White Rock Lake important prairie plants
These are the "top 10" plants to look for on the prairie assessment around White Rock Lake.
big bluestem
Andropogon gerardii, known commonly as big bluestem, turkeyfoot,tall bluestem, and bluejoint, is a tall grass (family Poaceae) native to much of the Great Plains and prairie regions of central North America.
little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium, commonly known as little bluestem or beard grass, is a North American prairie grass. Little bluestem is a perennial bunchgrass and is prominent in tallgrass prairie, along with big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). It is a warm-season species, meaning it ...more ↓
Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans, commonly known as Yellow Indiangrass, is a North American prairie grass found in the central and eastern United States and Canada, especially in the Great Plains and tallgrass prairies.
Marsh Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium aquaticum is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common names rattlesnakemaster,marsh rattlesnake master,corn-snakeroot, bitter snakeroot, and marsh eryngo. This plant is native to eastern North America.
Stemless Point-vetch
Oxytropis lambertii is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by several common names, including purple locoweed, woolly locoweed, and Lambert crazyweed.
Blue funnel-lily
Androstephium caeruleum, commonly called blue funnel-lily, is a herbaceous perennial growing from corms. It has light blue to violet purple flowers and grows up to 35 cm tall. It is found growing in prairies and on grassy slopes in its native range within Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas of the United States. It disperses its seed by wind.
cobaea beardtongue
Penstemon cobaea is a flowering plant in the plantain family, commonly known as prairie beardtounge or foxglove penstemon. The plant is native to the Midwestern United States, growing in Arkansas, Nebraska, Montana, Oklahoma and Texas.
New Jersey tea
Ceanothus americanus is a species of shrub native to North America. Common names include New Jersey tea, Jersey tea ceanothus, variations of red root (red-root; redroot), mountain sweet (mountain-sweet; mountainsweet), and wild snowball.New Jersey Tea was a name coined during the American Revolution, because its leaves were used as a ...more ↓
Atlantic camas
Camassia scilloides is a perennial herb known commonly as Atlantic camas, wild hyacinth, and eastern camas. It is native to the eastern half of North America, including Ontario and the eastern United States.
Narrow-leaved Purple Coneflower
Echinacea angustifolia (Narrow-leaved purple coneflower, blacksamson echinacea) is a herbaceous plant species in Asteraceae. The plants grow 40 to 70 centimetres (16 to 28 in) tall with spindle-shaped taproots that are often branched. The stems and leaves are moderately to densely hairy.
