Prairie Plants

Common prairie vegetation in natural and restored prairies to Carmel Clay Parks and Recreation in Carmel, IN.

This guide is to be used to aid in identification during the West Park Bio Blitz in September, 2018. A comprehensive guide of verified species will replace this upon completion ...more ↓

wild bergamot 1
Monarda fistulosa
grey-headed coneflower 2
Ratibida pinnata
golden Alexander 3
Zizia aurea
common milkweed 4
Asclepias syriaca
butterfly milkweed 2
Asclepias tuberosa
partridge pea 5
Chamaecrista fasciculata
prairie dock 2
Silphium terebinthinaceum
purple coneflower 6
Echinacea purpurea
daisy fleabane 7
Erigeron strigosus
foxglove beardtongue 8
Penstemon digitalis
rattlesnake master 9
Eryngium yuccifolium
black-eyed Susan 10
Rudbeckia hirta
Illinois bundleflower 11
Desmanthus illinoensis
purple prairie clover 12
Dalea purpurea
compass plant 2
Silphium laciniatum
switchgrass 13
Panicum virgatum
Indiangrass 14
Sorghastrum nutans
big bluestem 15
Andropogon gerardii
American pokeweed 16
Phytolacca americana
creeping thistle 17
Cirsium arvense
little bluestem 18
Schizachyrium scoparium
sideoats grama 15
Bouteloua curtipendula
hemp dogbane 19
Apocynum cannabinum
ironweed 20
Cyanthillium cinereum
blue vervain 7
Verbena hastata
American trumpet vine 21
Campsis radicans
tall coreopsis 3
Coreopsis tripteris
Prairie Coreopsis 3
Coreopsis palmata
stiff-leaved goldenrod 22
Solidago rigida
prairie blazing star 23
Liatris pycnostachya
rough blazing star 24
Liatris aspera
dense blazing star 25
Liatris spicata
cutleaf teasel 7
Dipsacus laciniatus
Fuller's teasel 26
Dipsacus fullonum
giant ragweed 27
Ambrosia trifida
American senna 28
Senna hebecarpa
mountain mint
Pycnanthemum
horseweed 29
Erigeron canadensis
purple crownvetch 11
Securigera varia
Canada goldenrod 30
Solidago canadensis
New England aster 31
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
field goldenrod 32
Solidago nemoralis
showy goldenrod 33
Solidago speciosa
dune sunflower 34
Helianthus niveus
northern rough-leaved goldenrod 35
Solidago patula patula
stiff-leaved goldenrod 22
Solidago rigida

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