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Code Designations

Wt =

Wet Prairie

has more water than rainfall.... water runs on. Common to East and South;

W =

Wet - Mesic

region between wet and mesic

M =

Mesic Prairie

water soaks in .... no runoff or runon

D =

Dry Prairie

less water than rainfall .... water runs off

Wd =

Woodland

little or no direct sunlight; damp

Wetland -- Wet Prairie

Acorus calamus

Sweet Flag

Wt

W

 

 

 

Caltha palustris

Marsh Marigold

Wt

W

 

 

 

Gerardia tenuifolia

Gerardia

Wt

W

 

 

 

Helenium autumnale

Sneezeweed

Wt

W

 

 

 

Lilium michiganense

Turk's Cap Lily

Wt

W

 

 

 

Sagittaria latifolia

Broad-leaved Arrowhead

Wt

W

 

 

 

Sparganium eurycarpum

Bur-reed

Wt

W

 

 

 

Wetland -- Wet Prairie -- Medium Prairie

Alisma plantago-aquatica

Water Plantain

Wt

W

M

 

 

Chelone glabra

Turtlehead

Wt

W

M

 

 

Iris shrevei

Blue Flag Iris

Wt

W

M

 

 

Pedicularis lanceolata

Marsh Betony

Wt

W

M

 

 

Physostegia  virginiana

Obedient Plant 

Wt

W

M

 

 

Thalictrum dasycarpum

Meadow Rue

Wt

W

M

 

 

 

Wet Prairie -- Medium Prairie

Anemone canadensis

Canada Anemone

 

W

M

 

 

Aster novae-angliae

New England Aster

 

W

M

 

 

Cicuta bulbifera

Water Hemlock

 

W

M

 

 

Desmodium canadense

Showy Tick Trefoil

 

W

M

 

 

Eupatorium maculatum

Lesser Joe Pye Weed

 

W

M

 

 

Gentiana andrewsii

Bottle Gentian

 

W

M

 

 

Helianthus maximilianii

Maximilian Sunflower

 

W

M

 

 

Heliopsis helianthoides

Ox Eye

 

W

M

 

 

Hypericum pyramidatum

Great St Johns Wort

 

W

M

 

 

Liatris ligulistylis

Meadow Blazingstar

 

W

M

 

 

Liatris pycnostachya

Prairie Blazingstar

 

W

M

 

 

Lobelia cardinalis

Cardinal Flower

 

W

M

 

 

Lobelia siphilitica

Great Blue Lobelia

 

W

M

 

 

Phlox maculata

Wild Sweet William

 

W

M

 

 

Solidago graminifolia

Grassleaf Goldenrod

 

W

M

 

 

Verbena hastata

Blue Vervain

 

W

M

 

 

Vernonia fasciculata

Ironweed

 

W

M

 

 

Veronicastrum virginicum

Culver's Root

 

W

M

 

 

Zizia aurea

Golden Alexander

 

W

M

 

 

 

Wet Prairie -- Medium Prairie -- Dry Prairie

Asclepias lanuginosa

Small Green Milkweed

 

W

M

D

 

Aster ericoides

Heath Aster

 

W

M

D

 

Aster pilosa

Frost Aster

 

W

M

D

 

Baptisia leucantha

White Wild Indigo

 

W

M

D

 

Dodecatheon meadia

Shooting Star

 

W

M

D

 

Echinacea purpurea

Purple Coneflower

 

W

M

D

 

Euphorbia corollata

Flowering Spurge

 

W

M

D

 

Geum triflorum

Prairie Smoke

 

W

M

D

 

Helianthus grosseserratus

Saw-tooth Sunflower

 

W

M

D

 

Heuchera richardsonii

Alum Root

 

W

M

D

 

Monarda fistulosa

Bergamot

 

W

M

D

 

Oenothera biennis

Evening Primrose

 

W

M

D

 

Pycnanthemum virginianum

Mountain Mint

 

W

M

D

 

Ratibida pinnata

Yellow Coneflower

 

W

M

D

 

Rudbeckia hirta

Black-eyed Susan

 

W

M

D

 

Silphium perfoliatum

Cup Plant

 

W

M

D

 

Solidago rigida

Stiff Goldenrod

 

W

M

D

 

 

Medium Prairie

Asclepias incarnata

Marsh Milkweed

 

 

M

 

 

Geranium maculatum

Wild Geranium

 

 

M

 

 

 

Medium Prairie -- Dry Prairie

Allium canadense

Wild Garlic

 

 

M

D

 

Amorpha canescens

Leadplant

 

 

M

D

 

Anemone cylindrical

Thimbleweed

 

 

M

D

 

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly Milkweed

 

 

M

D

 

Asclepias verticilliata

Whorled Milkweed

 

 

M

D

 

Aster laevis

Smooth Blue Aster

 

 

M

D

 

Aster sericeus

Silky Aster

 

 

M

D

 

Baptisia leucophaea

Cream Wild Indigo

 

 

M

D

 

Cassia fasciculata

Partridge Pea

 

 

M

D

 

Ceanothus americanus

New Jersey Tea

 

 

M

D

 

Coreopsis palmata

Prairie Coreopsis

 

 

M

D

 

Delphinium virescens

Prairie Larkspur

 

 

M

D

 

Desmanthus illinoensis

Illinois Bundleflower

 

 

M

D

 

Desmodium illinoense

Illinois Tick Trefoil

 

 

M

D

 

Echinacea pallida

Pale Purple Coneflower

 

 

M

D

 

Eryngium yuccifolium

Rattlesnake Master

 

 

M

D

 

Galium boreale

Northern Bedstraw

 

 

M

D

 

Gentiana flavida

Cream Gentian

 

 

M

D

 

Gentiana quinquefolia

Stiff Gentian

 

 

M

D

 

Helianthus laetiflorus

Prairie Sunflower

 

 

M

D

 

Lespedeza capitata

Roundhead Bush Clover

 

 

M

D

 

Liatris aspera

Rough Blazingstar

 

 

M

D

 

Lobelia spicata

Spiked Lobelia

 

 

M

D

 

Parthenium integrifolium

Wild Quinine 

 

 

M

D

 

Penstemon grandiflorus

Large Flowered Penstemon

 

 

M

D

 

Petalostemum candidum

White Prairie Clover

 

 

M

D

 

Petalostemum purpureum

Purple Prairie Clover

 

 

M

D

 

Phlox pilosa

Prairie Phlox

 

 

M

D

 

Potentilla arguta

Prairie Cinquefoil

 

 

M

D

 

Rosa arkansana

Wild Rose / Prairie Rose

 

 

M

D

 

Silphium laciniatum

Compass Plant

 

 

M

D

 

Sisyrinchium campestre

Blue-eyed Grass

 

 

M

D

 

Tradescantia bracteata

Prairie Spiderwort

 

 

M

D

 

Tradescantia ohiensis

Ohio Spiderwort

 

 

M

D

 

Verbena stricta

Hoary Vervain

 

 

M

D

 

Zizia aptera

Heart-leaved Golden Alexander

 

 

M

D

 

 

Medium Prairie -- Dry Prairie -- Woodland

Aquilegia Canadensis

Columbine

 

 

M

D

Wd

 

Dry Prairie

Anemone patens

Pasque Flower

 

 

 

D

 

Asclepias amplexicaulis

Bluntleaf Milkweed

 

 

 

D

 

Aster linariifolius

Savory Leaf Aster

 

 

 

D

 

Gentiana puberula

Downy Gentian

 

 

 

D

 

Kuhnia eupatorioides

False Boneset

 

 

 

D

 

Liatris cylindracea

Dwarf Blazingstar

 

 

 

D

 

Liatris punctata

Dotted Blazingstar

 

 

 

D

 

Onosmodium molle

False Gromwell

 

 

 

D

 

Zygadenus elegans

White Camas

 

 

 

D

 

 

Woodland

Campanula americana

Tall Bellflower

 

 

 

 

Wd

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