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Meadow Plants of Lake Conestee Nature Park

Meadows are crucial habitats for many insects, birds and butterflies. These open, sunny spaces provide perfect growing grounds for wildflowers and grasses that attract our pollinators.
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Butterfly Milkweed 1
Asclepias tuberosa
Great Blanket-flower 2
Gaillardia aristata
moth mullein 3
Verbascum blattaria
eastern smooth beardtongue 4
Penstemon laevigatus
rabbit tobacco 5
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
Rocket Larkspur 6
Consolida ajacis
Daisy Fleabane 7
Erigeron strigosus
Wild Bergamot 8
Monarda fistulosa
lance-leaved coreopsis 9
Coreopsis lanceolata
Purple Coneflower 10
Echinacea purpurea
Purpletop Vervain 11
Verbena bonariensis
Lemon Beebalm 12
Monarda citriodora
Curly Dock 13
Rumex crispus crispus
Ramsons 14
Allium ursinum
Hairy Vetch 15
Vicia villosa
Dog Fennel 16
Eupatorium capillifolium
American Pokeweed 17
Phytolacca americana
Carolina Cranesbill 18
Geranium carolinianum
Bluejacket 8
Tradescantia ohiensis
Black-eyed-Susan 19
Rudbeckia hirta
Upright Prairie Coneflower 20
Ratibida columnifera
Clasping Venus's Looking Glass 21
Triodanis perfoliata
Clasping Coneflower
Rudbeckia amplexicaulis
Wild Columbine 22
Aquilegia canadensis
big bluestem 3
Andropogon gerardii
Virginia Wild Rye
Elymus virginicus virginicus
Indiangrass 3
Sorghastrum nutans
English Plantain 23
Plantago lanceolata
Cornflower 24
Centaurea cyanus
common dandelion 25
Taraxacum officinale
Indian Strawberry 26
Potentilla indica
Texas toadflax 27
Nuttallanthus texanus
White Clover 28
Trifolium repens
Ox-eye Daisy 28
Leucanthemum vulgare
Queen Anne's lace 29
Daucus carota
Hastate-leaved dock
Rumex hastatulus
spiny sow thistle
Sonchus asper
Bull Thistle 30
Cirsium vulgare
Blackberry 31
Rubus fruticosus
Rabbitfoot Clover 32
Trifolium arvense
yellow crownbeard 33
Verbesina occidentalis
Common Ragweed 34
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Joe-Pye weed 35
Eutrochium
Goldenrods 3
Solidago
Common Milkweed 36
Asclepias syriaca
Wild Senna
Cassia marilandica
wild quinine 7
Parthenium integrifolium

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