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 ↓

grey-headed coneflower 1
Ratibida pinnata
prairie dock 1
Silphium terebinthinaceum
purple coneflower 2
Echinacea purpurea
daisy fleabane 3
Erigeron strigosus
black-eyed Susan 4
Rudbeckia hirta
compass plant 1
Silphium laciniatum
tall coreopsis 5
Coreopsis tripteris
Prairie Coreopsis 5
Coreopsis palmata
stiff-leaved goldenrod 6
Solidago rigida
prairie blazing star 7
Liatris pycnostachya
rough blazing star 8
Liatris aspera
dense blazing star 9
Liatris spicata
giant ragweed 10
Ambrosia trifida
horseweed 11
Erigeron canadensis
Canada goldenrod 12
Solidago canadensis
New England aster 13
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
field goldenrod 14
Solidago nemoralis
showy goldenrod 15
Solidago speciosa
dune sunflower 16
Helianthus niveus
northern rough-leaved goldenrod 17
Solidago patula patula
stiff-leaved goldenrod 6
Solidago rigida

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