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

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