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Plants of the St. Olaf Natural Lands

A guide to plants in the St. Olaf Natural Lands and the St. Olaf College campus

bird's-foot trefoil 1
Lotus corniculatus
wild geranium 2
Geranium maculatum
pale jewelweed 3
Impatiens pallida
common milkweed 4
Asclepias syriaca
butterfly milkweed 5
Asclepias tuberosa
broadleaf arrowhead 6
Sagittaria latifolia
hoary puccoon 7
Lithospermum canescens
wild cucumber 8
Echinocystis lobata
Catnip 2
Nepeta cataria
American plum 9
Prunus americana
prairie blazing star 10
Liatris pycnostachya
northern blue flag 11
Iris versicolor
eastern redcedar 12
Juniperus virginiana
red columbine 6
Aquilegia canadensis
red baneberry 13
Actaea rubra
Virginia creeper 14
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Jack-in-the-pulpit 15
Arisaema triphyllum
bloodroot 16
Sanguinaria canadensis
Dutchman's breeches 17
Dicentra cucullaria
Solomon's plume 18
Maianthemum racemosum
sweet cicely 19
Myrrhis odorata
sugar maple 20
Acer saccharum
common yarrow 21
Achillea millefolium
field bindweed 22
Convolvulus arvensis
catchweed bedstraw 23
Galium aparine
American vetch 24
Vicia americana
American elm 25
Ulmus americana
common buckthorn 26
Rhamnus cathartica
black cherry 27
Prunus serotina
chokecherry 28
Prunus virginiana
trembling aspen 29
Populus tremuloides
basswood 30
Tilia americana
henbit deadnettle 31
Lamium amplexicaule
bittersweet nightshade 32
Solanum dulcamara
white fawnlily 33
Erythronium albidum
small white leek 28
Allium tricoccum
ground-ivy 34
Glechoma hederacea
guelder-rose 35
Viburnum opulus
garlic mustard 36
Alliaria petiolata
shepherd's-purse 37
Capsella bursa-pastoris
common motherwort 38
Leonurus cardiaca
Canadian wild ginger 39
Asarum canadense
Yellow Sweetclover 40
Melilotus officinalis
red-berried elder 41
Sambucus racemosa
silky dogwood 33
Cornus amomum
hemp dogbane 42
Apocynum cannabinum
Virginia bluebells 43
Mertensia virginica
wild parsnip 44
Pastinaca sativa
bastard toadflax 45
Comandra umbellata
creeping thistle 46
Cirsium arvense
cut-leaved toothwort 47
Cardamine concatenata
field thistle 48
Cirsium discolor
fringed loosestrife 28
Lysimachia ciliata
black-eyed Susan 49
Rudbeckia hirta
virgin's-bower 50
Clematis virginiana
hoary vervain 51
Verbena stricta
reed canary grass 52
Phalaris arundinacea
big bur-reed 53
Sparganium eurycarpum
purple prairie clover 54
Dalea purpurea
Deptford pink 55
Dianthus armeria
Canada mayflower 56
Maianthemum canadense
Smooth Brome 57
Bromus inermis
musk thistle 58
Carduus nutans
Wild Four o'Clock 28
Mirabilis nyctaginea
lanceleaf figwort 59
Scrophularia lanceolata
white campion 60
Silene latifolia
field penny-cress 61
Thlaspi arvense
large hop clover 62
Trifolium aureum
Sundial Lupine 63
Lupinus perennis
blue phlox 64
Phlox divaricata
Virginia waterleaf 28
Hydrophyllum virginianum
false rue anemone 65
Enemion biternatum
flowering spurge 66
Euphorbia corollata
ostrich fern 67
Matteuccia struthiopteris
common blue violet 68
Viola sororia
downy yellow violet 69
Viola pubescens
Missouri Gooseberry 70
Ribes missouriense
golden Alexander 10
Zizia aurea
blue cohosh 15
Caulophyllum thalictroides
wild bergamot 71
Monarda fistulosa
Creeping Bellflower 26
Campanula rapunculoides
grey-headed coneflower 72
Ratibida pinnata
southern blue flag 73
Iris virginica
wood nettle 15
Laportea canadensis
closed bottle gentian 74
Gentiana andrewsii
compass plant 72
Silphium laciniatum
round-headed bush clover 51
Lespedeza capitata
American Black Currant 75
Ribes americanum
small-flowered buttercup 76
Ranunculus abortivus
largeflower bellwort 77
Uvularia grandiflora
white wild indigo 78
Baptisia alba
prairie phlox 72
Phlox pilosa
purple crownvetch 79
Securigera varia
partridge pea 80
Chamaecrista fasciculata
rattlesnake master 81
Eryngium yuccifolium
showy tick-trefoil 82
Desmodium canadense
purple-stemmed angelica 82
Angelica atropurpurea
rough blazing star 83
Liatris aspera
false sunflower 10
Heliopsis helianthoides
flat-topped goldenrod 84
Euthamia graminifolia

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