Common plants at Besgrove Hodge Wildlife Sanctuary

A growing list of plant species you are likely to find here at the sanctuary.

common milkweed 1
Asclepias syriaca
American pokeweed 2
Phytolacca americana
pinkweed 3
Persicaria pensylvanica
poison ivy 4
Toxicodendron radicans
honey locust 5
Gleditsia triacanthos
partridge pea 6
Chamaecrista fasciculata
clovers 8
Trifolium
Alsike clover 9
Trifolium hybridum
red clover 10
Trifolium pratense
white clover 11
Trifolium repens
alfalfa 12
Medicago sativa
ticktrefoils 13
Desmodium
Sericea Lespedeza 14
Lespedeza juncea sericea
Buckbrush 15
Ceanothus cuneatus
red mulberry 16
Morus rubra
American elm 17
Ulmus americana
autumn olive 18
Elaeagnus umbellata
common jewelweed 19
Impatiens capensis
creeping Jenny 20
Lysimachia nummularia
American persimmon 21
Diospyros virginiana
dogbane family 19
Apocynaceae
swamp milkweed 22
Asclepias incarnata
common milkweed 1
Asclepias syriaca
hemp dogbane 23
Apocynum cannabinum
pinkweed 24
Persicaria pensylvanica
curled dock 25
Rumex crispus
American pokeweed 2
Phytolacca americana
Virginia spring beauty 26
Claytonia virginica
fortune's spindle 27
Euonymus fortunei
creeping thistle 28
Cirsium arvense
bull thistle 29
Cirsium vulgare
Missouri Ironweed 30
Vernonia missurica
lesser burdock 3
Arctium minus
white snakeroot 31
Ageratina altissima
red-seeded dandelion 32
Taraxacum erythrospermum
Missouri Ironweed 30
Vernonia missurica
white snakeroot 31
Ageratina altissima
oxeye daisy 33
Leucanthemum vulgare
late goldenrod 34
Solidago altissima
Canada goldenrod 35
Solidago canadensis
Missouri goldenrod 36
Solidago missouriensis
daisy fleabane 37
Erigeron strigosus
white heath aster 38
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Jerusalem artichoke 40
Helianthus tuberosus
rough cocklebur 41
Xanthium strumarium
giant ragweed 42
Ambrosia trifida
Ragweed 43
Ambrosia artemisiifolia artemisiifolia
wingstem 44
Verbesina alternifolia
black-eyed Susan 45
Rudbeckia hirta
poison ivy 46
Toxicodendron radicans
staghorn sumac 34
Rhus typhina
white oak 47
Quercus alba
bur oak 48
Quercus macrocarpa
shingle oak 49
Quercus imbricaria
pin oak 50
Quercus palustris
eastern black walnut 51
Juglans nigra
great mullein 7
Verbascum thapsus
red deadnettle 52
Lamium purpureum
Carolina horsenettle 42
Solanum carolinense
plantain 53
Plantago
mayapple 54
Podophyllum peltatum
giant foxtail 55
Setaria faberi
Carolina horsenettle 42
Solanum carolinense
black nightshade 57
Solanum nigrum
coralberry 58
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Amur honeysuckle 59
Lonicera maackii
cutleaf teasel 13
Dipsacus laciniatus
common pawpaw 60
Asimina triloba
willows 61
Salix
American field pansy 62
Viola bicolor
common blue violet 63
Viola sororia
spurge nettle 64
Cnidoscolus stimulosus
American sycamore 65
Platanus occidentalis
bitter wintercress 67
Barbarea vulgaris
cheatgrass 68
Bromus tectorum
shepherd's-purse 69
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Virginia creeper 70
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
yellow nutsedge 71
Cyperus esculentus
Crabgrasses 72
Digitaria
giant foxtail 74
Setaria faberi
Yellow Foxtail
Setaria lutescens
hooked bristle grass 75
Setaria verticillata
purpletop tridens 76
Tridens flavus
Indiangrass 77
Sorghastrum nutans
Eastern Gamagrass 33
Tripsacum dactyloides
barnyardgrass 43
Echinochloa crus-galli
switchgrass 78
Panicum virgatum
Fall Panic Grass 79
Panicum dichotomiflorum dichotomiflorum
big bluestem 80
Andropogon gerardii
Broomsedge Bluestem
Andropogon virginicus virginicus
Green Bristle Grass
Setaria viridis viridis
Smooth Meadow-grass 81
Poa pratensis
smooth brome 82
Bromus inermis
Rye Brome 83
Bromus secalinus
cheatgrass 68
Bromus tectorum

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