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

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