatris scariosa | Northern Blazingstar | UPL | M-D |
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2′
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Purple | Aug-Sep | |
Liatris spicata | Marsh Blazingstar | FAC | W-M |
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5′
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Purple | Jul-Sep | |
Lithospermum incisum | Narrow-leaved Puccoon | DM-D |
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1′
|
Yellow | Apr-Jun | ||
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | OBL | W-WM |
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4′
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Red | Jul-Sep | |
Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | FACW+ | W-M |
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3′
|
Blue | Jul-Oct | |
Ludwigia alternifolia | Seedbox | OBL | WM |
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3′
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Yellow | Jun-Aug | |
Lupinus perennis | Wild Lupine | UPL | DM-D |
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2′
|
Blue | May-Jul | |
Lycopus americanus | Water Horehound | OBL | W-WM |
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2′
|
White | Jul-Sep | |
Lythrum alatum | Winged Loosestrife | OBL | W-WM |
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3′
|
Purple | Jul-Sep | |
Mimulus ringens | Monkey Flower | OBL | W-WM |
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2′
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Violet | Jun-Sep | |
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot | FACU | WM-D |
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4′
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Lavender | Jul-Sep | |
Monarda punctata | Spotted Bee Balm | UPL | DM-D |
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2′
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Lavender | Jul-Sep | |
Napaea dioica | Glade Mallow | FACW- | WM-M |
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7′
|
White | Jun-Aug | |
Oenothera biennis | Common Evening Primrose | FACU | WM-D |
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6′
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Yellow | Jun-Sep | |
Osmorhiza claytoni | Sweet Cicely | FACU+ | WM-DM |
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2′
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White | May-Jun | |
Parthenium integrifolium | Wild Quinine | UPL | M-DM |
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4′
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White | Jun-Sep | |
Pedicularis canadensis | Wood Betony | FACU+ | WM-D |
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1′
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Yellow | Apr-May | |
Pedicularis lanceolata | Marsh Betony | FACW+ | W-WM |
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3′
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Yellow | Aug-Sep | |
Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue | FAC- | M-DM |
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4′
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White | Jun-Jul | |
Penstemon grandiflorus | Large-flowered Beardtongue | UPL | DM-D |
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2′
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Lavender | May-Jun | |
Penstemon hirsutus | Hairy Beardtongue | UPL | WM-D |
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18"
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Purple | Jun-Aug | |
Phlox pilosa | Prairie Phlox | FAC- | WM-D |
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2′
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Pink | May-Jul | |
Physostegia virginiana | Obedient Plant | FACW- | W-M |
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4′
|
Pink | Aug-Sep | |
Polygonatum canaliculatum | Solomon’s Seal | FACU | M-DM |
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4′
|
Green | May-Jun | |
Polygonum pennsylvanicum | Pennsylvania Smartweed | FACW | W-M |
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3′
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Pink | Jun-Oct | |
Potentilla arguta | Prairie Cinquefoil | FACU- | DM-D |
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2′
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Yellow | Jun-Sep | |
Pycnanthemum pilosum | Hairy Mountain Mint | UPL | M-DM |
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3′
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White | Jul-Aug | |
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | Slender Mountain Mint | FAC | WM-DM |
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2′
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White | Jun-Sep | |
Pycnanthemum virginianum | Mountain Mint | FACW+ | W-DM |
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3′
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White | Jun-Sep | |
Ratibida columnifera | Long-headed Coneflower | UPL | M-D |
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3′
|
Yellow | Jun-Aug | |
Ratibida pinnata | Yellow Coneflower | UPL | M-DM |
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5′
|
Yellow | Jul-Sep | |
Rosa arkansana | Prairie Wild Rose | UPL | WM-D |
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2′
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Pink | Jun-Aug | |
Rosa blanda | Early Wild Rose | FACU | M-D |
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5′
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Pink | Jun-Jul | |
Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange Coneflower | OBL | WM-DM |
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3′
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Orange | Jul-Sep | |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan | FACU | WM-D |
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2′
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Yellow | Jun-Oct | |
Rudbeckia laciniata | Wild Golden Glow | FACW+ | WM-M |
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7′
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Yellow | Jul-Oct | |
Rudbeckia subtomentosa | Sweet Black-eyed Susan | FACW+ | WM-DM |
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5′
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Yellow | Aug-Oct | |
Rudbeckia triloba | Brown-eyed Susan | FAC- | WM-DM |
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5′
|
Yellow | Aug-Oct | |
Ruellia humilis | Wild Petunia | FACU- | M-D |
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1′
|
Violet | Jun-Aug | |
Sagittaria latifolia | Common Arrowhead | OBL | W |
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3′
|
White | Jul-Sep | |
Scrophularia lanceolata | Early Figwort | FAC+ | WM-D |
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5′
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Green | May-Jul | |
Scrophularia marilandica | Late Figwort | FACU- | M-DM |
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6′
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Green | Jul-Oct | |
Silphium integrifolium | Rosin Weed | UPL | WM-D |
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5′
|
Yellow | Jul-Sep | |
Silphium laciniatum | Compass Plant | UPL | WM-D |
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8′
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Yellow | Jun-Sep | |
Silphium perfoliatum | Cup Plant | FACW- | WM-M |
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8′
|
Yellow | Jul-Sep | |
Silphium terebinthinaceum | Prairie Dock | FACU | WM-DM |
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9′
|
Yellow | Jul-Sep | |
Silphium trifoliatum | Whorled Rosin Weed | M-DM |
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5′
|
Yellow | Jul-Sep | ||
Smilacina racemosa | Solomon’s Plume | FACU | WM-D |
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2′
|
White | Apr-Jun | |
Smilax lasioneura | Carrion Flower | WM-DM |
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7′
|
Green | May-Jul | ||
Solidago canadensis | Canada Goldenrod | FACU | WM-DM |
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5′
|
Yellow | Jul-Oct | |
Solidago gigantea | Giant Goldenrod | FACW | W-M |
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6′
|
Yellow | Aug-Sep | |
Solidago gramnifolia | Grass-leaved Goldenrod | FACW- | W-D |
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2′
|
Yellow | Jul-Sep | |
Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod | UPL | DM-D |
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2′
|
Yellow | Aug-Oct | |
Solidago ohioensis | Ohio Goldenrod | OBL | W-M |
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3′
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Yellow | Jul-Sep | |
Solidago riddellii | Riddell’s Goldenrod | OBL | W-M |
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3′
|
Yellow | Aug-Oct | |
Solidago rigida | Stiff Goldenrod | FACU- | WM-D |
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4′
|
Yellow | Aug-Oct | |
Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod | UPL | M-D |
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5′
|
Yellow | Aug-Oct | |
Sparganium eurycarpum | Giant Bur Reed | OBL | W |
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4′
|
White | Jun-Aug | |
Taenidia intergerrima | Yellow Pimpernel | UPL | M-DM |
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3′
|
Yellow | May-Jul | |
Thalictrum dasycarpum | Purple Meadow Rue | FACW- | WM-M |
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6′
|
Cream | Jun-Jul | |
Thalictrum dioicum | Early Meadow Rue | FACU+ | WM-DM |
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2′
|
Green | Apr-May | |
Tradescantia bracteata | Prairie Spiderwort | FACU- | DM-D |
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1′
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Purple | May-Jul | |
Tradescantia occidentalis | Western Spiderwort | UPL | DM-D |
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2′
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Blue | May-Jul | |
Tradescantia ohiensis | Ohio Spiderwort | FACU+ | WM-D |
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3′
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Blue | May-Jul | |
Verbena hastata | Blue Vervain | FACW+ | W-M |
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4′
|
Blue | Jul-Sep | |
Verbena stricta | Hoary Vervain | UPL | DM-D |
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2′
|
Blue | Jun-Sep | |
Vernonia altissima | Tall Ironweed | FAC | WM-M |
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5′
|
Purple | Aug-Oct | |
Vernonia fasciculata | Common Ironweed | FACW | WM-M |
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6′
|
Purple | Jul-Sep | |
Vernonia missourica | Missouri Ironweed | FAC | WM-DM |
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5′
|
Purple | Jul-Oct | |
Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver’s Root | FAC | WM-DM |
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5′
|
White | Jun-Aug | |
Viola pedatifida | Prairie Violet | FACU | M-DM |
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6″
|
Purple | Apr-Jun | |
Zizia aptera | Heartleaf Alexanders | FACU | M-DM |
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2′
|
Yellow | Apr-May | |
Zizia aurea | Golden Alexanders | FAC+ | WM-DM |
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3′
|
Yellow | Apr-Jun |
WETLAND CODE:
OBL (Obligate Wetland) – Occurs almost always under natural conditions in wetlands.
FACW (Facultative Wetland) – Usually occurs in wetlands, but occasionally found in non-wetlands.
FAC (Facultative) – Equally likely to occur in wetlands or non-wetlands.
FACU (Facultative Upland) – Usually occurs in non-wetlands, but occasionally found in wetlands.
UPL (Obligate Upland) – Occurs almost always under natural conditions in non-wetlands.
+ More frequently found
– Less frequently found
SOIL MOISTURE:
W (Wet) – Saturated Soil
WM (Wet Mesic) – Seasonally Saturated Soil
M (Mesic) – Moderately Moist Soil
DM (Dry Mesic) – Well-Drained Soil
D (Dry) – Excessively Drained Soil
SUN EXPOSURE:
Full Sun
Partial Sun
Shade