Prairie Plants
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For photos of volunteers on planting the prairie garden, see the CERT page.

Scientific name

Common name

Allium cernuum

Nodding wild onion

Amorpha canescens

Leadplant

Andropogon gerardii

Big bluestem

Andropogon scoparius

Little bluestem

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly milkweed

Aster laevis

Smooth blue aster

Aster oolentangiensis

Azure aster

Aster sericeus

Silky aster

Ceanothus americanus

New Jersey Tea

Coreopsis palmata

Golden tickseed

Echinacea pallida

Pale purple coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Purple  coneflower

Geum triflorum

Prairie smoke

Helianthus maximillianii

Maximillian sunflower

Lupinus perennis

Wild Lupine

Monarda punctata

Horsemint

Penstemon hirsutus

Hairy beardtongue

Silphium laciniatum

Compass plant

Solidago nemoralis

Gray goldenrod

Sorghastrum nutans

Indian grass

Verbena stricta

Vervain

                This page updated on 03/04/01


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