Upland Prairie Zone

Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Blue giant hyssop

Agastache foeniculum

Prairie wild onion

Allium stellatum

Leadplant

Amorpha canescens

Thimbleweed

Anemone cylindrica

Butterfly weed

Asclepias tuberosa

Heath aster

Aster ericoides

Purple prairie clover

Dalea purpurea

Purple coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Prairie-smoke

Geum triflorum

Ox-eye

Heliopsis helianthoides

Alumroot

Heuchera richardsonii

Round-headed bush clover

Lespedeza capitata

Blazing star

Liatris species

Wild bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Smooth penstemon

Penstemon digitalis

Grey-headed coneflower

Ratibida pinnata

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Brown-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia triloba

Little bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

Gray goldenrod

Solidago nemoralis

Stiff goldenrod

Solidago rigida

Showy goldenrod

Solidago speciosa

Indian grass

Sorghastrum nutans

Prairie dropseed

Sporobolus heterolepis

Hoary vervain

Verbena stricta

Culver's root

Veronicastrum virginicum

Heart-leaved alexanders

Zizia aptera

Wet Meadow Shoreline Zone

Sweet flag

Acorus calamus

Swamp milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

New England aster

Aster novae-angliae

Red-stemmed aster

Aster puniceus

Bottlebrush sedge

Carex comosa

Lake sedge

Carex lacustris

Tussock sedge

Carex stricta

Turtlehead

Chelone glabra

Creeping spikerush

Eleocharis smallii

Spotted Joe-Pye weed

Eupatorium maculatum

Boneset

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Bottle gentian

Gentiana andrewsii

Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Blue flag iris

Iris versicolor

Soft rush

Juncus effusus

Prairie blazing star

Liatris pycnostachya

Michigan lily

Lilium michiganense

Cardinal flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Great blue lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

Sensitive fern

Onoclea sensibilis

Dark green bulrush

Scirpus atrovirens

Woolgrass

Scirpus cyperinus

River bulrush

Scirpus fluviatilis

Prairie cordgrass

Spartina pectinata

Meadowsweet

Spiraea alba

Blue vervain

Verbena hastata

Ironweed

Vernonia fasciculata

Emergent Zone

Water plantain

Alisma triviale

Giant bur-reed

Sparganium eurycarpum

Pickerel weed

Pontederia cordata

Common arrowhead

Sagittaria latifolia

Hardstem bulrush

Scirpus acutus

Softstem bulrush

Scirpus validus

Narrow-leaved cattail

Typha angustifolia