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Nine Mile Prairie :: SNR-UNL

Nine-Mile Prairie is a 230-acre (97-hectare) relict tallgrass prairie owned by the University of Nebraska Foundation. It is located in on the northwest edge of Lincoln, in Lancaster County. This guide aims to help ecology students identify plant species in nine-mile prairie, Lincoln NE.

slimflower scurfpea ¹
Psoralidium tenuiflorum

wavyleaf thistle ²
Cirsium undulatum

Flodman's thistle ³
Cirsium flodmanii

dandelion ⁴
Taraxacum officinale

purple coneflower ³
Echinacea angustifolia

velvetweed ⁵
Oenothera curtiflora

goatsbeard/yellow salsify ⁶
Tragopogon dubius

New England aster ⁷
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

curly dock ⁸
Rumex crispus

scarlet gaura ⁹
Oenothera suffrutescens

mullein ¹⁰
Verbascum thapsus

American wild plum ¹¹
Prunus americana

American pokeweed ¹²
Phytolacca americana

partridge pea ¹³
Chamaecrista fasciculata

Illinois bundleflower ¹⁴
Desmanthus illinoensis

yellow sweetclover ¹⁰
Melilotus officinalis

red clover ¹⁵
Trifolium pratense

round-headed bush clover ¹⁶
Lespedeza capitata

showy ticktrefoil ¹⁷
Desmodium canadense

Canadian milkvetch ¹⁸
Astragalus canadensis

leadplant ¹⁹
Amorpha canescens

purple prairie clover ²⁰
Dalea purpurea

white wild indigo ²¹
Baptisia alba

wild prairie rose ²²
Rosa arkansana

roughleaf dogwood ²³
Cornus drummondii

common milkweed ²⁴
Asclepias syriaca

butterfly milkweed ²⁵
Asclepias tuberosa

whorled milkweed ²⁶
Asclepias verticillata

catchweed bedstraw ²⁷
Galium aparine

downy gentian ⁷
Gentiana puberulenta

Tall Thistle ²⁸
Cirsium altissimum

Hairy Hawkweed ¹⁴
Hieracium longipilum

blue lettuce ²⁹
Lactuca tatarica

western ironweed ³⁰
Vernonia baldwinii

false boneset ¹⁶
Brickellia eupatorioides

dotted gayfeather ³¹
Liatris punctata

prairie blazing star ³²
Liatris pycnostachya

Field Pussytoes ³³
Antennaria neglecta

cudweed sagewort/white sage ³⁴
Artemisia ludoviciana

Canada goldenrod ³⁵
Solidago canadensis

Missouri goldenrod ³⁶
Solidago missouriensis

stiff goldenrod ³
Solidago rigida

Canadian horseweed ³⁷
Conyza canadensis

narrowleaf gumweed ³⁸
Grindelia lanceolata

white heath aster ³⁹
Symphyotrichum ericoides

false sunflower/smooth oxeye ³²
Heliopsis helianthoides

rosinweed ⁴⁰
Silphium integrifolium

annual sunflower ⁴¹
Helianthus annuus

sawtooth sunflower ⁷
Helianthus grosseserratus

Maximilian sunflower ⁴²
Helianthus maximiliani

Stiff Sunflower ¹⁶
Helianthus pauciflorus

western ragweed ⁴³
Ambrosia psilostachya

black-eyed susan ⁴⁴
Rudbeckia hirta

smooth sumac ⁴⁵
Rhus glabra

evening primrose ⁴⁶
Oenothera biennis

wild bergamot ⁴⁷
Monarda fistulosa

azure blue sage ⁴⁸
Salvia azurea

hoary vervain ⁴⁹
Verbena stricta

clammy groundcherry ⁵⁰
Physalis heterophylla

Virginia groundcherry ¹⁴
Physalis virginiana

field bindweed ⁵¹
Convolvulus arvensis

purple poppy mallow ⁵²
Callirhoe involucrata

prairie violet ³²
Viola pedatifida

yellow flax ³²
Linum sulcatum

nodding spurge ⁵³
Euphorbia nutans

snow-on-the-mountain ⁵⁴
Euphorbia marginata

common yellow sorrel ⁵⁵
Oxalis stricta

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Nine Mile Prairie :: SNR-UNL

slimflower scurfpea 1 Psoralidium tenuiflorum

wavyleaf thistle 2 Cirsium undulatum

Flodman's thistle 3 Cirsium flodmanii

dandelion 4 Taraxacum officinale

purple coneflower 3 Echinacea angustifolia

velvetweed 5 Oenothera curtiflora

goatsbeard/yellow salsify 6 Tragopogon dubius

New England aster 7 Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

curly dock 8 Rumex crispus

scarlet gaura 9 Oenothera suffrutescens

mullein 10 Verbascum thapsus

American wild plum 11 Prunus americana

American pokeweed 12 Phytolacca americana

partridge pea 13 Chamaecrista fasciculata

Illinois bundleflower 14 Desmanthus illinoensis

yellow sweetclover 10 Melilotus officinalis

red clover 15 Trifolium pratense

round-headed bush clover 16 Lespedeza capitata

showy ticktrefoil 17 Desmodium canadense

Canadian milkvetch 18 Astragalus canadensis

leadplant 19 Amorpha canescens

purple prairie clover 20 Dalea purpurea

white wild indigo 21 Baptisia alba

wild prairie rose 22 Rosa arkansana

roughleaf dogwood 23 Cornus drummondii

common milkweed 24 Asclepias syriaca

butterfly milkweed 25 Asclepias tuberosa

whorled milkweed 26 Asclepias verticillata

catchweed bedstraw 27 Galium aparine

downy gentian 7 Gentiana puberulenta

Tall Thistle 28 Cirsium altissimum

Hairy Hawkweed 14 Hieracium longipilum

blue lettuce 29 Lactuca tatarica

western ironweed 30 Vernonia baldwinii

false boneset 16 Brickellia eupatorioides

dotted gayfeather 31 Liatris punctata

prairie blazing star 32 Liatris pycnostachya

Field Pussytoes 33 Antennaria neglecta

cudweed sagewort/white sage 34 Artemisia ludoviciana

Canada goldenrod 35 Solidago canadensis

Missouri goldenrod 36 Solidago missouriensis

stiff goldenrod 3 Solidago rigida

Canadian horseweed 37 Conyza canadensis

narrowleaf gumweed 38 Grindelia lanceolata

white heath aster 39 Symphyotrichum ericoides

false sunflower/smooth oxeye 32 Heliopsis helianthoides

rosinweed 40 Silphium integrifolium

annual sunflower 41 Helianthus annuus

sawtooth sunflower 7 Helianthus grosseserratus

Maximilian sunflower 42 Helianthus maximiliani

Stiff Sunflower 16 Helianthus pauciflorus

western ragweed 43 Ambrosia psilostachya

black-eyed susan 44 Rudbeckia hirta

smooth sumac 45 Rhus glabra

evening primrose 46 Oenothera biennis

wild bergamot 47 Monarda fistulosa

azure blue sage 48 Salvia azurea

hoary vervain 49 Verbena stricta

clammy groundcherry 50 Physalis heterophylla

Virginia groundcherry 14 Physalis virginiana

field bindweed 51 Convolvulus arvensis

purple poppy mallow 52 Callirhoe involucrata

prairie violet 32 Viola pedatifida

yellow flax 32 Linum sulcatum

nodding spurge 53 Euphorbia nutans

snow-on-the-mountain 54 Euphorbia marginata

common yellow sorrel 55 Oxalis stricta