Big View Prairie – Plant List

big view prairie plant list

These are the plants that I’ve found growing in the prairie, including the savanna area between Big View and Corner View Prairies.    The main list is only the native plants.  There’s a shorter list at the end of non-natives that I’m working to eliminate.

Achillea millefolium – Yarrow
Amorpha canescens – Leadplant
Andropogon gerardii – Big Bluestem
Anemone cylindrica – Thimbleweed
Antennaria neglecta – Field Pussytoes
Antennaria plataginifolia – Plantain-leaved Pussytoes
Arabis lyrata – Sand Cress
Asclepias verticillata – Whorled Milkweed
Aster ericoides – Heath Aster
Aster laevis – Smooth Aster
Aster oblongifolius – Aromatic Aster
Aster oolentangiensis – Sky Blue Aster
Aster sericeus – Silky Aster
Astragalus canadensis – Canada Milk-vetch
Betula papyrifera – White Birch
Bouteloua curtipendula – Side Oats Grama
Campanula rotundifolia – Harebell
Castilleja sessiliflora – Downy Painted-cup
Cirsium discolor – Field Thistle
Comandra umbellata – Bastard Toadflax
Corallorhiza odontorhiza – Autumn Coralroot
Coreopsis palmata – Prairie Coreopsis
Dalea purpurea – Purple Prairie Clover
Gentiana alba – Cream Gentian
Gentiana quinquefolia – Stiff Gentian
Hedeoma hispida – Rough Pennyroyal
Helianthus occidentalis – Western Sunflower
Juniperus communis – Common Juniper
Juniperus virginiana – Eastern Red Cedar
Linum sulcatum – Grooved Yellow Flax
Lithospermum canescens – Hoary Puccoon
Lithospermum incisum – Fringed Puccoon
Lobelia spicata – Spiked Lobelia
Monarda fistulosa – Monarda
Monarda punctata – Horsemint
Monotropa uniflora – Indian-pipe
Populus tremuloides – Trembling Aspen
Prunus serotina – Black Cherry
Quercus macrocarpa – Burr Oak
Rhus typhina – Staghorn Sumac
Sanicula marilandica – Black Snakeroot
Schizachyrium scoparium – Little Bluestem
Senecio paupercula – Balsam Ragwort
Sisyrinchium campestre – Blue-eyed Grass
Solidago nemoralis – Gray Goldenrod
Solidago ptarmicoides – Upland White Goldenrod
Solidago rigida – Stiff Goldenrod
Spiranthes magnicamporum – Great Plains Lady’s Tresses
Sporobolus heterolepis – Prairie Dropseed
Stipa spartea – Needlegrass
Toxicodendron rydbergii – Western Poison Ivy
Tradescantia ohienses – Spiderwort
Viola pedata – Bird’s Foot Violet
Zanthoxylum americanum – Prickly Ash
Zigadenus elegans – White Camas

Non-natives:
Alliaria petiolata – Garlic Mustard
Bromus inermis – Smooth Brome
Daucus carota – Queen Anne’s Lace
Lonicera maackii – Amur Honeysuckle
Lonicera tatarica – Tartarian Honeysuckle
Rhamnus cathartica – European Buckthorn
Taraxicum officinale – Dandelion