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Up to 1 Foot Range
	Blue-eyed Grass	*Sisyrinchium campestre*	4 - 12 in
Under 1½ Foot Range
	Pasque Flower	*Anemone patens*	2 - 14 in
	Prairie Smoke	*Geum triflorum*	6 - 13 in
	Small Green Milkweed	*Asclepias lanuginosa*	8 - 14 in
	Groundplum Milk Vetch	*Astragalus crassicarpus*	6 - 15 in
Up to 1½ Foot Range
	Prairie Spiderwort	*Tradescantia bracteata*	6 - 18 in
	Downy Gentian	*Gentiana puberula*	8 - 18 in
Up to 2 Foot Range
	Savory Leaf Aster	*Aster linariifolius*	6 - 20 in
	Gerardia	*Gerardia tenuifolia*	6 - 24 in
	Dwarf Blazingstar	*Liatris cylindracea*	8 - 24 in
	Wild Garlic	*Allium canadense*	8 - 24 in
	Shooting Star	*Dodecatheon meadia*	8 - 24 in
1 - 2 Foot Range
	Canada Anemone	*Anemone canadensis*	1 - 2 ft
	Dotted Blazingstar	*Liatris punctata*	1 - 2 ft
	Prairie Phlox	*Phlox pilosa*	1 - 2 ft
	Silky Aster	*Aster sericeus*	1 - 2 ft
Up to 2½ Foot Range
	Stiff Gentian	*Gentiana quinquefolia*	6 - 30 in
1½ - 2½ Foot Range
	Whorled Milkweed	*Asclepias verticilliata*	16 - 30 in
	Bottle Gentian	*Gentiana andrewsii*	18 - 30 in
	Cream Gentian	*Gentiana flavida*	18 - 30 in
	Cream Wild Indigo	*Baptisia leucophaea*	18 - 30 in
	Prairie Coreopsis	*Coreopsis palmata*	18 - 30 in
	Marsh Marigold	*Caltha palustris*	19 - 30 in
	Mountain Mint	*Pycnanthemum virginianum*	20 - 30 in
	Northern Bedstraw	*Galium boreale*	20 - 30 in
Up to 3 Foot Range
	Partridge Pea	*Cassia fasciculata*	6 - 36 in
1 - 3 Foot Range
	Black-eyed Susan	*Rudbeckia hirta*	1 - 3 ft
	Columbine	*Aquilegia canadensis*	1 - 3 ft
	Heart-leaved Golden Alexander	*Zizia aptera*	1 - 3 ft
	Heath Aster	*Aster ericoides*	1 - 3 ft
	Marsh Betony	*Pedicularis lanceolata*	1 - 3 ft
	Purple Prairie Clover	*Petalostemum purpureum*	1 - 3 ft

	White Camas	*Zygadenus elegans*	1 - 3 ft
	White Prairie Clover	*Petalostemum candidum*	1 - 3 ft
	Wild Geranium	*Geranium maculatum*	1 - 3 ft
	Wild Rose / Prairie Rose	*Rosa arkansana*	1 - 3 ft
	Wild Sweet William	*Phlox maculata*	1 - 3 ft
	Sweet Flag	*Acorus calamus*	1 - 3 ft
1½ - 3 Foot Range
	New Jersey Tea	*Ceanothus americanus*	16 - 36 in
2 - 3 Foot Range
	Alum Root	*Heuchera richardsonii*	2 - 3 ft
	Blue Flag Iris	*Iris shrevei*	2 - 3 ft
	Bluntleaf Milkweed	*Asclepias amplexicaulis*	2 - 3 ft
	Butterfly Milkweed	*Asclepias tuberosa*	2 - 3 ft
	Hoary Vervain	*Verbena stricta*	2 - 3 ft
	Rough Blazingstar	*Liatris aspera*	2 - 3 ft
	Thimbleweed	*Anemone cylindrica*	2 - 3 ft
	Golden Alexander	*Zizia aurea*	2 - 3 ft
Up to 3½ Foot Range
	Water Plantain	*Alisma plantago-aquatica*	4 - 40 in
	Lobelia, Spiked	*Lobelia spicata*	8 - 40 in
1½ - 3½ Foot Range
	Leadplant	*Amorpha canescens*	20 - 40 in
2 - 3½ Foot Range
	Large Flowered Penstemon	*Penstemon grandiflorus*	24 - 40 in
	Wild Quinine	*Parthenium integrifolium*	24 - 40 in
1 - 4 Foot Range
	Canada Milk Vetch	*Astragalus canadensis*	1 - 4 ft
	False Boneset	*Kuhnia eupatorioides*	1 - 4 ft
	Grassleaf Goldenrod	*Solidago graminifolia*	1 - 4 ft
	Great Blue Lobelia	*Lobelia siphilitica*	1 - 4 ft
1½ - 4 Foot Range
	Prairie Larkspur	*Delphinium virescens*	20 - 48 in
2 - 4 Foot Range
	Bergamot	*Monarda fistulosa*	2 - 4 ft
	Broad-leaved Arrowhead	*Sagittaria latifolia*	2 - 4 ft
	False Gromwell	*Onosmodium molle*	2 - 4 ft
	Flowering Spurge	*Euphorbia corollata*	2 - 4 ft
	Ohio Spiderwort	*Tradescantia ohiensis*	2 - 4 ft
	Pale Purple Coneflower	*Echinacea pallida*	2 - 4 ft
	Prairie Blazingstar	*Liatris pycnostachya*	2 - 4 ft
3 - 4 Foot Range
	Purple Coneflower	*Echinacea purpurea*	3 - 4 ft
	Turtlehead	*Chelone glabra*	3 - 4 ft
	White Wild Indigo	*Baptisia leucantha*	3 - 4 ft
3½ - 4 Foot Range
	Roundhead Bush Clover	*Lespedeza capitata*	30 - 48 in
1 - 5 Foot Range
	Stiff Goldenrod	*Solidago rigida*	1 - 5 ft
2 - 5 Foot Range
	Cardinal Flower	*Lobelia cardinalis*	2 - 5 ft
	Frost Aster	*Aster pilosa*	2 - 5 ft
	New England Aster	*Aster novae-angliae*	2 - 5 ft
	Obedient Plant	*Physostegia virginiana*	2 - 5 ft
	Ox Eye	*Heliopsis helianthoides*	2 - 5 ft
	Showy Tick Trefoil	*Desmodium canadense*	2 - 5 ft
	Sneezeweed	*Helenium autumnale*	2 - 5 ft
3 - 5 Foot Range
	Illinois Bundleflower	*Desmanthus illinoensis*	3 - 5 ft
	Marsh Milkweed	*Asclepias incarnata*	3 - 5 ft
	Meadow Blazingstar	*Liatris ligulistylis*	3 - 5 ft
	Rattlesnake Master	*Eryngium yuccifolium*	3 - 5 ft
	Smooth Blue Aster	*Aster laevis*	3 - 5 ft
2 - 6 Foot Range
	Blue Vervain	*Verbena hastata*	2 - 6 ft
	Bur-reed	*Sparganium eurycarpum*	2 - 6 ft
	Evening Primrose	*Oenothera biennis*	2 - 6 ft
	Prairie Sunflower	*Helianthus laetiflorus*	2 - 6 ft
	Tall Bellflower	*Campanula americana*	2 - 6 ft
3 - 6 Foot Range
	Culver's Root	*Veronicastrum virginicum*	3 - 6 ft
	Water Hemlock	*Cicuta bulbifera*	3 - 6 ft
	Yellow Coneflower	*Ratibida pinnata*	3 - 6 ft
	Illinois Tick Trefoil	*Desmodium illinoense*	3 - 6 ft
4- 6 Foot Range
	Great St. Johns Wort	*Hypericum pyramidatum*	4 - 6 ft
	Ironweed	*Vernonia fasciculata*	4 - 6 ft
	Lesser Joe Pye Weed	*Eupatorium maculatum*	4 - 6 ft
3 - 7 Foot Range
	Maximilian Sunflower	*Helianthus maximilianii*	3 - 7 ft
	Turk's Cap Lily	*Lilium michiganense*	3 - 7 ft
5 - 7 Foot Range
	Meadow Rue	*Thalictrum dasycarpum*	5 - 7 ft
3 - 8 Foot Range
	Cup Plant	*Silphium perfoliatum*	3 - 8 ft
	Saw-tooth Sunflower	*Helianthus grossesserratus*	3 - 8 ft
3 - 10 Foot Range
	Compass Plant	*Silphium laciniatum*	3 - 10 ft

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