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.

wavyleaf thistle 1
Cirsium undulatum
Flodman's thistle 2
Cirsium flodmanii
dandelion 3
Taraxacum officinale
purple coneflower 2
Echinacea angustifolia
goatsbeard/yellow salsify 4
Tragopogon dubius
New England aster 5
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Tall Thistle 6
Cirsium altissimum
Hairy Hawkweed 7
Hieracium longipilum
blue lettuce 8
Lactuca tatarica
western ironweed 9
Vernonia baldwinii
false boneset 10
Brickellia eupatorioides
dotted gayfeather 11
Liatris punctata
prairie blazing star 12
Liatris pycnostachya
Field Pussytoes 13
Antennaria neglecta
cudweed sagewort/white sage 14
Artemisia ludoviciana
Canada goldenrod 15
Solidago canadensis
Missouri goldenrod 16
Solidago missouriensis
stiff goldenrod 2
Solidago rigida
Canadian horseweed 17
Conyza canadensis
narrowleaf gumweed 18
Grindelia lanceolata
white heath aster 19
Symphyotrichum ericoides
false sunflower/smooth oxeye 12
Heliopsis helianthoides
rosinweed 20
Silphium integrifolium
annual sunflower 21
Helianthus annuus
sawtooth sunflower 5
Helianthus grosseserratus
Maximilian sunflower 22
Helianthus maximiliani
Stiff Sunflower 10
Helianthus pauciflorus
western ragweed 23
Ambrosia psilostachya
black-eyed susan 24
Rudbeckia hirta

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