Prairie Plants in Database by Common Name
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These are the plants currently in the database. Some plants like the Grey Goldenrod have alternate common names. You will see the common name to the left with the scientific name in parentheses when you are entering your data.

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Id	Icon	Common Name in Database	Scientific Name	Grass/Forb	Alternate Common Name	CC_Rating
81		Prairie Dropseed	Sporobolus heterolepis	grass		10
85		Silky Aster	Aster sericeus	forb		10
89		Cream Wild Indigo	Baptisia leucophaea	forb		10
135		Downy Gentian	Gentiana puberula	forb		10
154		Heart-leaved Meadow Parsnip	Zizia aptera	forb		10
156		Prairie Lily	Lilium philadelphicum	forb		10
157		Indian Plantain	Cacalia tuberosa	forb		10
7		Rattlesnake Master	Eryngium yuccifolium	forb		9
129		Sweet Black-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia subtomentosa	forb		9
25		Purple Prairie Clover	Petalostemum purpureum	forb		9
26		White Prairie Clover	Petalostemum candidum	forb		9
84		Smooth Aster	Aster laevis L.	forb		9
87		Lead Plant	Amorpha canescens	forb		9
88		Prairie Cinquefoil	Potentilla arguta	forb		9
96		Yellowish Gentian	Gentiana flavida	forb	Cream Colored Gentian	9
105		Bugle Weed	Lycopus virginicus	forb		9
107		Swamp Betony	Pedicularis lanceolata	forb	Fen Betony	9
113		Downy Sunflower	Helianthus mollis	forb		9
140		Tall Sunflower	Helianthus giganteus	forb		9
145		Prairie Loosestrife	Lysimachia quadriflora	forb	Narrow-leaved Loosestrife	9
20		Pale Purple Coneflower	Echinacea pallida	forb		8
23		Wild Quinine	Parthenium integrifolium	forb		8
27		White Wild Indigo	Baptisia leucantha	forb		8
33		Marsh Phlox	Phlox glaberrima	forb		8
38		Alum Root	Heuchera richardsonii	forb	Rough heuchera	8
53		Bottle Gentian	Gentiana andrewsii	forb		8
59		Side-Oats Grama	Bouteloua curtipendula	grass		8
86		Short's Aster	Aster shortii	forb		8
92		Hoary Puccoon	Lithospermum canescens	forb		8
94		Sky-blue aster	Aster azureus	forb		8
98		Smooth Prairie Lettuce	Prenanthes racemosa	forb		8
99		Prairie Sunflower	Helianthus laetiflorus rigidus	forb	Showy Sunflower	8
121		Prairie Blazing Star	Liatrus pycnostachya	forb		8
148		Prairie Milkweed	Asclepias sullivantii	forb		8
159		Marsh Vetchling	Lathyrus palustri	forb		8
165		Great Plains Ladies' Tresses	Spiranthes magnicamporum	forb	Dune Ladies' Tresses	8
3		Nodding Wild Onion	Allium cernuum	forb		7
22		Culver's Root	Veronicastrum virginicum	forb		7
34		False Toadflax	Comandra richardsiana	forb		7
37		Showy Goldenrod	Solidago speciosa	forb		7
42		Riddel Goldenrod	Solidago riddellii	forb	Ohio Goldenrod	7
47		Butterfly Weed	Asclepias tuberosa	forb		7
55		Golden Alexanders	Zizia aurea	forb		7
62		Sand Dropseed	Sporobolus cryptandrus	grass		7
93		Porcupine Grass	Stipa spartea	grass		7
97		Northern Bedstraw	Galium boreale	forb		7
108		Cowbane	Oxypolis rigidior	forb		7
114		American Vetch	Vicia americana	forb		7
119		Purple Joe Pye Weed	Eupatorium purpureum	forb		7
126		Winged Loosestrife	Lythrum alatum	forb		7
132		Nodding Ladies'-Tresses	Spiranthes cernua	forb		7
133		Slender Mountain Mint	Pycnanthemum tenuifolium	forb	Narrow-leaved Mountain Mint	7
136		Golden Ragwort	Senecio aureus	forb		7
138		Yellow avens	Geum aleppicum	forb		7
142		Common Blue-eyed Grass	Sisyrinchium albidum	forb		7
144		Prairie Phlox	Phlox pilosa var. fulgida	forb	Downy Phlox	7
151		Missouri goldenrod	Solidago missouriensis	forb		7
160		Slender Gerardia	Agalinis tenufolia	forb		7
21		Dense Blazing Star	Liatris spicata	forb	Marsh Blazing Star	6
32		Obedient Plant	Physostegia virginiana	forb	False Dragonhead	6
39		Shooting Star	Dodecatheon meadia	forb		6
82		Prairie Coreopsis	Coreopsis palmata	forb	Tickseed, Stiff Coreopsis	6
95		Thimbleweed	Anenome cylindrica	forb		6
102		Purple Gerardia	Agalinis purpurea	forb		6
111		Waxy Meadow Rue	Thalictrum revolutum	forb		6
112		Balsam Ragwort	Senecio pauperculus	forb		6
117		Illinois Tick Trefoil	Desmodium illinoense	forb		6
4		Compass Plant	Silphium laciniatum	forb		5
5		Indian Grass	Sorghastrum nutans	grass		5
6		Switch Grass	Panicum virgatum	grass		5
8		Prairie Dock	Silphium terebinthinaceum	forb		5
9		Rosinweed	Silphium integrifolium	forb		5
12		Tall Coreopsis	Coreopsis tripteris	forb		5
15		Mountain Mint	Pycnanthemum virginianum	forb	Common Mountain Mint	5
17		Little Bluestem	Andropogon scoparius	grass		5
28		Cup Plant	Silphium perfoliatum	forb		5
31		Heath Aster	Aster ericoides	forb		5
41		Wild Madder	Galium obtusum	forb		5
43		Pasture Rose	Rosa carolina	forb		5
46		False Sunflower	Heliopsis helianthoides	forb		5
48		Partridge Pea	Cassia fasciculata	forb		5
54		Iron Weed	Vernonia fasciculata	forb		5
103		Woundwort	Stachys palustris	forb		5
106		Wild Mint	Mentha arvensis	forb		5
109		Common Water Horehound	Lycopus americanus	forb		5
110		Sneezeweed	Helenium autumnale	forb		5
115		Hairy Mountain Mint	Pycnanthemum pilosum	forb		5
120		Purple Meadow Rue	Thalictrum dasycarpum	forb		5
122		Small White Aster	Aster vimineus	forb		5
127		Cow Parsnip	Heracleum maximum	forb		5
137		Sunshine Rose	Rosa arkansana	forb	Arkansas Rose	5
152		Early Goldenrod	Solidago juncea	forb		5
155		White Vervain	Verbena urticifolia	forb		5
158		False Solomon's Seal	Smilacina stellata	forb		5
1		Big Bluestem	Andropogon gerardi	grass		4
2		Stiff Goldenrod	Solidago rigida	forb		4
10		Yellow Coneflower	Ratibida pinnata	forb	Gray-headed Coneflower	4
14		Wild Bergamot	Monarda fistulosa	forb		4
16		New England Aster	Aster novae-angliae	forb		4
18		Prairie Cord Grass	Spartina pectinata	grass		4
19		Showy Tick Trefoil	Desmodium canadense	forb		4
24		Gray Goldenrod	Solidago nemoralis	forb	Old Field Goldenrod	4
30		Grass-leaved Goldenrod	Solidago graminifolia	forb		4
50		Bush Clover	Lespedeza capitata	forb	Round-headed Bush Clover	4
51		Hoary Vervain	Verbena stricta	forb		4
52		Boneset	Eupatorium perfoliatum	forb		4
58		Foxglove Beard Tongue	Penstemon digitalis	forb		4
60		Canada Wild Rye	Elymus canadensis	grass		4
90		Blue Vervain	Verbena hastata	forb		4
91		Canada Anemone	Anemone canadensis	forb		4
100		Stiff Aster	Aster linariifolius	forb	Flax-leaved Aster	4
118		Dogbane	Apocynum cannabinum	forb	Indian Hemp	4
123		Swamp Milkweed	Asclepias incarnata	forb		4
141		Late Goldenrod	Solidago gigantea	forb		4
147		Fringed Loosestrife	Lysimachia ciliata	forb		4
150		Side-flowering Aster	Aster laterifloris	forb		4
166		Common Dodder	Cuscuta gronovii	forb		4
44		Panicled Aster	Aster simplex	forb		3
64		Purple Coneflower	Echinacea purpurea	forb	Broad-leaved Purple Coneflower	3
139		Brown-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia triloba	forb		3
149		Germander	Teucrium canadense var. littorale	forb		3
163		Hairy Grass-leaved Goldenrod	Solidago graminifolia nuttallii	forb		3
13		Sawtooth Sunflower	Helianthus grosseserratus	forb		2
40		Spiderwort	Tradescantia ohiensis	forb		2
49		Flowering Spurge	Euphoribia corollata	forb		2
134		Needle Spike Rush	Eleocharis acicularis	sedge		2
143		Wild Onion	Allium canadense	forb	Wild Garlic	2
45		Wild Strawberry	Fragaria virginiana	forb		1
125		Whorled Milkweed	Asclepias verticillata	forb		1
11		Black-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta	forb		1
29		Tall Boneset	Eupatorium altissimum	forb	False Boneset	0
131		Horsetail	Equisetum arvense	forb		0
35		Late Purple Aster	Aster patens	forb	Spreading Aster
36		Prairie Aster	Aster turbinellus	forb
63		Sedge spp.	Carex spp.	sedge
116		Horehound	Marrubium vulgare	forb
124		Violet	Viola sp.	forb
130		Compass Dock Hybrid	Silphium xsp	forb	Silphium Hybrid
153		Turk's Cap Lily	Lilium superbum	forb